Disaffected and Disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (1 February 2009)

Much has been said on this title already; so, although i must write for my own sake, I will be brief.
The plot seemed to me to be hackneyed and entirely languid in its pace. In fact, the entire enterprise was akin to a very vain person, casually strolling down the street while gazing ever so lovingly at themselves in every store front. Furthermore, it seemed horribly predictable. I can not help but think this view affirmed by the fact that "The Curious Case" strolled out of the gate for a one hundred sixty six minute race while the original Fitzgerald story lasted but a few pages to chew over, ultimately, the same philosophic point of life having kairos for all things.
The acting was decent and I enjoy Mr. Pitt almost omnifariously but here he seemed hampered by the sluggish pace and the films tedious qualities. It all seemed very disaffected in a strong way. Not a powerful disaffection just a general indolence.
I will admit that all the wonderful hype this movie received made things much more difficult for it, both in that I expected much more than I was liable to receive (i.e. had I never heard of it and then seen the same film, I would most likely have enjoyed it slightly more than I did as my expectations would be so aligned) and, second, in that many people's continual love- affair with the film brought out some sort of pompous revolutionary quality in me: the desire to free the hoi polloi from their manufactured confusion (as I deemed it) have certainly made me color the film worse than it deserves.
So all in all, will the Curious Case of Benjamin Button change your life? No, assuredly no. Is it enjoyable? For the most part, yes.