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just checked out the latest trailer. interesting story, great cast.

and have been very very excited ever since

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I'll go see it but I have relatively low expectations.

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i normally hate anything brad pitt related but this looks good.

also, growing up i actually knew a kid that had that old age disease (Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome) that made him look 60 when he was actually 12.

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Not my favorite film of the year....but a really good one. Fincher brought it. Pitt, Blanchett, and Henson all deserve nods. It may win Best Picture, as it has that Forrest Gump-y vibe.

Very good....very moving.

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Alright so after having thought about the film for awhile...I think it was really, really good - but overlong and the part I really didn't care much for was the (SPOILER KINDA....SERIOUSLY, SPOILE Hurricane Katrina angle. I read they got production incentives for shooting in New Orleans, and so that's all well and good...but was the Hurricane stuff really needed? It seemed tacked on to me. I loved the last shot (I won't spoil that one), and thought overall the movie was really good...but way long. It's 2 hrs 40 mins or so, and almost unnecessarily so. Though for the last 20 minutes, you're completley enthralled. It starts strong and ends strong.

I'll give it a B+. Dug it, but not as much as Milk, Slumdog, or The Wrestler. Still a strong flick with a GREAT performance by Brad Pitt (definitely Oscar worthy).

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that the storm could have been parallel to the story in the sense that when caroline was reading daisy the diary and she didn't think it would turn out to be the story that it was (remember in the beginning she didn't think it was true) especially the revelation of him being her real father.

and also how in the beginning that the storm was going on outside and the nurses and everyone saying that it was nothing, it's veering off, it's not going to be bad and at the end it did hit of course and we all know what happened with that.

if that is true then that just makes the movie even more brilliant.

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i had a feeling that's what Fincher meat. The storm being all the emotions coming to fution and realizes what has happened.

Very good performances, fairly engrossing but just too long. Could have been a half hour shorter.

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That's the one objection I had too. It did play long and that was the most obvious thing to cut. The deathbed lookback has also been done several times and I thought this movie was too inventive to go for such a typical narrative device. They could have just told the story straight without the interruptions and I would have been much happier. Those scenes added little to nothing to the film other than the revelation of (SPOILER) Pitt being the girl's father. Which could have been included but handled differently.

I was really impressed with the script. The writers took a basic concept from the Fitzgerald short story and completely changed and expanded it into a rich, engrossing feature film. That's no small feat.

Fincher is proving his maturity and excellence with every new film.

I thought Pitt and Blanchett were well cast and all of the acting, particularly the Captain and Tilda Swinton, was on point.

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Synechode was less depressing but both are great films that really stuck with me after the credits.

I found it rather disposable, with some great moments. (POSSIBLE SPOILER):

Outside of the last few minutes, nothing really resonated with me. And even that was more or less just a quick wrap up. I liked the movie, but I didn't think it was worthy of a "great" tag, nor did I think anything really stuck with me.

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If I were a more sensitive person, that would've killed me.

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And the fact that he had to watch so many people close to him die while he kept getting younger, healthier, stronger, etc.

Im not even sure why but when they are looking at the sunset and his dad closes his eyes and throws his head back... I definitely teared up..
That and the end scene..
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it does just thinking about it. it's burned in now.

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watch

and the source material is such a short story, but i'm eager to see what fincher does outside of his comfort zone.

im gonna read it soon


>and the source material is such a short story, but i'm eager
>to see what fincher does outside of his comfort zone.

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will deserve nods for
best movie
best actor
best supporting

and believe that director should go to fincher. i believe pitt has a great chance at winning, but i don't think it was a stronger role than 'milk' or the 'wrestler' (even though i still haven't seen it).

there were very tender moments in the film and the cinematography was breathtaking. my only issue with pitt's portrayal, was that he seemed to be emotionally void. when he was younger and cried that one time when he first met daisy and they were under the table, was the only time you could see it.

but i guess you could argue that his condition is so different that he became very detached in a weird way a long time ago.

pitt was great and goes down as one of my favorite actors in recent years. i am also excited about 'revolutionary road' as the trailer with the nina simone song put a chill in my back.

