An undeniable achievement

Rating: 10/10 (27 December 2008)

The film "the curious case of Benjamin Button" is without question THE must see epic of 2008. At just under three hours this movie presents everything (all the highs and lows) that life has to offer. With the interesting concept of growing in the opposite direction.
No movie has more successfully looked at the old belief of "youth being wasted on the young" in such a unique way and David Fincher manages to surpass all previous work with this amazingly brilliant looking film, successfully representing the time period to unbelievable detail. And the main stars, Brad Pitt as Benjamin and Cate Blanchett as Daisy, provides some of the best performances not only of the year but of their own respective careers. It also must be noted the amazing SFX that are seen in this movie, usually films of this genre don't tend to need any CGI but this film uses it to achieve staggeringly unbelievable effects.
In a year of spectacular surprises (WALL-E and The Dark Knight) and lackluster disappointments (Australia and Quantum of solace) it is good to go to the cinema one last time before 09 and see one of , if not the best, films of the last twelve months.
Expect this to dominate every awards ceremony in the new year.