Comments on: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009)

By: mariken

mariken — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:58 +0000

@ michael: that’s because it’s Forrest Gump…

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:26:36 +0000

I like Cate Blanchett and like Brad Pitt, but I think this Fincher movie is little bit to long.

By: Mariken

Mariken — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:18:17 +0000

@ Paco: !

By: Paco

Paco — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:46:35 +0000

The similarities between this and Forrest Gump were the first that jumped out for me, but it’s even worse than you’d think:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/35b0167b17/the-curious-case-of-forrest-gump

By: McFly

McFly — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:21:21 +0000

In that first screen it looks like he’s about to have the biggest fart ever.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:02:16 +0000

i’ll concede that the film admittedly did well in making the main actors look a lot younger / older than they are, but the film itself i just didn’t find enjoyable at all.

By: Mariken

Mariken — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:22:53 +0000

I was dissapointed as well. For me this film was a little too much “Forrest Gump revisited” (including the plattitudes). Part of my dissapointed came from the fact that both Blanchett and Pitt have had their faces made digitally older or younger for large parts of the film. Although it looks great and very credible, this means that the expression on their faces is lost as it is covered by digital FX and/or make-up. This diminishes their performances and adds to the tediousness you mention.
Then again it is still a David Fincher movie so it looks great. The shadowplaying which is kind of Finchers signature is beautiful and there is plenty to see in terms of imagery and direction.
So it’s probably a good movie, but unfortunately not a great one. Benjamin Button and I just didn’t make the connection.