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my only issue with pitt's
>portrayal, was that he seemed to be emotionally void. when he
>was younger and cried that one time when he first met daisy
>and they were under the table, was the only time you could see
>it.
>
>but i guess you could argue that his condition is so different
>that he became very detached in a weird way a long time ago.

That's how I took it & felt he played it perfectly.

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I had been excited about this ever since i heard about it because david fincher is my favorite director and brad pitt my favorite actor. it is very different from the source material which only used the basic concept but it was amazing how much they fleshed it out. i hope everyone involved gets recognized by the academy. especially pitt and fincher and henson.

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If you liked Shawshank Redemption, Forest Gump, Green Mile you'll LOVE this flick - great storytelling, acting, direction. This film will be a strong candidate for Picture of the Year, Best Actor (Pitt), Best Supporting (Henson) and Best Director (Fincher).......easy. It's a modern classic.......

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Blanchett was looking mighty fine.

someone asked me to summarize the movie for them and i responded, "Forrest Gump 2?" i know some PTP heads hate FG, but it's the only movie i can come up with to compare it to.

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>Blanchett was looking mighty fine.
i dont like her as a redhead...she's always fine tho

>
>someone asked me to summarize the movie for them and i
>responded, "Forrest Gump 2?" i know some PTP heads hate FG,
>but it's the only movie i can come up with to compare it to.

man i dont know about that
like dude above said, its has a forest vibe, but the stories arent really comparable...i dont think the movie was about or even focused on him overcoming his differentness or shining thru it or in spite of it or anything like that.

but yeah there is the idea of seeing the world thru the eyes of an outsider..but i think thats about it.

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"If "Forrest Gump" was about an ordinary man doing extraordinary things, then "Benjamin Button" is about an extraordinary man doing ordinary things." Which is a pretty good characterization if you ask me.

>someone asked me to summarize the movie for them and i
>responded, "Forrest Gump 2?" i know some PTP heads hate FG,
>but it's the only movie i can come up with to compare it to.


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Rendition: B-
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It was ok. Great idea and premise but just felt a little bland and dry. Definitely too long. Wondering if I would have been better off seeing 7 Pounds.

i thought that every single aspect of the movie was great... except the story, something was missing that didn't let me get involved with the characters the entire way. it had its moments though but i thought it was way way too long. it was a really really good film but idk what it is thats keeping me from thinking it was great.

it is a thousand times better then seven pounds. one of the better films of the year and deserves to be at least nominated for a handful of oscars although i enjoyed slumdog millionaire, the wrestler, milk and synecdoche, new york alot more.

>i thought that every single aspect of the movie was great...
>except the story, something was missing that didn't let me get
>involved with the characters the entire way. it had its
>moments though but i thought it was way way too long. it was a
>really really good film but idk what it is thats keeping me
>from thinking it was great.
>
>it is a thousand times better then seven pounds. one of the
>better films of the year and deserves to be at least nominated
>for a handful of oscars although i enjoyed slumdog
>millionaire, the wrestler, milk and synecdoche, new york alot
>more.

This is the kind of film that I would describe as a good piece of steak. It certainly looked great, although I wish Fincher injected some more of his own style into this one, but I don't have any real complaints outside of:

- the length, although it definitely gave the film that "epic feel"
- the "titanic"-esque present day shit in new orleans

At the end of the day, I liked the film and do not regret going to see it, I just wish I came out of it more emotionally fulfilled.

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Just such a great movie in every single sense
from the acting to the storytelling to the directing to the cinematography... etc etc

I had a sense of it being very slow and long but still completely captivated by the film..
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the performances were all spot on, the story puled me in and i was just completely engrossed in it.

visually it was stunning and i see many technical achievement awards in the future. Fincher pulled off something amazing.

My only problem was that they cut back to the hospital one or two times too many. You'd get so pulled into the story and suddenly get yanked out. however, it worked fairly well. When Benjamin's daughter read those postcards he wrote for her i almost lost it.

The comparisons with Gump must stop because other than both of them being outsiders due to their idiosyncrasies and going through a lot of shit, they aren't the same movies at all. Just the same writer.

