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Benjamin Button was born on the night the great war ended. He was born like every other baby, but unlike every other baby he was born looking like an old man. As he grew older in age, his skin became fairer and it was clear that Benjamin Button was living life in reverse. As he ages Benjamin wants to work, wants to experience life. All the while at sea Benjamin writes to his childhood sweetheart Daisie.
Benjamin Button: I was thinking how nothing lasts, and what a shame that is.
Although so different they really are the same age. Benjamin finds himself a lady while out at sea and tries to forget about Daisie. After a while at sea Benjamin returns home to see all those he loves getting older, while he himself is the only one getting younger. Benjamin doesn't really know what to do, or how to feel. While home he sees Daisie, and she wants to be with him. He says it is not a good time. As his life progresses Benjamin and Daisie end up together through fate, and end up having a child of their own along the way.
Benjamin Button transforms through out this film. At the beginning he is a child in an old mans body, something nobody understood. Everyone sort of looked down upon Benjamin saying that he wasn't supposed to live long, that he was a monster. But just like everyone else, he had real human feelings, deep emotions, emotions he only wanted people to care about.. Someone did care about Benjamin and that was his momma, not his actual mamma, but the family that he was left as a child. They nurtured him, gave him a life and that is the place Benjamin called home, the one he wanted to go back to when he felt alone. Like every other human being, Benjamin had feelings, real feelings that meant something. He wasn't a monster, he was just born under unusual circumstances.
Benjamin Button: My name is Benjamin Button, and I was born under unusual circumstances. While, everyone else was agin', I was gettin' younger... all alone.
Brad Pitt is famous, that we all know. We all know everything about his life, the personal side of it anyway. Brad is all over the news, with the adoption of children, helping people in New Orleans, and just for being an A-list movie star. Brad is also really good at what he does. Seven was an absolute masterpiece, because of Brad (with some help from Spacey and Freeman) Fight Club was an awesome movie because of Brad starring as Tyler Durden. With the mention of Fight Club comes the next statement. Not since Fight Club has Brad Pitt been able to get his hands on something valuable. With the exception of course now being Benjamin Button.
Not since Fight Club has Brad cared so much about his work, has his work consumed him this much, and has he given us a character that shouts from the roof top about Oscar night. Brad radiates positivity for this role. He screams with intensity, he is fierce like a lion in portraying Benjamin Button, and making this fairy tale seem not so fairy like at all. Brad Pitt is able to make Button seem like he could be our own friendly neighbor our own best friend, while leaving room for people to misunderstand such a supernatural occurrence. Brad Pitt is first class and is excellent. Brad Pitt will gain Oscar buzz and this film is one of the best you could possibly see.
Cate Blanchett is the definition of Sophistication. Her roles take on a new light. She feeds off of challenge, and becomes even better when the pressure is on.She is fantastic in anything she gets her hands on. Cate did something great in the Aviator, I'm Not There and now starring in this magical film about who two people are meant to come together and be together. Cate matches the intensity of Brad and delivers her character of Daisy just as well as Brad gives us Benjamin.. Cate compares with Brad and makes the film that much more envisioning, powerful, heart wrenching. Cate creates magic with Brad, she makes this film twinkle. She reaches for the stars and she goes beyond, shining. I would love for Cate to win best actress for Benjamin Button, but it wont happen. Cate is a beautiful actress, who is so very impressive in every film
This film is so very impressive when you think about it on the grandest scale. Like every other big Hollywood film, you expect acting to be high quality. Check a yes for that. You expect there to be some sort of action somewhere, check another yes to that one. And like every Hollywood picture these days you expect the visuals to be so good you cant even tell it came out of Hollywood. Check another giant yes to that one.Benjamin Button was not a normal man and that had to be shown. As much as the audience grew into who Benjamin was, they still couldn't get over the fact that he was born under the most unusual of circumstances.
I loved the message this film held. Never take anything for granted, live every day like its your last, because you never know what is coming for you. Benjamin in many peoples eyes was a far cry from being like everyone else. He was old, he was wrinkly, he shouldnt have been hanging around Daisy when he was a kid, she couldn't be his friend.Benjamin through out the film expressed his differing opinions because he saw the world in a different light. He didn't see everything the same way everyone else did.
Benjamin Button:“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you.”
For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit... Start whenever you want... You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
-Benjamin Button
Queenie: You never know what's comin' for ya.
This film is one of the best of 2008, it is sentimental, heart wrenching,and romantic.
9/10
