The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is an excellent movie

Rating: Null/10 (30 July 2011)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was about a young boy Benjamin, played by (Brad Pitt) who was born with a rare disease that made him age backwards. He started out as a baby but as time grew longer, he aged really quickly. During his childhood, he fell in love with an older girl played by (Cate Blanchett). Although he was much younger than her, no one could tell because of the disease making him look older than what he was. As time grew further, his time went backwards. For a while it was nice being with the girl, but then he started to go back into the stage of an elderly man until one day he died. Although his true age was young, the disease made him older than what he was until he turned old, dying, and leaving his love behind. The theme of the Curious Case of Benjamin Button is to allow someone the opportunity to view life in a different aspect. This movie shows how, even though you are born with a disease that you may or may not live through, you still can have a chance at living life as much as you can as well as finding someone to love and to love you back. It shows that people of all walks of life experience hardships but have the opportunity and ability to move past their problems and into a peaceful place in their world. This movie also shows the viewer that love does not see images, and can be found through the eyes of the beholder. Brad Pitt played the part so well in allowing the viewers to see the challenges people can face and the opportunity to overcome those challenges to live as normal life as possible. You felt like you were in the scene with the Benjamin Button and watched his life blossom and then wither away, all in the same film. I watched this movie in total awe. It was very interested and gave me a new outlook on life. Another film that this story reminds me of is The Titanic. In that movie, you find one rich person and one poor person; both from different walks of life, but still found each other and fell in love. It didn't matter to them what type of life they had or where they were going. But through the film, although her parents didn't want her to so much as talk to him, they still fell in love, and she remember the day that she met and fell in love with him, until the day she died. She told the story through her love for the person. In the movie the curious Case of Benjamin Button, the lighting showed various ways of feelings that the young boy was having. When he was in pain from the disease or angry about what he was going through, the lights were dim. When he was with his love, it was very bright in light; almost portraying they were feeling for each other. Another technique I recognized was the angle of the film. In different parts of the film, when Benjamin was a young boy living with the maid, the space was very small. The camera was zoomed in at some points showing how small the room was in which they lived. It gave it a sense of togetherness. As if that were their room or living quarters and no one else's. She took care of Benjamin even in the smallest of spaces, and loves him as he was. This movie was one of the best movie's I've seen in a while. I like how it told the story of the boy with the disease, falling in love, and what their lives were like and pulled you into character while doing such. If more movies could be like this, it would show the creativity of one's mind and what you can do while just telling a story.