The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[thepaulo]

This is one of the big question marks of the awards season.....

Will Bradpittdavidfinchercateblanchettefscottfitzgerald spell Oscar this year?

[Gerald]

I have a hard time investing belief in the idea that Fincher could make an Academy-friendly film. True, BB looks like it has all the earmarks of something that would receive a dozen nominations and maybe prevail in half of those categories but I have a feeling that Fincher has a few curveballs in store for us. It'll be quite a feat though if he can deliver the best film of the year two years in a row; I know 2007 had an embarrassment of riches but for my money Zodiac towered above everything with its unclassifiable structuring and scientific obsessiveness. Back to BB - the earliest gripes against it are that the age-shifting cgi/makeup on Pitt are often more of a distraction than a complement to the storytelling.

[TheMojoPin]

I have a hard time investing belief in the idea that Fincher could make an Academy-friendly film. True, BB looks like it has all the earmarks of something that would receive a dozen nominations and maybe prevail in half of those categories but I have a feeling that Fincher has a few curveballs in store for us. It'll be quite a feat though if he can deliver the best film of the year two years in a row; I know 2007 had an embarrassment of riches but for my money Zodiac towered above everything with its unclassifiable structuring and scientific obsessiveness. Back to BB - the earliest gripes against it are that the age-shifting cgi/makeup on Pitt are often more of a distraction than a complement to the storytelling.

Zodiac is so amazing. It's a crime how it came and went so quickly and was all but forgotten. Everything about it is incredible.

I'm very curious about the news one, largely due to Fincher and how much I enjoyed the original story. That said, it'll probably die a quick death in theaters like most of his films due to how long it's gonna be and how odd it is.

[hammersavage]

Fuck the Oscars and fuck audiences.

Fincher is a God. Zodiac was an under appreciated masterpiece. And Benjamin Button will be the film of the year.

[Gerald]

it'll probably die a quick death in theaters like most of his films due to how long it's gonna be and how odd it is.

Boy I hope not. This would especially be devastating for Paramount which is sparing no expense with a splashy holiday rollout and an aggressive Oscar campaign. Hopefully it will be buoyed by good reviews/WOM to at least reach the financial respectability that unfairly evaded Z. The way I see it, the more successful a Fincher film is, the greater the chances that his follow-up will give him more creative leeway with his canvas. There's no way he could've gotten Fight Club off the ground with all of its subversive greatness intact pre-Seven.

[Drew_C]

Has this movie come out yet? I havent seen any promo's for it or any trailers. I read the short story wheh I first heard about the film to get better insight and was wondering is Pitt gonna play BB the whole time using make up and such or will they be switching actors for the "young" man and middle aged BB? I'm sure they'll have to get a child actor for the "older" version of BB

[~Katja~]

Has this movie come out yet? I havent seen any promo's for it or any trailers. I read the short story wheh I first heard about the film to get better insight and was wondering is Pitt gonna play BB the whole time using make up and such or will they be switching actors for the "young" man and middle aged BB? I'm sure they'll have to get a child actor for the "older" version of BB

in december.. christmas day
http://www.fandango.com/trailer/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton_1_107338

[JerseyRich]

I can't wait for this! I am excited to see it. The trailer looks great.

Brad Pitt looks like he can redeem himself with this one.

[thepaulo]

I can't wait for this! I am excited to see it. The trailer looks great.

Brad Pitt looks like he can redeem himself with this one.

what did Pitt do now?

[Gerald]

I'm sure they'll have to get a child actor for the "older" version of BB

For the body yes but Pitt still had to act out the facial aspect of the performance in a motion control studio and it was grafted onto the other performer digitally. Fincher first pioneered this technology in an Orvlle Redenbacher commercial he directed...

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[cougarjake13]

def looks interesting

[thepaulo]

In a word,
remarkable.



also it is wonderful, beautiful
crafted brilliantly with touching sensitivity

I have no problem with calling this the best film of the year....
what's more this is an Oscar kind of picture.

[Chimee]

I'm strangely intrigued by this movie. I may have to watch it out of curiosity alone.

[Slumbag]

In a word,
remarkable.



also it is wonderful, beautiful
crafted brilliantly with touching sensitivity

I have no problem with calling this the best film of the year....
what's more this is an Oscar kind of picture.

Yeah...I'm there.
Trailer looks amazing, and David Fincher is fantastic.

[Dr Steve]

Really glad to see so many Fincher-lovers here.

I'm a sentimental sack o' feces, though...I'm terrified I'll come out of this movie crying like a big fat baby so I'm going to give it a pass.

