The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The movie that I saw was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This is a romance, mystery, drama and fantasy type movie. Over all I would give this movie a 5/5.

Plot


Elderly Daisy Williams, is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary explains his entire extraordinary life. It tells us the unusual aspect of which Benjamin is aging backwards. This all happends because he is diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth, that gives him little chance of survival. Benjamin does survive and gets younger with time. Benjamin is abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth. His father drops him off at a seniors home and there he is raised by a black woman who is the caregiver, named Queenie. Daisy's grandmother was a resident at that home, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remained in contact throughout their lives. They finally reconnect in their forties when their age has finally matched up. Some of the things that Benjamin had wrote in his diary are difficult for Caroline to read. Especially, as it relates to the reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy. As Daisy gets older, Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.


Acting


The acting in this movie is mind blowing. They were all so good. Some of the actors in this movie are Brad Pit(Benjamin Button), Cate Blanchett(Daisy), Jason Flemying(Thomas Button), and Taraji P. Henson(Queenie). I thought all these actors really were outstanding, they were perfect for their roles. Brad Pit was phenomenal in this movie. He was really into his character from the moment he was really old, to the moment he was really young, I believed he was that age. You could see that every part of him was into this character, especailly the eyes. Over all I though the acting was outstaning.


Specail Effects/ Cinematography


What Can I say, without special effects this movies wouldn't be the same. The make up in this movies, was amazing. To make Brad Pit look so old when he really isn't, and make him younger than he really is, was unbelievable. I couldn't believe it was the same person. Not only was the make up for Brad Pit outstanding, but everyone around him too. As he was getting younger, everyone around him was getting older.


I really enjoyed the cinematography in this movie. The variety of shots and angles were great for this kind of movie. It dragged you in instead of boaring you.


Final Comments


Over all I loved this movies. It's is one of my favourites now. The movie was just about 3 hours long, but to me, that time flied by. It felt like I just got into my seat and the next thing I know I'm leaving the movie theater. I think if you like romantic movies that have a twist to them, you'll like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Over all I would give this movie 5/5 . The plot. acting, special effects, and cinematorphy was AMAZING!!!