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Movie: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - IBNeko's Journal-Nyo~!
02:05 am January 1st, 2009
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Movie: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Saw this one in the movie theaters. I don't really think it was worth watching. As the girls (Lily and Karen) summed it up: It was all about death.

And... I dunno. It was kinda slow sometimes. Not all that amusing, aside from the guy that gets hit by lightning 7 times. The love was... lacking.

I guess it counts mostly as a "slice of life" sorta thing, but since the slice covered a full lifetime, but half-twisted backwards... well... it wasn't really just a slice.

All in all, not really all that recommended.

[edit] Ok, Rotten Tomatoes has it at 73%. So it's probably ok, I guess. I just didn't like it that much.

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evrdream33 From: evrdream33 Date: January 1st, 2009 06:02 pm (UTC) (Link)
I had a feeling that's what it was like after I read the wiki summary of the Fitzgerald short story it was based off of. I don't really want to see it 'cause it seems like something that'll just depress me. It kinda seems like a movie that's based off of a gimmick rather than anything of great substance, but it's up for a bunch of Golden Globes, so I guess it's a shoe in for Oscars and such. =/
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caronroz From: caronroz Date: January 4th, 2009 11:36 pm (UTC) (Link)
I read the entire short story that the movie was based upon....I was not impressed, so I decided not to watch the movie. Fitzgerald could have taken the plot so much further/deeper.
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From: (Anonymous) Date: January 30th, 2009 01:13 am (UTC) (Link)

gottv.blogspot.com great movie on a great site
Definitly a different movie, but a good one. I watched it on http://gottv.blogspot.com and loved it!
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