I'll be rooting for it, though, to be a huge success; Fincher is indeed amazing. Ditto on everything said about Zodiac above.

[Furtherman]

The new commercial spots - which I haven't found on youtube - are really amazing with a very cool song. Makes me want to see it now!

[thepaulo]

Really glad to see so many Fincher-lovers here.

I'm a sentimental sack o' feces, though...I'm terrified I'll come out of this movie crying like a big fat baby so I'm going to give it a pass.

I'll be rooting for it, though, to be a huge success; Fincher is indeed amazing. Ditto on everything said about Zodiac above.
I'm a sentimental sack o feces too.

[SuperKarateMonkeyDeathFez]

You're just a sack.

I hate it when Paul-O raves over films I want to like.

[thepaulo]

It may seem like I don't love movies when I talk on the show, but I truely do...and this film is the first film in a long time that lifted me out of my depression.

[Johnny Manf]

I saw it last night. Phenomenal movie.
Yes its long, 2 Hours and 50 Minutes, but it keeps you so interested that it doesnt matter.

[Gerald]

I'm about ready to do anything short of going down on Fincher to see this now. A soul-rousing "death story" from a filmmaking master that features cutting edge effects technology used entirely to service the storytelling is a recipe for a level of anticipation I haven't felt in quite a while. I guess I was wrong about what I said above about Pitt's countenance being grafted onto a child actor duringng the character's "golden years," evidently from what I've read a cgi-less kid is used during Button's "prepubescence."

Also, I'd like to see Fincher win the Oscar for directing if only to find out if he could upstage his memorable victory speech at the MTV awards...

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He'd probably deliver the the best words of acceptance since Steven Soderbergh. Since he already has kind of a notorious reputation in the industry for his stern and exacting on-set manner, I wonder if his chances will be hurt by a story (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/01/david-fincher-in-page-six/) in page 6 yesterday that he punched a former Paramount bigwig who didn't greenlight Button earlier after an LA screening. If Jim Cameron can win it with his well-documented tyrannical demeanor I suppose anybody can. Fincher probably oversees a movie set like Ron Howard compared to JC.

[thepaulo]

This Fincher guy doesn't seem very threatening....let him try and punch me.

[Dr Steve]

I saw it last night. Phenomenal movie.
Yes its long, 2 Hours and 50 Minutes, but it keeps you so interested that it doesnt matter.


Ok, so reassure me, if you can. This isn't just a "tug on the heart strings" manipulation like, say, "AI", or "Terms of Endearment"?

With my job (hospice medical director) and my stress level, I just can't handle being manipulated by death and tragedy. I've seen the trailer, and I assume the end of the movie has him as an old man/little boy, walking down the street holding hands with the old lady that was/is his lover through the whole thing. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me fahklempt. I don't think I can handle this film.




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[~Katja~]

Ok, so reassure me, if you can. This isn't just a "tug on the heart strings" manipulation like, say, "AI", or "Terms of Endearment"?

With my job (hospice medical director) and my stress level, I just can't handle being manipulated by death and tragedy. I've seen the trailer, and I assume the end of the movie has him as an old man/little boy, walking down the street holding hands with the old lady that was/is his lover through the whole thing. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me fahklempt. I don't think I can handle this film.




.

just ignore the story line and enjoy the fantastic art, effects and pictures.

[thepaulo]

Ok, so reassure me, if you can. This isn't just a "tug on the heart strings" manipulation like, say, "AI", or "Terms of Endearment"?

With my job (hospice medical director) and my stress level, I just can't handle being manipulated by death and tragedy. I've seen the trailer, and I assume the end of the movie has him as an old man/little boy, walking down the street holding hands with the old lady that was/is his lover through the whole thing. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me fahklempt. I don't think I can handle this film.




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It's a movie... enjoy....It's the first thing in awhile that got me out of myself.

[barjockey]

http://ac4.yt-thm-a01.yimg.com/image/c426d2d185b7dc74

Brad Pitt did a movie about this dude?

[thepaulo]

The Mexican II with Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Benjamin Bratt

[Gerald]

The reviews for this have covered a wide array of the spectrum, ranging from "instant classic" to "insufferable bore-fest." Ebert disliked it because he thought it was mistaken for the premise to presuppose that a person aging backwards would be able to sustain normal human connectivity since they'd always be on a different developmental direction plane. This was a hurdle he couldn't overcome towards caring about or buying into the relationship between Pitt and Blanchett.

