"I was born under unusual circumstances..." claimed Benjamin Button. There is nothing unusual about Benjamin Button if you eliminate his reverse aging. Benjamin Button is born an old wrinkly baby. As he grows up (physically growing), he becomes younger and more youthful, before he dies as a baby.
The movie has a good cast of actors including Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton. Sadly, I'm rather disappointed by the plot development. There are obvious key situations and turning point of Benjamin's life but the director has failed to highlight these significant events. The movie comes alive only in the last 30min of its run.
It is a 3 hour long movie and I find it rather challenging to sit through it. I can imagine two kinds of people will enjoy this film, i.e. 1) value for money movie buff and 2) die-hard romance who feels true love transcend time and continents. Oh yes, I forgot about the 3rd kind, fans of Brad Pitt.
The movie is really kind of crappy and I'm surprised that some sites claimed it to be "a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time. " To me, it is just a tale of an ordinary man whose path crosses with major changes of the world, and finally coming term with his ideas of life and closure of his own personal struggles.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 fairy clouds. I'm not impressed due to its austereness and lack of depth.
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