I might not be the smartest man and maybe thats why this picture made no sense to me but somehow i think it wasn't my fault i didn't like this film

Rating: 1/10 (12 April 2009)

I am certain that this film will be compared to Forest Gump. People will no doubt call Benjamin a literary masterpiece. But to me comparing these films would be the same as comparing a fine piece of art work with a cheep knockoff found in the bottom of a cereal box. to explain. I found most every character to be shallow flat and uninspired. do not misunderstand they had potential, in fact the film as a whole had potential. the problem is that it just did not deliver. this is what i got out of the three hours that i had to sit threw.
#1 If your born as an old man and grow young you apparently have the rare ability to have relations with every woman you meet and some how manage to hold on to the title gentleman. #2 If you work on a tugboat. every one around you will die in a battle royal with an enemy sub but some how you will come out victorious. the best part about it is that you don't have to care about the crew because nobody watching does ether. a side point. Your captain will be reincarnated as a humming bird and then will visit your girl years after your dead.. Kinda creepy #3 clock makers that are blind make clocks that run backward and for what ever reason this allows one man that doesn't seem to be connected with that event live a backwards aging life. i just don't get it #4 If you have a troubled relation with your father he will most likely will you his button factory and his house which you will immediately turn around and sell. Benjamin BUTTON, BUTTON factory hmm I wounder why that factory had absolutely nothing to do with the plot. oh well.....NEXT #5 how many characters do i have to meet that do nothing but leave me with more questions,A piano teacher, where is her personality and and what did she have to do with the story? The man from Louisiana, who was he? where did he go? and why did he appear sitting in a field making a profound statement at the end of the film? and then there was the mysterious woman who was married to the spy. what ever happened to the spy? hmm that must be top secret.
now lets take these elements and throw in a heavy does of commercialism and and a heavy dose of CG and we get a film with more holes then swiss cheese. not to mention that the whole point of him growing younger had any thing to do with any thing. the movie would have played out exactly the same had Benjamin lived a perfectly normal forward life.
All tho i don't know for certain i would guess that the short story that this film is derived from is probably an enchanting story and possibly well worth a read. I just cant seem to make myself read it for fear it will be worse then the movie.
If you like story telling do yourself a favor and watch a classic Forest Gump,Big fish,Secondhand lions,or The princess bride. and pass on the confusing mess that is Benjamin Button.