"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Review

 7/10

Movie:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Just went to watch "Benjamin Button"  with the roomie. 

Since I've seen almost all the other movies currently playing in HK,  this was pretty much the only option left.   All I got from the synopsis was "Brad Pitt", "epic" and "guy is born old and gets younger".

That's basically all you need to know about the movie... except maybe instead of "epic"... "extremely long" is a better description.  Its actually almost three hours, but it manages to go by relatively unnoticed.

Its directed by David Fincher, the same guy who worked with Brad Pitt on "Seven" and "Fight Club", but this film is definitely feels more inspired by "Forrest Gump" than anything else (its written by the same guy, Eric Roth)... sweeping life story spanning decades of people who find themselves in interesting times and places...  with a good bit of comedy and drama thrown in too.

but instead of being an idiot savant type,  Benjamin Button has this reverse aging thing going on... 

If nothing else its very interesting how they did the CG to make it somewhat believable and to imagine what a life like this must be (imagine turning from an old man into a young Brad Pitt). 

Definitely worth checking out! 7/10.