[thepaulo]

The reviews for this have covered a wide array of the spectrum, ranging from "instant classic" to "insufferable bore-fest." Ebert disliked it because he thought it was mistaken for the premise to presuppose that a person aging backwards would be able to sustain normal human connectivity since they'd always be on a different developmental direction plane. This was a hurdle he couldn't overcome towards caring about or buying into the relationship between Pitt and Blanchett.
It's a fairy tale...a fantasy...
that's like saying you can't believe in dragons or santa claus.

[angrymissy]

Ok, so reassure me, if you can. This isn't just a "tug on the heart strings" manipulation like, say, "AI", or "Terms of Endearment"?

With my job (hospice medical director) and my stress level, I just can't handle being manipulated by death and tragedy. I've seen the trailer, and I assume the end of the movie has him as an old man/little boy, walking down the street holding hands with the old lady that was/is his lover through the whole thing. Ugh, just thinking about it makes me fahklempt. I don't think I can handle this film.
.

I am the same way - I will not see WAYYY depressing movies in the theater, it ruins me for days... hell, I can't even watch the Sara McLaughlin ASPCA commercial. On IMDB they have a whole thread about people crying at this movie. I really wanna see it, but I'll have to be in the right mood.

[thepaulo]

I haven't been a fan of depressing movies lately either but this movie made me feel good.
It really is a must see.

[hammersavage]

I think this movie may make you cry but I walked out feeling better. I have a good, logical opinion on death so that probably helped.

[TheMojoPin]

I was let down. I didn't think it was bad, but I thought it could have been great and ended up being "just" good.

Too many critical things in the original story were changed or cut out. Giving him the foster family was pointless, especially since it totally destroyed the relationship between Benjamin and his actual father (which mirror's Benjamin's relationship with HIS son later). That relationship is one of the key things that makes the original story so interesting. I also thought it was a mistake to go effects-heavy and have the creepy little old dude running around. In the book he's just born a full-sized old man and that's that. Benjamin's father comes to see him in the hospital and there's an old man sitting in a crib in the maternity ward. It struck me as ultimately just distracting to have the little old guy with Pitt's digitally altered face pasted on. I also didn't like how the film hinged so much on the romance, something that is ultimately far more incidental in the book due to how his mind and maturity was effected by his condition.

I enjoyed it overall, but it could have been so much more.

[GreatAmericanZero]

I am the same way - I will not see WAYYY depressing movies in the theater, it ruins me for days... hell, I can't even watch the Sara McLaughlin ASPCA commercial. On IMDB they have a whole thread about people crying at this movie. I really wanna see it, but I'll have to be in the right mood.

i dont care about any humans, but movies about dogs that are loved and then die at the end...i cant imagine anyone wanting to see that

I know with "Marley & Me" that the book was written for the whole life of the dog, from birth to death and i saw a thing that said they portray the dog from puppy to old age, so i assume the dog is going to die at the end, because of that i will NEVER EVER see that movie and i can't imagine why anyone would want to

[hammersavage]

I can't see why anyone would want to see 'Marley and Me' either.

But thats because Jennifer Aniston is in it and its about a fucking dog.

[Furtherman]

What are the laws on water pipes, bongs, and pipes?

You should lay off them.

[lleeder]

I am thinking about buying some wholesale water pipes from this company in China http://www.liangdianup.com/tobacciana_z.htm
but I am not sure if they are legal to bring in to the states? What are the laws on water pipes, bongs, and pipes?

I knew I wasn't the only one thinking about this in the movie theater.

[Dan 'Hampton]

I am thinking about buying some wholesale water pipes from this company in China http://www.liangdianup.com/tobacciana_z.htm
but I am not sure if they are legal to bring in to the states? What are the laws on water pipes, bongs, and pipes?

Seems like a reasonable business opportunity, I'm in.

[Slumbag]

i dont care about any humans, but movies about dogs that are loved and then die at the end...i cant imagine anyone wanting to see that

I know with "Marley & Me" that the book was written for the whole life of the dog, from birth to death and i saw a thing that said they portray the dog from puppy to old age, so i assume the dog is going to die at the end, because of that i will NEVER EVER see that movie and i can't imagine why anyone would want to

Hilarious Spoiler: http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?attachment_id=7393

[thepaulo]

I can't see why anyone would want to see 'Marley and Me' either.

But thats because Jennifer Aniston is in it and its about a fucking dog.



Aniston and Pitt...together again......at the box office.

[angrymissy]

i dont care about any humans, but movies about dogs that are loved and then die at the end...i cant imagine anyone wanting to see that

I know with "Marley & Me" that the book was written for the whole life of the dog, from birth to death and i saw a thing that said they portray the dog from puppy to old age, so i assume the dog is going to die at the end, because of that i will NEVER EVER see that movie and i can't imagine why anyone would want to

Funny but spoilery pics re: Marley & Me:
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/11241/_1229303721.jpg
http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/11241/_1229303735.jpg

[SP1!]

