Doesn't live up to the hype

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2008)

After the 3 long hours i spent watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I'm afraid I have to conclude I am a bit disappointed.
This movie had so much hype surrounding it, and after all those golden globe nominations I thought this movie was really worth-seeing. I was a bit wrong. It is extremely overrated and I honestly expected more from a possibly Oscar-winning movie.
The whole movie tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who ages backwards. We follow him from the moment he was born, and through all his mishaps and adventures and we watch him get younger while everybody else around him gets older.
The plot is interesting, and screenplay, I feel was fairly well written but this is NOT best picture material. I feel Doubt should have been substituted with this movie for the best picture golden globe nomination. Even Brad Pitt's performance was fairly average, he has definitely had better. Frank Langella or Leonardo Dicaprio will probably edge him out on the awards. Screenplay and directing do deserve nominations but there are better movies who will probably win. Make-up however was excellent, and they deserve an award for that.
As much as I wish the movie goes home empty-handed on January 11th, and on Oscar night, I doubt the Academy will look over this movie, so I'm afraid I will have to endure a disappointing and frustrating Oscar night.