This one really has fooled everyone.

Rating: 4/10 (22 January 2009)

13 Oscar nominations, including best picture and actor, one would think WOW what a great film! WRONG. The con with this film is that it looks very impressive but has no real depth, soul, and is very uninteresting. The story is loosely based on a very old and short comic-book like story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The screen play, adapted by Eric Roth, gives it the old Forest Gump feel and starts out reasonably well. However, the character of Benjamin Button, a man who has a rare condition of ageing backwards but his mind ages forwards, is boring, unlikable and downright annoying! There are scenes in which Benjamin just mopes about feeling sorry for himself, bemused and confused! Yea, well wouldn't you be? I mite, but this man has a roof over his head, a family that have cared for him and raised him, albeit he was ditched by his real father and left on their doorstep, but he had a pretty solid homestead considering he was born in the 1920's. He grows up gets a job on fishing boat, and travels the world to rekindle the flame of his childhood sweetheart.
When Benjamin meets his love to be, he is in his 80's and she 8 years old.They play games, stay up late at night and get along fine. I will just draw your attention to the word PEADOPHILLIA! This is WRONG people. If I had an 8 year old daughter I would certainly not let her hang out with an 80 year old man regardless of his condition! Would you? Anyway, when Benjamin grows "younger", he finally gets a chance to get it on with his darling, but she falls pregnant and he runs away because he thinks he is incapable of such a responsibility. Thats the message this film sends out. Do we really give a damn? Brad Pitt must be laughing all the way to the podium, as his performance entails standing still and having makeup applied with the aid of a little CGI here and there. He narrates the story, just like Forest did, but with a crap deep south Louisiana accent and just rambles on and on! The film last nearly three hours and it felt I was ageing forward faster than the speed of light. I cant get those precious 3 hours back now which is a shame! The amount of Oscars this film has been nominated for is truly astonishing. Based upon the trend of the academy awards films like this should not be considered for best picture as they are coming from a fantasy angel! But because there is a Forest Gump premise, people have bought into it and aloud it to sweep up. Go and watch it by all means, but mark my words you will NEVER EVER want to watch it again Let me leave you with this notion. The Dark Knight was totally shunned by the academy for being a comic book story. Which is more conceivable to you? A man dresses up as bat to become a masked vigilante, or a man who defies the laws of science and ages backwards? I rest my case!