Benjamin Button did not live up to my expectations

Rating: 5/10 (6 June 2009)

I just watched this on pay per view for the first time.
1) If I fall asleep during a movie, then it did not live up. I fell asleep several times during Benjamin Button and had to backtrack to review many parts.
2) The dialogue was horrible, empty, barely audible in too many spots. Yes she was ill, but I could barely make out the mumbled dialogue of Daisy in the hospital bed talking to the daughter. Julia Ormond did a horrible job of portraying a concerned daughter as well as portraying a genuine New Orleans accent.
3) There was absolutely no chemistry between Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Everything was forced and contrived to make it "work".
4) The transitions from one scene to the next seemed to come out of nowhere. The movie did not flow well. For instance, I had no idea how him and the tugboat ended up in Russia of all places. And how did Tilda Swintons character end up in the same Russian location?
5) The only cool part of the film was the effects.
6) The movie was way too long.
5/10