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THE CURIOUS CASE OF FORREST GUMP
I dedicated just under 3 hours of my life and saw Forrest Gump 2 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this weekend, and according to that opening sentence, you’d be lead to believe this review is going to be antagonizing, which isn’t the case.
As most of you already know, Benjamin Button is the story of a man (Brad Pitt) who ages backwards. At birth, he is fragile, weak, arthritis-ridden, and his skin is covered with unsightly wrinkles. At the age of 7 (top), he stands at the height of an average 7-year-old, but must get around via wheelchair. As he gets “older”, he gets younger – his hair starts changing from gray to brown, and he gets taller and gains back his strength.
But, this movie was one retarded main character and a cross-country run away from being a remake of Forrest Gump. Benjamin Button lives with his mother in a huge plantation-style, deep-south, retirement home. In a portion of the movie, he wears leg braces, and finally gains the strength to shed the braces and walk normally. He visits his love interest (Cate Blanchett) after not seeing her for years, she asks “What are you doing here? You should have called,” they bone, etc.
Button and his love interest are around the same age, but when she was young, he was old. It’s at the point where they “meet in the middle” that the movie hits its high point. They are both in their 40s, and you’d never know he was aging backwards. But the two must face the reality that he will soon be a teenager, a toddler, and inevitably die as a baby.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an epic film. It might be the best movie of this Oscar season and one of the most visually stunning movies you will ever see – a movie that will garner even more respect with time. David Fincher (Zodiac, Fight Club, Se7en) never ceases to amaze. You’d be doing yourself a disservice by not seeing this movie.
9.5 / 10
