Opening on Christmas Day is âThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ and itâs the new David Fincher movie that stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Tilda Swinton.
By now most of you have heard of the film, so I feel like repeating the synopsis is a waste. But for the few that havenâtâ¦.
âI was born under unusual circumstances.â And so begins âThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button,â adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in
While I see a lot of moviesâ¦.very few stay with me after Iâve seen them. The unfortunate part of my job is Iâm forced to see so much that I never have time to savor the meal and take it in later. But last night I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about âBenjamin Buttonâ and what the film meant to me. All I can say isâ¦Iâll be watching this movie again very soon and Iâm sure Iâll notice many things I missed the first time.
And for more on "Benjamin Button", here's Matt's review. It's much more eloquent than anything I just wrote....