It was pretty good, most likely will get nominated and win for a few categories.

Actually worth the money for a movie but it did make the girlfriend cry a lot.

[johnniehardrock]

I saw it with my wife and we both agree it was too Forest Gumpish. The Captain=Lt Dan The Hummingbird= The Feather You never know whats comming=momma always said life is like a box of chocolate and on and on

I would watch it again at home where I can take a break during the three hours.

[SP1!]

I saw it with my wife and we both agree it was too Forest Gumpish. The Captain=Lt Dan The Hummingbird= The Feather You never know whats comming=momma always said life is like a box of chocolate and on and on

I would watch it again at home where I can take a break during the three hours.

I wasnt a big gump fan since it was a reality based film which had him meeting almost every famous and influential figure in the 60s-70s. This is more fantasy based so I think they took more liberties with all the plot points and allusions.

[fezident]

I loved this movie from start to finish.
It was long... deliberate.... and brilliant.

The story drew me in and the characters & their emotions rang true. I truly loved it.




Also of interest; I liked how the writer (Eric Roth?) worked in little plot points about how a person with Benjamin's condition can earn a living and survive. When all's said & done, it was a realistic as a fairytale could be. It felt more grounded than, say, BIG FISH (which I also f'ing loved.)

[thepaulo]

I loved this movie from start to finish.
It was long... deliberate.... and brilliant.

The story drew me in and the characters & their emotions rang true. I truly loved it.




Also of interest; I liked how the writer (Eric Roth?) worked in little plot points about how a person with Benjamin's condition can earn a living and survive. When all's said & done, it was a realistic as a fairytale could be. It felt more grounded than, say, BIG FISH (which I also f'ing loved.)

ditto

[Slumbag]

ditto

Best review ever.
:lol:

[SP1!]

I loved this movie from start to finish.
It was long... deliberate.... and brilliant.

The story drew me in and the characters & their emotions rang true. I truly loved it.




Also of interest; I liked how the writer (Eric Roth?) worked in little plot points about how a person with Benjamin's condition can earn a living and survive. When all's said & done, it was a realistic as a fairytale could be. It felt more grounded than, say, BIG FISH (which I also f'ing loved.)

Even though the film is long, it didnt feel that long which is usually lets you know how good a film is or how engrossing it was.

[SonnyJim]

I saw this over the holiday. I loved it. Loved the book too.

[RoseBlood]

Seeing this today :happy:
Haven't gone to see a good movie in a while.

[JerseyRich]

I would like to read the short story...

Just watched it on DVD the other night. Reminded me of Forrest Gump too much. I thought Cat Blanchett was great and I think the digital effects used were brilliant.
I give it a 3 out of 5.

[RoseBlood]

Just watched it on DVD the other night. Reminded me of Forrest Gump too much.

This makes me not want to see it now. :down:
But I love Cate Blanchett. :wub:

[fezident]

Blanchett looks simply beautiful.

Truly breathtaking. (I never say that word).

Funny... when I saw it in the theater, it was crowded.
There's one scene where they reveal Blanchett's character, at the height of her beauty, and the guys in the theater all kinda "gasped". One dude, about 1 second later, just said out-loud "HOLY MOLEY!!". It got a bit of a laugh from the rest of the audience.

She is beautiful.

[hammersavage]

When she dances for him in the gazebo under the moonlight, that might be the height of beautiful women right there.

[fezident]

She's at least 40, and I think she has 3 kids. You'd never know it to look at her though.

[~Katja~]

She's at least 40, and I think she has 3 kids. You'd never know it to look at her though.

39 to be 40 in may '09

She is a beautiful woman!



oh and I have not seen it yet but this picture is so beautiful i want to see it even more
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2362804736/nm0000949

[pittphantoms]

For those scared about the Gump reference - do not be - I hated Gump - this I loved.

The story is about this guys life. It isnt a history lesson.

Agreed about Blanchett. She was intoxicating in the movie.

[RoseBlood]

Jesus Christ! My eyes are burning from crying so much during this stupid movie. I liked it, I'm just mad that it made me cry so much http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/sad/sad0049.gif

[Coach]

Blanchett looks simply beautiful.

Truly breathtaking. (I never say that word).

Funny... when I saw it in the theater, it was crowded.
There's one scene where they reveal Blanchett's character, at the height of her beauty, and the guys in the theater all kinda "gasped". One dude, about 1 second later, just said out-loud "HOLY MOLEY!!". It got a bit of a laugh from the rest of the audience.

She is beautiful.
And Jimmy thought he had a chance.

