Comments on: Unreal Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:14:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: BuenoCabra http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-8362 BuenoCabra Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:57:05 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-8362 I know I'm a few months behind on this. In my understanding of the film, the fact that Benjamin wasn't that interesting as a character WAS intentional. In the real world, we would say that he was the most interesting person out of the entire cast because of his inhuman aging. Fincher pulled the ol' switcheroo--all the people that Benjamin encountered along the way were, in fact, far more interesting. That's why the final sequence was a montage of singles reviewing who he'd met in his life. Ben's not the everyman; every other normally-aging person in the film is. Living their lives is what made them special. Kind of an inverse Forrest Gump. I know I’m a few months behind on this.

In my understanding of the film, the fact that Benjamin wasn’t that interesting as a character WAS intentional. In the real world, we would say that he was the most interesting person out of the entire cast because of his inhuman aging. Fincher pulled the ol’ switcheroo–all the people that Benjamin encountered along the way were, in fact, far more interesting. That’s why the final sequence was a montage of singles reviewing who he’d met in his life. Ben’s not the everyman; every other normally-aging person in the film is. Living their lives is what made them special.

Kind of an inverse Forrest Gump.

]]> By: Rod http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-3370 Rod Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:03:02 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-3370 the most tedious and pointless movie ever made. seriously, any ''life lessons'' there? any conflict or drama? any point to it at all? a waste of a movie. 3 hours of absoulte nothing. the most tedious and pointless movie ever made. seriously, any ”life lessons” there? any conflict or drama? any point to it at all? a waste of a movie.

3 hours of absoulte nothing.

]]> By: Unreality - Breaking Down the Golden Globe Winners | http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-2449 Unreality - Breaking Down the Golden Globe Winners | Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:12:12 +0000 http://unrealitymag.com/index.php/2008/12/30/unreal-movie-review-the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/#comment-2449 [...] campiness you may expect and it’s a solid choice for Best Picture.  I loved Benjamin Button, but it was flawed, so I have no problem with Slumdog winning the [...] [...] campiness you may expect and it’s a solid choice for Best Picture.  I loved Benjamin Button, but it was flawed, so I have no problem with Slumdog winning the [...]

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