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Currently fumbling about in the post-daze of having watched an extraordinary movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I feel mentally restless that I have to write something, anything and of course why not a diary review that acts as something of a movie review. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a story about a man who physically grows younger as he gets older--some term it as living life backwards. It is a movie that I never have thought to watch as the concept seems potentially heartbreaking so it was a surprise to find it more of a heartwarming and intriguing tale. I especially feel heartened by the woman who found Benjamin, whose name I never could quite catch but whom Benjamin refers to as his "Momma"..."Quinnie" isn't it? She found and accepted Benjamin when he was a centurion baby, all withered and old, her heart so big unlike another most other humans that rather than balking at his ugly appearance, she raised him as if he were her child. The storytelling is truly lovely, the settings, music and characters come together to form a most poignant atmosphere that fills me with so much unnamed feelings.
It kind of makes me think of watching The Time Traveller's Wife, another movie concept which I think would be a cruel tear-jerker but mayhap be mistaken.
As I wont to do, after a movie like this, I went look for fanfics. There was a sad total of 9 fics on fanfiction.net but one stood out in that it was a wish-fulfilling work narrating a fork in the road where Benjamin didn't leave Daisy and Carol. A point that struck me as very wise was bringing up how Benjamin running out on his family a result of his pointless self-pity, which on further contemplation, was a chord running against the spirit of the movies which had sprung out characters going about willy nilly saying people can do what they want in their life. Opps, continuity error? A conflict between staying true to the matter-of -fact angst to the book and directing a movie that would appeal to the mass? I know nothing. I didn't even read the book. These are just my guesses. Or maybe, it's just people being stupid, aren't we all this way from time to time?
I want to watch Inception, it has so many fics bouncing around the net now and I can't read them till I watch it ;_;...it's going to a long wait.
It kind of makes me think of watching The Time Traveller's Wife, another movie concept which I think would be a cruel tear-jerker but mayhap be mistaken.
As I wont to do, after a movie like this, I went look for fanfics. There was a sad total of 9 fics on fanfiction.net but one stood out in that it was a wish-fulfilling work narrating a fork in the road where Benjamin didn't leave Daisy and Carol. A point that struck me as very wise was bringing up how Benjamin running out on his family a result of his pointless self-pity, which on further contemplation, was a chord running against the spirit of the movies which had sprung out characters going about willy nilly saying people can do what they want in their life. Opps, continuity error? A conflict between staying true to the matter-of -fact angst to the book and directing a movie that would appeal to the mass? I know nothing. I didn't even read the book. These are just my guesses. Or maybe, it's just people being stupid, aren't we all this way from time to time?
I want to watch Inception, it has so many fics bouncing around the net now and I can't read them till I watch it ;_;...it's going to a long wait.