[TooLowBrow]

at the end why wasnt he a man sized baby?

[TooLowBrow]

double post edit

[JDE]

And Jimmy thought he had a chance.


Wrong woman, Kate Beckinsale was the lass Jimmy sat next to on the Tonight show.


I saw it on Sat, I really enjoyed it, it was very well done, the effects were amazing with the aging and everything.

Brad Pitt is an underated actor, he might look good to the ladies, but he can act, just watched parts of The Jesse James film again on HBO today and his way of underplaying the role was excellent. Cate is simply right there with Winslett the two best actresses out there today.


Jason

[Coach]

Wrong woman, Kate Beckinsale was the lass Jimmy sat next to on the Tonight show.


I saw it on Sat, I really enjoyed it, it was very well done, the effects were amazing with the aging and everything.

Brad Pitt is an underated actor, he might look good to the ladies, but he can act, just watched parts of The Jesse James film again on HBO today and his way of underplaying the role was excellent. Cate is simply right there with Winslett the two best actresses out there today.


Jason
1) I suck!:wallbash::wallbash:
2) I wouldn't kick either of the chicks out of bed for eating crackers.

[RoseBlood]

Reading through this thread, I didn't know this was the same guy who directed Zodiac. I loved Zodiac and don't understand how anyone could not like it.

[drjoek]

Am I alone in having no interest in seeing this? Its getting rave reviews its based on good material great actors. It just does not appeal to me.

[KingGeno]

I read the short story this past weekend. Can't figure out how they can make this a long ass movie...............gonna have to check this movie out.

[JerseyRich]

Jesus Christ! My eyes are burning from crying so much during this stupid movie. I liked it, I'm just mad that it made me cry so much http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/sad/sad0049.gif

I actually cried after the movie...

The more I thought about it, the more sad I was.

I thought that the connection between Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton(The lady in the Hotel) was more interesting than the connection between Cate and Brad. I thought Cate just left me kind of flat in this movie.

And the whole Tugboat thing was just silly...and so Forrest Gump.

And another thing that bothered me was the voice overdubbing. It was really distracting.

[TheMojoPin]

Reading through this thread, I didn't know this was the same guy who directed Zodiac. I loved Zodiac and don't understand how anyone could not like it.

It's too patient a film.

And I mean that in a good way.

Zodiac gets my vote as the 3rd best film of last year.

[JohnnyLoco78]

The movie has the same screenwriter, Eric Roth, who wrote Gump. That is how he was able to turn a short story into such a long movie. It is ridiculous how similar the two movies are. The more I think back about the movie, the more I dislike it. Visually it was great, the directing by Fincher was very good, and Brad Pitt was good as usual, but the story was self plagiarized. http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-01-01-button-gump_N.htm

[JustJon]

I really liked this movie. It was well directed, well acted, all around good. There were some Gumpish moments and I didn't know it was the same writer until after I saw the film.

And yes, I cried too.

[PerryWinkle]

now i can't see this movie, Dave and HardRock Johnny didn't like it

[JerseyRich]

now i can't see this movie, Dave and HardRock Johnny didn't like it
If you do see it, do not pay to see it.

[~Katja~]

I still want to see it. Nobodies opinion would stop me from watching a movie I am interested in, I rather watch it and then decide I don't like it...

[RoseBlood]

I actually cried after the movie...

The more I thought about it, the more sad I was.

I thought that the connection between Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton(The lady in the Hotel) was more interesting than the connection between Cate and Brad. I thought Cate just left me kind of flat in this movie.

And the whole Tugboat thing was just silly...and so Forrest Gump.

And another thing that bothered me was the voice overdubbing. It was really distracting.
Spoilers:

As far as movies go, my heart-strings aren't usually tugged at so easily. However, watching this movie, I was engrossed and the time flew.

Brad and Cate were just this pure innocent love, unexamined and unexplainable. You weren't made to question the nature of their love, you just accepted it and they had amazing chemistry.

Brad and Tilda's character on the other hand did seem more interesting as far as character development and motive. These two people had a connection beyond love and attraction, but for the sake of not distracting from Brad and Cate, I was fine with the way that relationship ended.

The movie did leave me wondering what happened with Cate's husband after she started to take care of Brad as a child and how he handled that, but being a 2hr.40min. movie, there are some things that just need to be left unanswered.

Also, I found some of the parts when Brad was narrating to be a bit too dramatic, in the sense it's all been done before. When he was talking about how life is a series of events all inter-twined (right before Cate's accident) it reminded me to much of a PT Andersen movie.

