This movie looked really good. Brad Pitt, love him or hate him, rarely picks bad projects to star in and i am a big fan of David Fincher, whose last movie 'zodiac' was extremely good and misunderstood by regular movie-goers.
The story is unique as it tells the tale of a boy who was born as an old man and ages backwards. While i was most interested in the details on how the director would handle different aspects of benjamin's life, the movie focused more on his story and less with the scientific type story. The story, a love story between pitt's character and cate blanchett, is a good one however. it was very epic and reminded me of movies such as 'the notebook' and 'forrest gump.' after viewing it i wasn't surprised at all to find that the writer wrote the script for 'forrest gump' as well. even though i enjoyed the story i felt it was a tad on the long side, parts of the movie kinda drug on. a little more excitement would've been welcome.
this movie was very good, one i plan on owning in the future. the love story really comes together at the end of the movie, and it really works because benjamin's aging ailment complicates things and makes it interesting. while this movie isn't quite the timeless classic that some projected it to be, it is still a great love story based on a great concept and while i feel more could have been done when it comes to exploring his age vs. his looks, i still walked away from the movie satisfied.
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