The movie makes you appreciate the hell out of life and want to live it to your fullest.

Well, if that's the case , the comparisons are warranted. I had no idea that the writer was the same as Gump's or that people were pointing out similarites.

As I sat there, I saw it as Forrest Gump for this decade. The oddities of the character were there, the special F/X, the same narrating, the same jumping from time periods and historicals events were there.

It was like the writer followed his same outline from Final Draft. I enjoyed the film and story a lot. The F/X were amazing. However, I can definitely see why some people may think it didn't feel that original and pointed to Gump as to the reason why.

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>the performances were all spot on, the story puled me in and
>i was just completely engrossed in it.
>
>visually it was stunning and i see many technical achievement
>awards in the future. Fincher pulled off something amazing.
>
>My only problem was that they cut back to the hospital one or
>two times too many. You'd get so pulled into the story and
>suddenly get yanked out. however, it worked fairly well. When
>Benjamin's daughter read those postcards he wrote for her i
>almost lost it.
>
>The comparisons with Gump must stop because other than both of
>them being outsiders due to their idiosyncrasies and going
>through a lot of shit, they aren't the same movies at all.
>Just the same writer.
>
>The movie makes you appreciate the hell out of life and want
>to live it to your fullest.

Gump was on the other night & I still couldn't bring myself to watch it. Maybe 1 of these days.

Tilda "FIERCE" Swinton and Cate Blanchett seemed out of place in this movie...

like they just werent given ENOUGH to do...and Cate is basically the "lead" female in the film..though she don't show up until what, an hour into the movie as an adult?

But, Brad Pitt was fantastic here..as was Taraji P. Henson as Queenie..if they don't get award nominations...

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>Tilda "FIERCE" Swinton and Cate Blanchett seemed out of place
>in this movie...
>
>like they just werent given ENOUGH to do...and Cate is
>basically the "lead" female in the film..though she don't show
>up until what, an hour into the movie as an adult?

Sounds like you weren't pleased with all her scenes in the hospital either

>But, Brad Pitt was fantastic here..as was Taraji P. Henson as
>Queenie..if they don't get award nominations...

I wasn't as impressed with Henson as everyone else & I'm a big fan of hers.

>>Tilda "FIERCE" Swinton and Cate Blanchett seemed out of
>place
>>in this movie...
>>
>>like they just werent given ENOUGH to do...and Cate is
>>basically the "lead" female in the film..though she don't
>show
>>up until what, an hour into the movie as an adult?
>
>Sounds like you weren't pleased with all her scenes in the
>hospital either

her scenes in the hospital were fine. in fact, her scenes in the hospital were great. but, i just felt like she really didn't fit as a whole. she's a talented actress, but for some reason, i just felt like she didn't get MUCH to do period. honestly, Daisy as a character didn't feel as fleshed out and well written as the other characters were. nothing against Cate Blanchett...but, the writing was poor in regard to the female characters, imho.

>>But, Brad Pitt was fantastic here..as was Taraji P. Henson
>as
>>Queenie..if they don't get award nominations...
>
>I wasn't as impressed with Henson as everyone else & I'm a big
>fan of hers.

i dug her as Queenie...she was very effective and very good in the role.

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>>>Tilda "FIERCE" Swinton and Cate Blanchett seemed out of
>>place
>>>in this movie...
>>>
>>>like they just werent given ENOUGH to do...and Cate is
>>>basically the "lead" female in the film..though she don't
>>show
>>>up until what, an hour into the movie as an adult?
>>
>>Sounds like you weren't pleased with all her scenes in the
>>hospital either
>
>her scenes in the hospital were fine. in fact, her scenes in
>the hospital were great. but, i just felt like she really
>didn't fit as a whole. she's a talented actress, but for some
>reason, i just felt like she didn't get MUCH to do period.
>honestly, Daisy as a character didn't feel as fleshed out and
>well written as the other characters were. nothing against
>Cate Blanchett...but, the writing was poor in regard to the
>female characters, imho.