[JustJon]

Spoilers:


The movie did leave me wondering what happened with Cate's husband after she started to take care of Brad as a child and how he handled that, but being a 2hr.40min. movie, there are some things that just need to be left unanswered.


Didn't she say in the voice-over that he died? And that her daughter had gone off to school.

[RoseBlood]

Didn't she say in the voice-over that he died? And that her daughter had gone off to school.

Ahh.. I couldn't hear her over the sounds of my own sobs, but you're probably right and I just assumed such. Thanks! :smile:

[JerseyRich]

Spoilers:


Also, I found some of the parts when Brad was narrating to be a bit too dramatic, in the sense it's all been done before. When he was talking about how life is a series of events all inter-twined (right before Cate's accident) it reminded me to much of a PT Andersen movie.

I actually found that to be the most interesting part of the movie...

I'd be interested to tally the amount of women v. men that liked this movie.

[GregoryJoseph]

Once I learned this movie was nearly 3 hours long I lost all interest in seeing it.

Brevity is the soul of wit, Mr. Fincher.

[TheMojoPin]

Once I learned this movie was nearly 3 hours long I lost all interest in seeing it.

Brevity is the soul of wit, Mr. Fincher.

You talk like longer films can't be good.

[GregoryJoseph]

You talk like longer films can't be good.

No matter how interesting or exciting or thought provoking they may be, I start to lose interest after an hour and forty five minutes.

Same for a concert.

I have no desire to see anybody do anything for three hours.

[IMSlacker]

I have no desire to see anybody do anything for three hours.

What about baseball or football?

[GregoryJoseph]

What about baseball or football?

Commercials, seventh inning stretch, go take a piss, get a beer, halftime, etc.

Breaks it up.

[RoseBlood]

Once I learned this movie was nearly 3 hours long I lost all interest in seeing it.

Brevity is the soul of wit, Mr. Fincher.

This was my exact thoughts when I saw how long it would be and yet I enjoyed the movie. Not all 2 hour plus movies overstay their welcome (ie.. Gump, AI :thumbdown:).

[hammersavage]

Yeah Godfather II blows cuz its so long.

[GregoryJoseph]

Yeah Godfather II blows cuz its so long.

AMEN!

[hammersavage]

Once I learned this movie was nearly 3 hours long I lost all interest in seeing it.

There have been nights in which I have am overcome by the warm embrace of my lover and we make love on the beach for 3 hours and feed each other duck meat.

[TheMojoPin]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm...duck-fuck.

[JustJon]

Yeah Godfather II blows cuz its so long.

But Godfather II has an intermission.

[jlehane3]

going to movies. I have contributed to about 10 movies in my life,mostly blockbusters.I saw the trailer for this one,and I can at least bite on the premise,since I'm a Twilight Zone fan.I'm sure I'll see it online someday in a few years,no rush.I can tell by the trailer I'll zip thru most of it and watch the parts I like in a half hour.It's a little too fake romance for my taste.Women will therefor LOVE IT.Take your date or wifey and snooze thru. Brad Pitt will make the Mars women wet. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a221/jlehane3/BigMarsGirl12.jpg :laugh:

[WampusCrandle]

i just got back from a date, and we saw this movie and it was ok. but it just seemed way too long and i felt it could have been faster. by the end of it, i just needed to pee really badly.

[grlNIN]

I saw this last week and i loved it. I did sit through the entire movie with that "im going to cry" lump in my throat, which happened a few times nevertheless.

The scene on the tugboat at night when they come across the submarine was amazing to me for some reason. The way the gunfire looked completely awed me and i can't explain why.

Overall i thought it was great but i known it would be that somber of a movie i would have definitely watched it at home.

I guess it also doesn't help that i was still getting over having scene Revolutionary Road.

[instrument]

Momma always said life was like a jar of buttons....

That hummingbird was the feather...

It all felt far too gump.

[TheMojoPin]

I guess it also doesn't help that i was still getting over having scene Revolutionary Road.

Lucky.

[fezident]

Momma always said life was like a jar of buttons....

That hummingbird was the feather...

It all felt far too gump.


Comments like this baffle me.

Every single sports movie is exactly the same. Exactly. Right down to the last minute hail mary slo-mo.
Every stupid buddy-cop movie is the same. The cop and the detective sure do hate each other!!!
Every disaster flick is the same. Right down to the dog.
Hollywood bio-pics are interchangeable. Right down to Golden Globe nomination after it's release.
These heist/caper movies are all clones of each other. Right down to the double cross at the end.
Remakes, sequels, and "re imaginings" galore.

But 15 years ago, there was one movie about one unique man's journey and, now BUTTON gets dismissed??
GUMP is a quality piece of work. So is BUTTON.


