The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (DVD, 2009, 2-Disc Special Edition)

Most usually, I tend to watch a movie from start to finish, this film was a bit slow paced in the first parts but soon began to pick up closer to the middle part of the film. A common tag-line for this film is that "..Life isn't measured in minutes but in moments" and "I was born under unusual circumstances".

While the film was still being shot, the computer software graphics that helped Benjamin Buttons transform throughout the film was still being designed. The CGI technology changes daily. Brad Pitt's character seemed so real that it was scary.

The elemental irony of this film typically would make anyone wonder how it is like to live in someone else's shoes, especially from the standpoint of the elderly. Myself, being past the point of young and entering into middle age, one senses a deep sense of a powerful hand directing life at every turn. The word destiny or fate always seems to make me wonder about certain monumental defining moments in my life. If those things in life that I forced myself to do and be may have been a lot more exact if I hadn't let my emotions get the best of me. However, not a one of us could say that we know for "one cotton-picking minute" what's going to happen to us all next. That's the wonderment of this film. It usually is best taught to us if we only just experience the story and let our stubbornness and self out of the picture and just live.

The characters of Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett were very believable and in love, which is tremendously powerful on film.

I'll give this film a 4/5 even though I'm not sure I'll ever be able to sit through it again.

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bien criterion c'est rare d'avoir un film qui sort direct en criterion a sa sortie. GVrand film a malgré 2h40 et une voix off qui ressemble a celle de forrest gump (un peu troublant la ressemblance).
tres bonne qualité technique

Before seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button I wondered how I would react to the story of a man who is born old and gets younger as he grows up. Of all of the stories I have come across, this is by far the most bizarre and intriguing. If i had to pick someone to bring this story to the screen I do no think David Fincher would have been my first choice.

How wrong I would have been. This film is by far one of the best if not the best of 2008. Fincher's direction is flawless! The film from start to finish does not let up. There are moments of joy and ecstasy followed by sorrow and understanding. Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin, a boy born an old man who must live his life in reverse. His friend from childhood, Daisy, is played by Cate Blanchett. The story is narrated from Benjamin's point of view with some particular highlights from Daisy.

The cast does nothing wrong. Pitt leads with Blanchett and a strong performance from Taraji P. Henson as Benjamin's surrogate mother Queenie, the only person in the world who seems to understand and truly love him from the start. Other cameos along the way bring a large array of characters, including Tilda Swinton, one of Benjamin's early love interests.

The film spans from the end of World War I to the the arrival of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The transitions from life stage to life stage and decade to decade are seamless. Fincher does a tremendous job at maintaining a steady flow of action and dialogue. There is not a dull moment in the film. The cinematography is superb and couples nicely with Fincher's style of accentuating certain colors to enhance a mood or moment.

There really is nothing wrong with this film. Even with a runtime of about 160 minutes, time just flies by, much like it does for Benjamin, only we are going forward. This is a tender and meaningful film you do not want to wish.

I bought this movie about a week ago. This is a excellent movie for people who love drama. I wouldn't watch with a young child becuase of its length. It's a great movie for a girls' night.

IF BRAD PITT IS IS IT I BUY IT HE THS THE UTMOST LOOKING ACTOR AND HUMANITARIAN THERE IS ALONG WITH ANGELINA JOLIE. LOVE THE STORY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER, THERE WAS NOTHIN I DISLIKED ABOUT IT. EVEN THE PRICE WAS SUPER.

I LOVE this movie!!! you have got to watch this movie before you die!!! The acting is amazing, the accents are done very well, and the use of New Orleans is beautiful. I still find the fact the this movie lost out to "Slumdog Millionaire" for Best Picture absolutely appalling and ridiculous!

Another movie that I haven't seen yet but I can't wait. I'm planning on giving this to my girlfriend because she's wanted to see it since it was in the theateres. When I've been busy and such she's gonna smile seeing this.

The unique concept of this film, from a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is the story of a person born as an old man aging backward to a child. Memorable and bittersweet performances by Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. As the starcrossed lovers, Daisy and Benjamin, they intersect in time, and then head apart, each unable to alter their fates, but with an undying love beyond the reach of time. This is a long, slow, deliberate film that will require intense viewing, perhaps several times, to reveal its depth. Wonderful, but not overdone digital effects of Brad Pitt changing over time. What impressed me most was not the old Benjamin, but of Brad Pitt looking like he did in Thelma & Louise. The film has reminders of Forrest Gump, but still is worthy of your DVD collection.

This movie was so complex and morally satisfying on many levels, as well as entertaining. Reversing the stages of life added new depth to my understanding of the beauty of every age I've experienced. Of course, the "under 30" group probably won't get it, but I think this picture will become a classic -- to be watched and enjoyed 10 or 20 years from now, long after "Slumdog" has been forgotten.

After renting the movie, my husband and I had to know how they aged the actors and actresses so convincingly. We bought the movie then and are really enjoying it!

I decided to buy the movie because I was sick when I first watched it and fell asleep and I got a coupon for 15% off and I really wanted to see it again - so I hunted for the best deal and got it here!! 2 disk special too!!!

Great Ebayer!! A++++++++++++++++

I have never seen a Brad Pitt movie, so I was kind of not looking foward to this one either but once it started I just couldn't help but love it. It's such a nice great beautiful movie. I love the way it was filmed and the colors in the movie. It's amazing how he was born old and gets younger with time.
Great movie!!!

I went into this movie with high expectations, because of the reviews and almost everything Brad Pitt does, I love. This movie is original, although the movie "Forest Gump" came to mind, because of the way the story was from back and forth from present to past. Acting was phenominal, Brad Pitt was amazing like usual. The makeup of the special effects they did with the aging and de-aging process was argumentively the best I've seen. There wasnt any real interesting stories told of Benjamin's voyages. Except the war scene.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Buutton" was extremely slow and you kept thinking okay its going to get great soon but for me that never came. I literally fell asleep during this film. In any case I was let down from this movie.