Author Topic: i saw benjamin button last night. (Read 8583 times)

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #60 on:** December 29, 2008, 10:30:52 PM »

Quote from: T EXP on December 29, 2008, 09:46:21 PM

This movie cost $150 million to make?

Yup, found out yesterday. For all the nauseating coverage Pitt and Jolie get no one seems to be going to see their movies

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #61 on:** December 30, 2008, 12:18:23 AM »

Well I mean, I'd like for people to see this movie, as it does have a pretty strong message with it and Pitt's performance is pretty great, but it's sensationalistic times two.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #62 on:** December 31, 2008, 02:39:15 AM »

Saw it earlier tonight. It should have been a movie I loved, but I found it pretty average all around. I can't honestly say the pacing was shitty despite it being almost three hours, but while I never got bored I was never truly invested in the characters or story. Like Forrest Gump, Shawshank Redemption, and Big Fish it introduces a huge cast of eccentric characters yet no one is particularly interesting, and I didn't feel any emotional connection...to barely anything.

The atmosphere was great, I liked the overall themes/idea but everything that surrounded was average and reminded me of films that did this better. Brad Pitt just sleep walks through the entire movie, vacantly staring at life pass him by. In fact none of the acting sticks out except maybe the black chick who plays Pitt's mom.

It's not a bad movie. If I had to rate it I'd say 3/5 or something like that. Very disappointing. Should have been much better

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #63 on:** December 31, 2008, 02:59:13 AM »

I was really disappointed that the movie actually had Benjamin

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grow into an infant in the end. I know that it's the point of the movie, but I would of rather not see it. Having 20-something Pitt in one scene then a 12 year old kid in the next was too silly to see. The death of Benjamin wasn't sad or anything because it's not really him, it's just some random infant.

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TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #64 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:01:05 AM »

PD, wtf, the only performance that stuck out to you was a stereotypical black woman? Fuck, she had Tyler Perry written all over her.

Blanchett and Pitt both gave great performances.

drew · « **Reply #65 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:09:41 AM »

seriously what tyhe fuck is this shit

i watched the first 3-5 minutes and got so fucking bored i skipped forward and it was all old timey and even more incredibly fucking boring

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #66 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:17:00 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on December 31, 2008, 03:01:05 AM

PD, wtf, the only performance that stuck out to you was a stereotypical black woman? Fuck, she had Tyler Perry written all over her.

Blanchett and Pitt both gave great performances.

She reminded me of my grandma actually. None of the other performances did anything. Blanchett is Blanchett, stoned face as ever. Pitt is Pitt, wandering through the movie.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #67 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:18:20 AM »

You said the same thing twice. I don't get it. Blanchett stoned face? Jesus what?

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #68 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:43:51 AM »

Clearly we're not going to agree on the movie. For whatever reason you thought the acting was good apparently, to me there was nothing good about it. What was great about the acting? Pitt doesn't have a single scene I'd consider above average

The love story doesn't work and isn't interesting either.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #69 on:** December 31, 2008, 03:44:38 AM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on December 29, 2008, 09:08:11 PM

I saw it today. Like many have said .. it's a technical marvel and the nuts and bolts of the movie (cinematography, art design, costuming, acting) are at a Scorcese level of excellence. But there is a certain amount of heart that is left out of this movie. Benjamin is kind of a blank canvass .. he doesn't have that likeability or charm that Gump did, Daisy is a cold, somewhat selfish person ... you begin to wonder what Benjamin sees in her at all (considering their limited contact). In the end, I think there was just too much time to cover in this movie. It felt like a reading the outline of book .. instead of the book itself. You get all the high points, but none of the little points that give characters nuance or makes them compassionate. So, when their paths do finally cross ... there isn't much elation to it.

Sounds like Fincher to me.

Diunx · « **Reply #70 on:** January 01, 2009, 03:44:30 PM »

Saw the movie yesterday and I loved it, Alien 3 still remains the only Fincher movie I don't like.

Forest gump haters

cool breeze · « **Reply #71 on:** January 01, 2009, 11:42:27 PM »

I think a lot of what I thought about the movie has already beensaid. I enjoyed it, but you go in expecting so much more. Biggest problem for me was that most of the characters in it were just plain unlikable; even Benjamin himself quickly became unlikable after the initial bits And the ending was really dumb, but that couldn't really be avoided because of how the movie and tale was set up from the start. All that stuff felt unneeded, and while the one reveal you got from it was good, I don't think it was worth the wasted scene or even the telling of the story.

CurseoftheGods · « **Reply #72 on:** January 01, 2009, 11:48:11 PM »

I enjoyed it too. The only thing that I didn't like was the ending bit. It felt really forced and unnecessary.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #73 on:** January 02, 2009, 12:43:39 AM »

There wasn't anything likable about him; he was just an empty canvas wandering from adventure to adventure. The movie has some pretty bells and whistles but lacks the personality; I just didn't give a fuck

cool breeze · « **Reply #74 on:** January 02, 2009, 12:54:40 AM »

it's not just that he was unlikable, it was also that was a bit of a prick. Forrest Gump was at least a charming and pure guy; he would help people out and do his thing -- plus you couldn't hate him cuz he was mental and all. Benjamin's life was just a culmination of weird sexual experiences.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #75 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:07:46 AM »

Eh, I see more charm in Ben than I do with the stupidly cute Forrest shit.

Robo · « **Reply #76 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:16:55 AM »

Cate Blanchett ruins every movie she appears in. She's just so goddamn sexy that I can't concentrate on what the hell is going on and I can never recall anything she says or any scene she's not in.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #77 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:19:21 AM »

Well at least in this movie she's a cunt for a portion of the film so it doesn't matter what she's saying. Just a bunch of cunty bullshit.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #78 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:42:28 AM »

Yeah she's extra fucking sexy in this movie. That scene at the fountain when she comes back from NYC...

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #79 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:46:40 AM »

I'm not even a CB fan, but that was one of the most erotic dances ever done without a stripper pole.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #80 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:55:49 AM »

Quote from: BrandNew on January 02, 2009, 02:07:46 AM

Eh, I see more charm in Ben than I do with the stupidly cute Forrest shit.

No. Ben has no personality. Even if you hate on Gump the film it's hard to deny that as a character he was likable and entertaining. There's nothing likable or entertaining about Button, and he's surrounded by a bunch of eccentric characters who aren't interesting either.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #81 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:59:40 AM »

Robo · « **Reply #82 on:** January 02, 2009, 01:34:35 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on January 02, 2009, 02:46:40 AM

I'm not even a CB fan, but that was one of the most erotic dances ever done without a stripper pole.

I'm getting dizzy without even knowing what you're talking about. Another work day down the drain!

cool breeze · « **Reply #83 on:** January 02, 2009, 02:38:03 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on January 02, 2009, 02:55:49 AM

Quote from: BrandNew on January 02, 2009, 02:07:46 AM
Eh, I see more charm in Ben than I do with the stupidly cute Forrest shit.

No. Ben has no personality. Even if you hate on Gump the film it's hard to deny that as a character he was likable and entertaining. There's nothing likable or entertaining about Button, and he's surrounded by a bunch of eccentric characters who aren't interesting either.

Benjamin Button reinforces that mental > cripple for movies...except for Sean Penn

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