A Curious Review

- 3 Eberts

Roger didn't like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. In fact he gave it 2 1/2 stars, which is quite unusual for him. I think he didn't like it because it seemed illogical to him.

He says :

"Let me paraphrase the oldest story I know: In the beginning, there was
nothing, and then God said, "Let there be light." Everything comes after the
beginning, and we all seem to share this awareness of the direction of time's
arrow. There is a famous line by e.e. cummings that might seem to apply to
Benjamin Button: and down he forgot as up he grew. But no, it involves the
process of forgetting our youth as we grow older."

I don't quite get what Roger's complaint is here. Benjamin didn't know anything when he was born. The twist of aging in the wrong direction is what makes the movie interesting.

But, I am happy that Roger gave something less than 3 stars. in fact, I wasn't in love with this movie either. It was beautifully filmed, and the idea was interesting, but it was too long. With a running time of 166 minutes the movie just dragged in the last half hour, when it should have become exciting.

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, the special effects and the makeup were all great. It could have been a really good movie if it had just been cut by 40 or 50 minutes. But it wasn't, so I can only give it 3 Eberts.

But Roger seems to think that this beautifully filmed movie is not as good as Zohan or the Mummy 3. That is pretty curious.