Forrest Gump Redux

Rating: 3/10 (3 January 2009)

Once again ti's the Season for Oscar contenders and as history teaches us to win an Oscar a movie doesn't have to be profound, original or even interesting.
This is the case with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". This movie follows a life of an orphan born an old man whose "life is like a box of chocolates". Benjamin discovers his humanity interacting with various characters and growing younger in the process - that's the original part.
The premise is interesting but the movie isn't. It borderlines on plagiarism of Forrest Gump. Thank God Brad Pitt is good looking, and for all the ladies, he grows younger as the movie wears on - 3/4 in, all the Cougars in the Theater want to rip his shirt off, which aging Cate Blanchett does after little hesitation.
As for Forrest Gump plagiarism, this movies has a: - southern, disabled man - lifelong, unfulfilled love who comes around at the end - boat and a boat captain - war - some other stuff
All in all if you're taking your wife or a girlfriend to the movies go and watch "The Slumdog Millionaire" and wait for this to come out on DVD.