I'm not condemning anybody. Not at all.
I'm just amazed at how often I'm hearing about this fucking hummingbird that got exactly 2.2 seconds of screentime.

[grlNIN]

Lucky.

It's only a click away...

[hammersavage]

I guess it also doesn't help that i was still getting over having scene Revolutionary Road.

What were your thoughts on RR?

[grlNIN]

One of the few movies that i have ever watched where you just have this unsettling feeling from beginning to end, you know nothing good is destined to be there, it's pure Greek tragedy.

I don't know if you've familiar with the novel, because then you'll know the plot but i thought that the acting was magnificent. DiCaprio and Winslet really represented the Wheelers with that seesaw of conflict and remote semblance of hope.

The movie really fucked me up for a few days though, the mood definitely lingers, even if you're familiar with Yates' work.

[hammersavage]

I loooooove dark suburban movies. Little Children, In the Bedroom, Snow Angels last year.

And Mendez already went there with American Beauty. I have high hopes for that one since the darkness of the theme won't be a bother to me like some people who reviewed it. Thanks.


Ok, back to the Button talk.

[WampusCrandle]

One of the few movies that i have ever watched where you just have this unsettling feeling from beginning to end, you know nothing good is destined to be there, it's pure Greek tragedy.

I don't know if you've familiar with the novel, because then you'll know the plot but i thought that the acting was magnificent. DiCaprio and Winslet really represented the Wheelers with that seesaw of conflict and remote semblance of hope.

The movie really fucked me up for a few days though, the mood definitely lingers, even if you're familiar with Yates' work.

i remember watching them film all summer long and it was so damn interesting to see what and how they filmed. i cant wait to see RR. just watching the trailer gave me chills.

[thepaulo]

Comments like this baffle me.

Every single sports movie is exactly the same. Exactly. Right down to the last minute hail mary slo-mo.
Every stupid buddy-cop movie is the same. The cop and the detective sure do hate each other!!!
Every disaster flick is the same. Right down to the dog.
Hollywood bio-pics are interchangeable. Right down to Golden Globe nomination after it's release.
These heist/caper movies are all clones of each other. Right down to the double cross at the end.
Remakes, sequels, and "re imaginings" galore.

But 15 years ago, there was one movie about one unique man's journey and, now BUTTON gets dismissed??
GUMP is a quality piece of work. So is BUTTON.


I'm not condemning anybody. Not at all.
I'm just amazed at how often I'm hearing about this fucking hummingbird that got exactly 2.2 seconds of screentime.


true true true

[Gerald]

I was ambivalent after my first viewing but I loved it the second time. I'm scared if I see it a third time I might wind up back at square one.

I frankly don't believe that savvy guys like David Fincher and Eric Roth explicitly agreed that they were going to rip off Robert Zemeckis with this project. It probably boiled down to them being encouraged by the money people to play by the Gump formula rule book since so much was going to be at stake financially. For the record I also love Gump. In terms of tone the films are strikingly different since it's not in Fincher's DNA to make anything syrupy. Button was very elegiac and bittersweet about chronicling the entire sweep of its peculiar central character's life whereas Gump was more whimsical and maudlin.

[TheMojoPin]

While I didn't actually hate this film, this review does a good job of summing up a lot of the things that left me feeling pretty undewhelmed. (http://www.pajiba.com/the-most-overrated-films-of-2008.htm)

[SP1!]

While I didn't actually hate this film, this review does a good job of summing up a lot of the things that left me feeling pretty undewhelmed. (http://www.pajiba.com/the-most-overrated-films-of-2008.htm)
Is there a film you liked that didnt involve the phrase schwing or bogus?

People can hate this film all they want but its a lot better than forrest gump and he was never involved in any of the events throughout history other than reacting to the times.

The biggest gauge for most people that I talked to said that it didnt seem as long as it really was which is a good thing as it means the story flowed very well. Its a fine film with great acting, although I was a little pissed of the woman they got to play her daughter in the hospital looked 50 when she was supposed to be almost my age.

I guess people bitching is why we keep getting all the shit teen movies or shitty nic cage and angelina jolie action films, maybe we need yet another film about how someone is controlling our lives? We are already getting jumper 2 and the first one sucked, I am starting to think the public is getting just what they deserve.

A fine narrative film like benjamin button gets a shit load of backlash, when shit like jumper makes twice its budget.

[TheMojoPin]

Is there a film you liked that didnt involve the phrase schwing or bogus?

People can hate this film all they want but its a lot better than forrest gump and he was never involved in any of the events throughout history other than reacting to the times.