Daisy was kind of a bitch & a little too full of herself during her heyday. I'm glad BB got the hook up with the fierce one but of course that didn't end well either.

>>>But, Brad Pitt was fantastic here..as was Taraji P. Henson
>>as
>>>Queenie..if they don't get award nominations...
>>
>>I wasn't as impressed with Henson as everyone else & I'm a
>big
>>fan of hers.
>
>i dug her as Queenie...she was very effective and very good in
>the role.

I agree. I just didn't really think it was Oscar worthy while I was watching it. Looking back on it now I cant think who else in her category might be a shoo-in & she'd probably give a great speech if she won so I'm all for it.

THAT'S IT! Daisy was a bitch and really didn't get that BEnjamin was her soulmate until it was too late...i felt like Cate was trying to make her less of a bitch, but couldn't cause her character was written as such. but her red dye job--great! LOL!

>Daisy was kind of a bitch & a little too full of herself
>during her heyday. I'm glad BB got the hook up with the fierce
>one but of course that didn't end well either.
>

I'm thinking Kate Winslet is her competition. Kate is apparently a tour de force in The Reader. Besides those two, I'm expecting Debra Winger and Rosemarie DeWitt from Rachel Getting Married to be in there...not sure about the fifth one. Maybe Rachel Evan Wood (The Wrestler)? or Viola Davis for Doubt (she's getting CRAZY press for what amounts to nothing more than i don't know, 10 minutes of screen time in the movie?)
>
>I agree. I just didn't really think it was Oscar worthy while
>I was watching it. Looking back on it now I cant think who
>else in her category might be a shoo-in & she'd probably give
>a great speech if she won so I'm all for it.
>

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>THAT'S IT! Daisy was a bitch and really didn't get that
>BEnjamin was her soulmate until it was too late...i felt like
>Cate was trying to make her less of a bitch, but couldn't
>cause her character was written as such. but her red dye
>job--great! LOL!

Yup. She was a better dirty red headed slut in Bandits.

>>Daisy was kind of a bitch & a little too full of herself
>>during her heyday. I'm glad BB got the hook up with the
>fierce
>>one but of course that didn't end well either.
>>
>
>I'm thinking Kate Winslet is her competition. Kate is
>apparently a tour de force in The Reader. Besides those two,
>I'm expecting Debra Winger and Rosemarie DeWitt from Rachel
>Getting Married to be in there...not sure about the fifth one.
>Maybe Rachel Evan Wood (The Wrestler)? or Viola Davis for
>Doubt (she's getting CRAZY press for what amounts to nothing
>more than i don't know, 10 minutes of screen time in the
>movie?)

From what I've seen so far if I was voting I think Wood & Tomei deserve some consideration. I also wasn't as impressed with Davis performance as everyone else was. But her & Amy Adams have an outside shot.

>>I agree. I just didn't really think it was Oscar worthy
>while
>>I was watching it. Looking back on it now I cant think who
>>else in her category might be a shoo-in & she'd probably
>give
>>a great speech if she won so I'm all for it.
>>
>

but honestly that ish was long.. in certain parts.. i just felt like they couldve closed the story out.. i caught myself damn near nodding in a packed theater.. anyway decent but not something for sit on the couch straight through you'll be out before he gets his second piece of nookie

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I am surprised that I didn't realize the storm was Hurricane Katrina until the very end, *despite* knowing Brad is very involved with post-Katrina revitalization, and knowing that it was set in New Orleans and all...

I guess part of the reason I didn't think of it in terms of present day being the year of the Hurricane was that we didn't have any previous markers to show us what the year was until that point.

LOVED the last shot, if I am interpreting it correctly, it's Finch and co's way of saying they want to turn back the clock and have Katrina never have happened, right? If so, that's brilliant.

I have to say, I was a little surprised to see that he ended up the size of a baby, I had assumed before I saw the movie that as he was born an old man in a baby's body, he would die a baby in a man's body, but I realize that would be strange, and it was very powerful to see the baby die knowing what a full backwards life it had.

It was very interesting to me that one scene made me recall almost a Soon-Yi/Woody Allen type age difference in the beginning, with Brad being the old man obviously interested in a young girl, and it made me think of the current cougar movement when older Cate got with the teenage Brad.

