Benjamin Button is a great movie to start off a New Year, giving everyone a fresh perspective on new beginnings. Very moving and dramatic; I never felt the length of the almost-three-hour film with its wonderful story-telling and imagery (kudos to Eric Roth), great script, and very good actors. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett gave stellar performances as Benjamin and Daisy; David Fincher's directing skills came alive on the big screen.
I haven't been able to read the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald (too bad, but I plan to read it now), and it was indeed a curious story, as a baby is born old, and gets younger as he ages. It was thought he would only live for a while, but the clock ticks counter clockwise for this unusual "boy" and he lives his life gaining wisdom with youth.
The film is essentially a story of living life, with courage and love -- courage to live a life you want, making the most of every circumstance; and loving yourself and others, loving life as it comes along, with the understanding that life indeed is short.
Benjamin Button is a must-see film as we start the last year of the decade and say our goodbyes to the "00"-years. Have we lived life? And are we ready to start again, being thankful for what we have had?
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