There is no denying the technical mastery on hand in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Making Brad Pitt look old and like a kid at the same time could not have been easy. The makeup and effects used on Pitt and Cate Blanchett are flawless and superb. In fact I am not even positive that the actress playing Blanchett's character as a dying old woman in the bookends of the film are even her, but I imagine it is her.
But, technical wizardry does not make a movie and Button falls just short of being the epic romance it tries to be. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film and think it is pretty good but there were times I was bored and many scenes and sequences felt forced. Things seemed to happen because something needed to fill time rather than happening as a natural progression of the story. There were a couple side stories that were never fully developed and just made for a sloppy narrative. The movie could have been shortened by about 30 minutes, trimming the fat as it were, and I think it would have been much better.
The ongoing romance between Benjamin and Daisy works well but I was constantly thinking of how "Slumdog Millionaire" does the same kind of thing much more effectively. The audience does develop a desire to see the two together but there are times when the romance seems to be a secondary part of the story and then, all of a sudden, it is thrust to the forefront and becomes the emphasis of the whole movie.
I think Colin Boyd from GetTheBigPicture.net sums up well my general feeling about this film in the beginning of his review: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a better experience and a better production than it is a singularly entertaining movie."
I had high expectations going into the film and was left slightly dissapointed but overall it is a fantastic display of how far we have come technologically and it does present an entertaining and engaging story about how we should spend our lives experiencing new things and broadening our horizons.
Rating 7 out of 10
Click Here to check out the rest of Colin Boyd's review.
But, technical wizardry does not make a movie and Button falls just short of being the epic romance it tries to be. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the film and think it is pretty good but there were times I was bored and many scenes and sequences felt forced. Things seemed to happen because something needed to fill time rather than happening as a natural progression of the story. There were a couple side stories that were never fully developed and just made for a sloppy narrative. The movie could have been shortened by about 30 minutes, trimming the fat as it were, and I think it would have been much better.
The ongoing romance between Benjamin and Daisy works well but I was constantly thinking of how "Slumdog Millionaire" does the same kind of thing much more effectively. The audience does develop a desire to see the two together but there are times when the romance seems to be a secondary part of the story and then, all of a sudden, it is thrust to the forefront and becomes the emphasis of the whole movie.
I think Colin Boyd from GetTheBigPicture.net sums up well my general feeling about this film in the beginning of his review: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a better experience and a better production than it is a singularly entertaining movie."
I had high expectations going into the film and was left slightly dissapointed but overall it is a fantastic display of how far we have come technologically and it does present an entertaining and engaging story about how we should spend our lives experiencing new things and broadening our horizons.
Rating 7 out of 10
Click Here to check out the rest of Colin Boyd's review.
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