I thought it was a neat touch that Brad's old "Legend of the Fall" co-star Julia Ormond was in it, especially since I've been watching bits and pieces of the reunited trio of Leo, Kate and Kathy Bates in "Revolutionary Road".

I have to say, in the middle there, I thought it was a tad too long, but I got sucked right back into it in no time. Maybe they could have cut some of the 'at sea' scenes, no matter how important they were to demonstrate the various ways he learned about the world.

.

>I am surprised that I didn't realize the storm was Hurricane
>Katrina until the very end, *despite* knowing Brad is very
>involved with post-Katrina revitalization, and knowing that it
>was set in New Orleans and all...
>
>I guess part of the reason I didn't think of it in terms of
>present day being the year of the Hurricane was that we didn't
>have any previous markers to show us what the year was until
>that point.
>
>LOVED the last shot, if I am interpreting it correctly, it's
>Finch and co's way of saying they want to turn back the clock
>and have Katrina never have happened, right? If so, that's
>brilliant.
>
>I have to say, I was a little surprised to see that he ended
>up the size of a baby, I had assumed before I saw the movie
>that as he was born an old man in a baby's body, he would die
>a baby in a man's body, but I realize that would be strange,
>and it was very powerful to see the baby die knowing what a
>full backwards life it had.
>
>It was very interesting to me that one scene made me recall
>almost a Soon-Yi/Woody Allen type age difference in the
>beginning, with Brad being the old man obviously interested in
>a young girl, and it made me think of the current cougar
>movement when older Cate got with the teenage Brad.
>
>I thought it was a neat touch that Brad's old "Legend of the
>Fall" co-star Julia Ormond was in it, especially since I've
>been watching bits and pieces of the reunited trio of Leo,
>Kate and Kathy Bates in "Revolutionary Road".
>
>I have to say, in the middle there, I thought it was a tad too
>long, but I got sucked right back into it in no time. Maybe
>they could have cut some of the 'at sea' scenes, no matter how
>important they were to demonstrate the various ways he learned
>about the world.

I'd cut the hospy scenes before the sea scenes.

Really, really, long

Didn't ever really care about anything. It was well made but wasn't all that interesting, inspiring, or insightful.

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dead once benjamin was able to walk, besides brad's little synopsis about giving and taking away.

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this is the first time i've seen her just be overtly sexy. she blows a lot of the so called hot young hollywood chicks out the water.

Amazing movie for real. Definitely my favorite of the year so far.

You know, we could all be reading a book right now.

I didn't enjoy the hospital scenes. and I felt Daisy was just a bitch most the movie while benjamin button was a good dude.

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But I didn't really have a problem with it either

especially when he explained to benjamin that god keeps reminding him that he's lucky to be alive despite all his ailments

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It's from the 20's, so I'm a bit wary about buying it.

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The story in of itself is so interesting and then you throw in the performances plus the visuals....it just completely engrosses you as a viewer.

However, some scenes in the middle def felt like they began to drag as I felt myself just wanting to see what really happens with his relationship with Daisy and how everything will go down when he's younger. The scenes were a bit drawn out. Also, the hospital scenes...they aren't bad, but they kept pulling me out of the story. You really coulda cut those down.

The Katrina angle....I understand how it could be used to paralell the story as someone states above, but it still seemed forced imo. Outside of the one scene near the end involving the clock, it really didn't add anything positive to the movie esp with viewers wondering wtf the hurricane has to do anything with the movie lol. It just seems so out of place.

However, even with those few problems, the movie is still excellent in nearly every shape and form imo. The first hour or so and especially that final half hour is absolutely astonishing.

In regards to the final 30 mins.....it's absolutely amazing and kinda hard for me to even explain what I felt. I know personally I was thinking about how young he looks, and yet how much he had been through and how much knowledge/wisdom dude had from living all those years. It's really a testament to how much western society, in general, tends to correlate so many things with age....and those final 20-30 mins really turned those assumptions on their head.

