Curious Case of Benjamin Button

[Townhallsavoy]

Filth. 

Way too much story.  Too long. 

The premise is cool.  Baby is born as an old man who ages backwards.  I'm sure the short story was perfect.  But stretching out that premise over a 3 hour movie was entirely too much.  I quit caring after a while and only stuck around to see if he turned back into a zygote, which unfortunately (SPOILER ALERT FROM HERE ON OUT) he did not. 

Brad Pitt was decent, but that monotone horrible southern accent wasn't working.  Cate Blanchett was decent as a young hot dancer, but the vocal effects as an old lady inhibited her lines from being fully understood.

And why the fuck was Hurricane Katrina included? 

No stars awarded for this. 

Oh, and it's Forrest Gump all over again.  Just watch this. 

[Ogre]

I actually found this movie entertaining.  Maybe it's because I went in with low expectations, but I definitely thought it was worth watching.

I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5.

[boartitz]

It really is a short story.

http://www.readbookonline.net/read/690/10628/

[Tiger Wench]

I have not deliberately watched Brad Pitt in anything since Thelma and Louise or Legends of the Fall - not sure which came first, so I named both.  I think T&L was his big debut.. but since that time, he has started opening his mouth and being more than eye candy, so I quit watching him.  He should have stuck with taking his shirt off...

[Townhallsavoy]

I have not deliberately watched Brad Pitt in anything since Thelma and Louise or Legends of the Fall - not sure which came first, so I named both.  I think T&L was his big debut.. but since that time, he has started opening his mouth and being more than eye candy, so I quit watching him.  He should have stuck with taking his shirt off...

I really liked him in 12 Monkeys and Burn After Reading. 

[Tiger Wench]

I really liked him in 12 Monkeys and Burn After Reading. 

Oh - I forgot Seven.  That was just a good movie.  He just happened to be in it and didn't fuck it up too badly.  Morgan Freeman was the star.

But I am fairly certain that was the last time... I have never seen him in a movie where he was the headlining star.

[wesfau2]

I have not deliberately watched Brad Pitt in anything since Thelma and Louise or Legends of the Fall - not sure which came first, so I named both.  I think T&L was his big debut.. but since that time, he has started opening his mouth and being more than eye candy, so I quit watching him.  He should have stuck with taking his shirt off...

Funny, I have come around and started to dig the guy.  He's easy to hate on for being a pretty-boy, but he usually takes off-beat/interesting roles:

True Romance
Seven
Fight Club
Burn After Reading
Kalifornia
Snatch

His best are the roles where he doesn't have to take himself or his character too seriously (obviously Seven falls outside of this spectrum, but it was a fine movie).

[Saniflush]

I liked it better when it was called the 4th season of "Mork and Mindy" with Jonathan Winters.