One of the best movies of 2008

Rating: Null/10 (23 March 2009)

Since this was a Best Picture contender for 2008, my natural reaction was to compare it to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. Although they are both completely different kinds of movies, they do share a common theme of a lifelong romance. However, whereas Slumdog Millionaire starts out dark & gritty and leads up to a fairy-tale conclusion, David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is quite consistent throughout and doesn't try to be too dark or too bright.
It was very intriguing just observing Benjamin's growth (or rather, backwards growth) and at times I could really feel for the characters. This is probably the best performance I've seen from Brad Pitt to date, although I thought Taraji P. Henson gave the best performance in the movie as his foster mother. Overall, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is definitely one of the best movies of 2008 I've seen.
8/10