There were three moments which really resonated emotionally with me: 1) Near the end of the movie, when he's talking to Daisy about how he has this feeling that he has forgotten so much of his life 2) The scene where he decides to leave Daisy and the baby before she could get to know him 3) And probably one of the best scenes you will ever see and the one that will eternally be remembered imo....benjamin as a baby staring into Daisy's eyes, knowing everything that had taken place, and then passing away. It was beautiful.

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i didn't think David Fincher could do a film like this.




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"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." - Kundera

i just think it was waaay too long...i saw it on the 29th mind you, & when it ended the lady behind me was like "damn...its already new years".

if you've seen it, i think it shoulda ended when he went back to see her & saw the girl who's reading the story for the first time.

at that point, you already get the idea of what's gonna happen to him (physically) so i felt it could have ended there.

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I didn't find that the movie was long but I would recommend watching it at an early viewing time. Shrug I didn't find myself looking at my watch once. (I am from new orleans though so I likely had a stronger connection to the film than most)

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I have a 400 year old chip on my shoulder.

i was amused, bemused and generally entertained
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i loved this

i snapped at some kids sitting behind me talking during the movie, they ended up leaving

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BB is nothing but an updated version of Forrest Gump. Another romanticized fairytale about the south. The type of film the academy loves.
Really bland story. The story itself is the weak link. It is not interesting. (Just like the story of a black man driving some old hag around Atlanta is not interesting) Visuals and acting are great.

Grade C

didn't really care much for what was going on, but its one of those movies that manages to affirm my love of the medium. fincher did something amazing.

oscar talk?

for who?

seriously

what did Brad Pitt do besides give a terrible southern accent?

Taraj P. Henson's performance would have been great for a sketch comedy routine. She was more compelling and flexed her acting muscle in Baby Boy.

the entire story has no depth.

the characters have no depth.

the main draw of the movie is how Brad Pitt looked througout the movie.

not the story, or characters, and beyond all else...not the acting.

of course, this movie with all of the pre-hype will sweep at the Oscars and Pitt will probably win it.

and you thought Pitt's life coudln't be better w/ f*cking Angie. now he will be stealing an Oscar for a Marlon-Wayans-like "Little Man" meets Forrest Gump performance. At least "Little Man" and Forrest gump were entertaining. Not the borefest that this was.

<--- we've got bush!

I totally disagree with you on Pitt and Henson. They both gave great performances. The longer you think about the movie, the more you're just like "Eh." with it....but those 2 put their foot in the ass of the material.

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>I totally disagree with you on Pitt and Henson. They both
>gave great performances. The longer you think about the movie,
>the more you're just like "Eh." with it....but those 2 put
>their foot in the ass of the material.

did they really?

put there foot down with those performances?

better question? were they able to with the material they were provided?

i think what sold the movie was Brad Pitt's character's appearence, not his acting or the acting of the other actors.

acting-wise, i think Cate did more than Brad or Henson. Granted, she had at least some material more to work with.

<--- we've got bush!

CGI/costume design. and I like Pitt.

Henson was also one note. and her aging wasn't as interesting or well-done, making her a second half distraction.

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I can see how it isn't for everyone, with it's excessive length and meandering pace, but the main conceit was pretty interesting to me and I though they took it in some unexpected directions. SPOILERS but I liked the way they had his childhood (first years) be generally blissful and his elderly years confused and unhappy. The predictable thing would have been to do the opposite. I didn't care as much for the middle section where it was the typical 'OMG Brad Pitt is the most beautiful man on Earth' treatment. I wouldn't say anyone really hit out of the park with their performance, but everyone did their job well. I remember thinking the Pygmy was great. As for the Forest Gump-isms, I thought they were mostly superficial, because it's not like they had him live this incredible life full of coincidences that tied him to historical events, or gave him the whole wise simp persona. Aside from his condition, he lived a pretty ordinary, believable life.

It was jarring when they switched from Pitt to the child actor. Before, they used to all of these uncanny, kind of creepy but great resemblances. Then they switch to an actor that 'kind of' looks like Brad Pitt. Threw me off a bit.

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Movie had me goddamn tearin up in the theatre..

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