The biggest gauge for most people that I talked to said that it didnt seem as long as it really was which is a good thing as it means the story flowed very well. Its a fine film with great acting, although I was a little pissed of the woman they got to play her daughter in the hospital looked 50 when she was supposed to be almost my age.

I guess people bitching is why we keep getting all the shit teen movies or shitty nic cage and angelina jolie action films, maybe we need yet another film about how someone is controlling our lives? We are already getting jumper 2 and the first one sucked, I am starting to think the public is getting just what they deserve.

A fine narrative film like benjamin button gets a shit load of backlash, when shit like jumper makes twice its budget.

One has zero to do with the other.

I didn't hate this film...I was just let down by it based on the filmmaker and the story it was based on.

And no, I don't like any films that don't involve "schwing" or "bogus." I only like four films total. You got me.

[TheMojoPin]

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[thepaulo]

13 Oscar nods.

[SP1!]

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Yeah that argument has been proven bullshiat, forrest gump is not half the film button is, gump is over hyped hack shiat, he shows up at every major event and met the king of rock, 2 presidents, was a star at bama, met lennon on dick cavett, fell backwards into becoming a millionaire, invented the shiat happens moniker, and farked one of the first known cases of aids who happened to be banging famous rockers in LA.

From a realism standpoint, benjamin button is easier to believe as real than the forrest gump shit, it was an ok movie but button is a film that is 100x better than the one you are comparing it to.

[TheMojoPin]

Yeah that argument has been proven bullshiat, forrest gump is not half the film button is, gump is over hyped hack shiat, he shows up at every major event and met the king of rock, 2 presidents, was a star at bama, met lennon on dick cavett, fell backwards into becoming a millionaire, invented the shiat happens moniker, and farked one of the first known cases of aids who happened to be banging famous rockers in LA.

From a realism standpoint, benjamin button is easier to believe as real than the forrest gump shit, it was an ok movie but button is a film that is 100x better than the one you are comparing it to.

The clip is largely a joke, but it's not talking about the historical stuff in FG or BB...it's pointing out how the key narrative and character developments are remarkably similar between two films written by the same guy. Roth had to go way out of his way to make BB as similar to FG as he did.

[jetdog]

Is there a film you liked that didnt involve the phrase schwing or bogus?

At the risk of being a rabble rouser, I have to say that this question, directed to this person, is highly suggestive of the idea that you post without having a full grasp of the subject you are posting about.

[SP1!]

The clip is largely a joke, but it's not talking about the historical stuff in FG or BB...it's pointing out how the key narrative and character developments are remarkably similar between two films written by the same guy. Roth had to go way out of his way to make BB as similar to FG as he did.
Yeah I know, but the point remains that gump is a barely above average film without nearly the actors that button had in it.

At the risk of being a rabble rouser, I have to say that this question, directed to this person, is highly suggestive of the idea that you post without having a full grasp of the subject you are posting about.
No its a running joke about the love of waynes world, try and keep up please. Thanks.

[TheMojoPin]

Yeah I know, but the point remains that gump is a barely above average film without nearly the actors that button had in it.

Which just comes back to why I was let down by BB. Given the director, the cast and the source material, that I ended up seeing something that struck me as a really unremarkable film left me very underwhelmed.

[MobCounty]

As long as it get the best effects oscar, I'll be a happy matte painter!! :clap::clap::clap:

[Leticia]

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:lol::lol::lol:

I actually really like this movie. But, then again, I've never seen forrest gump.

[thepaulo]

There is no freaking mention of no freaking box of chocolates in freaking Benjamin Button.
that's all I'm saying.

[NewYorkDragons80]

Sorry to review this so late, but I saw it two weeks ago and couldn't really get internet access until now. I went into this thing liking Fincher & Zodiac and not having read the book. I walked out of the theater thinking it was fairly derivative, but entertaining. Adequately satisfied is the best way to describe my initial reaction to this movie. However, I was pissed when I found out how many Oscar nominations this carbon-copy of a film got, especially in light of the brilliant unconventional films that were overlooked for the same prestigious awards. I can only hope this wannabe epic gets ROYALLY snubbed Shawshank style, as that is the only way to appropriately treat such regurgitated mediocrity.

[foodcourtdruide]

Seeing this tonight at the zeigfeld.

[SP1!]

Which just comes back to why I was let down by BB. Given the director, the cast and the source material, that I ended up seeing something that struck me as a really unremarkable film left me very underwhelmed.
Well that way I can understand but this film was leaps and bounds over gump, that movie was so fucking average and to hear all the talk about it then just pissed me off.

Seeing this tonight at the zeigfeld.
Pee before you go, its long as hell.