I dont know if this movie warrants its own thread, but I must say I'm excited. I read the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it only takes about an hour! Not only is the prose beautiful, but the plot is strange, even bizzare.

I dont even think lover boy B. Pitt could mess this one up. Not to mention, my love, my Cate Blanchett is in it. I've been a fan of hers for years now. There is this angelic beauty about her, which enamors me. She is electric, not to mention talented.

Alright enough of the drooling.

Is anyone else excited? It comes out X-mas day!!!

Why does that poster have the title like you're reading in a mirror? If that's their main poster, it could cost them at the box office.

Dumb, dumb.

good point, but it is a clue into the nature of the story

I read the whole story on the internet.

Eh.

Saw a trailer several months back......looked too weird.

As well as scientifically impossible. The short story did have some funny parts to it, but I'm not sure this movie will be worth seeing overall.

I'm sorry you didnt like it dude.


based on the trailer it seems they've added a whole lot to the story. A lot more action, a little more romanza, and humor, etc. plus it takes place in a more modern setting.

In any case I would alone watch it for my Cate.

*swoons*

Yeah if you want to watch it for that, that's cool. Coming from someone who has never heard about it and then seeing a trailer for it................I don't mind overlooking some scientific impossibilities.....the story just looked too weird. : :

yeah it does seem weird, like an X-File. Me likes weird. It suppose to be something of a tear-jerker too. Me likes that too, especially around X-mas.

i really, really want to see this.

Of course it's illogical, it's similar to sci-fi.

I get it's sci-fi, but somethings are just too absurd for me to wrap my brain around, even in fiction.

yay, Rache in the house!!!

I watched the trailer again last night, and I was surprised after having read the short story, to see that they've added and changed a whole lot, which seems really cool, for example Cate Blanchett's character Daisy, the one Benjamin falls in love with, in the story is a late 1890s young high class lady. In the movie she is a ballerina, apart of some large ballet company, maybe in New York? Also it seems like Benjamin gets a job on a naval vessel. Plus the story seems to go into the 60s 70s & 80s, intead of the late 1800s, early 1900s.

I'm sure their is a lot more to it.

Yay!!!

word...she's quite stunning.


me--->

and then there's Brad.

um, dude, you just made a friend of me forever, but you could lay off on the legos next time.


yeah he is alright, alright I admit I like his acting. Its freaky though, in the trailers I swear sometimes he almost looks like his protege Robert Redford

don't be hatin'.

oh come on

wasnt hatin'

Pitt and Blanchett forever!

Sounds like a good agreement to me,

of course if you dont want to shake on it,

then to bad for you.

i think she meant don't be hatin' the legos...lol it was the only pic i could find on flickr

no i didn't. don't be hatin' on brad pitt.

of course not. He is really good, but Rache, Rache I'm really sad.

join the club.

well I heard this movie last two hours and 45 minutes



I dont even think my Mom would go with me on a date for this one

I had this on bootleg 2 weeks ago. Boring.

it's partly for the eye candy. i'm not gonna lie.

put'a hit on this rainbow approver dont know how he's still breathing

Just saw the trailer. Odd... Sort of reminds me of Merlin? Wasn't he the one who lived time backwards? So his last goodbyes were joyous, but his first hellos were the sad moments? Something like that... he can only be understood in reverse.

I think it's a great poster. It's not your typical silly Hollywood flick that involves less creativity than most of us exercise in brushing our teeth. The mirror image is referencing Benjamin Button's mirror-imaged life.



The Bible is full of scientifically impossible stories, beginning with the first two chapters of Genesis.

"Benjamin Button" has incredible potential, though obviously I'll withhold judgment until I've seen the movie because it could just as well be a major flop. It all depends on if they bring it home with a convicting lesson in morality or closes with the typical mediocre wishy-washiness Americans mindlessly consume.

Anyone actually seen the movie yet?

Just saw it, thought it was incredible, would highly recomend it to anyone

i saw it the other week and it was a great movie.

Somebody got shot during this movie.

So... what makes it good?

I agree! What a great movie!

I hope those of you who thinks it's too strange go see it anyway. The story is a great metaphor for what we all go through concerning death and even loneliness.

Gonna go see it in a few hours.

EEEEKKKK

I'm seeing it next week!!

We should be friends.

it was too long. seriously. they could have cut out a lot of filler.

I really liked this movie. It was tragic...yet beautiful.

The suspense is killing me.

JMJT

It felt like it went on forever because it was a walkthrough of his life ... but it was pretty good! Not one of my faves though ...

Yeah it definitely doesn't strike me as an action flick, so as long as one goes into the theater with this knowledge (walk through of his life = slow) I think they'd enjoy it.

Excellent movie.

My parents decided I couldn't see it because PluggedIn was not a fan.
It's a rather strange world when a 17 year old can't see a PG-13 movie..
but hey, at least I've read the story!