Good, but not the best

Rating: 6/10 (14 July 2014)

I watched this movie since David Fincher was my favorite director. His films were likely to have large surprisings at the end of films, such as Se7en and Fight Club, and that is just what I liked. This "Benjamin Button" has nothing as such, but is well-made enough to satisfy the audiences.
"Benjamin Button" has some common factors with the film "Forrest Gump". For example, both films serve us a lot of beneficial suggestions through a very unique man and his unique life. Both are highly excellent films in the cinema history, I suppose.
I love this film's implications, that life has many meetings and many partings, that somebody familiar may disappear suddenly and may never appear in my life again, and that life is always wonderful even though unhappy. All messages might be ordinary and stereotype to you, but they get to be valuable and colorful again, due to coming through a special man's life and eyes, named Benjamin Button.
Nonetheless, there is a disappointing factor to me, which is the fact that the film would have been more fabulous, if some items had worked in more effective manners. For example, the items such as hummingbird and the great clock turning counterclockwise do not appeared in the story so much, though they could be very good metaphors related with human life, moments, and Benjamin's curious way back to birth.
Well, as a whole, I love this film so much, because I can feel the creators' politeness to this film. Benjamin and Daisy really fall in love each other, only for several years when their lives and ages are crossing. The period seemed too short for the fateful 2, which was highly moving me.
In a word, this film is awesome fairy tale for adults.