Fincher's Benjamin Button Takes Us Places We Have Never Been Before!

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2016)

........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA and ORLANDO, FL
There are moments in life where we all feel "different"! In the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, on the one-way highway of life, Benjamin Button lived and diedgoing the wrong way.Well, at least, COASTING the wrong way.
And therein lays perhaps the great flaw/conundrum in David Fincher's film: For 2 hours and 40 minutes, "Button" seems content to meander aimlessly and unhurriedly toward its, and his own, inevitable conclusion. Thusly, it must be frankly said that BUTTON, at times so languidly pacedprompts us to ask, was Fincher, the director, as appears to be the case with his lead character, seemingly not knowing or caring where he was going.If any place at all? What a shame! Because the basic premise is nothing short of breathtakingly original Perhaps one of the most original concepts to arrive on the screen in the past decade! I will admit that I am conflicted on this point.
Perhaps the seeming pointlessness of Button's retro-existence is a bit of a metaphor for own lives, which, in the long term scheme of things, end up, do what we may, whether we like it or not, being hollow, devoid of purpose, simply inertia-driven and without any real merit or worthwhile impact. It shakes up our mindset, casting a shadow of doubt over our entire life/death belief system. In that sense, Fincher's film haunts me as almost no other film has. If this was one of his goals in making BUTTON, I would say he was quite successful!
Visually, this film borders on miraculous. Three well-deserved Oscars in Art Direction, Make-up and Visual Effects certainly back up my last statement. However, none of what you see is in-your-face. Every minute detail seems delicately integrated in a blissfully natural tapestry that is nothing short of inspired.
On that note, let's look at Brad Pitt's performance in the title roleAn actor who, ever since his twitchy, neurotic, paranoid Jeffrey Goines in 12 MONKEYS, has never ceased to amaze us and certainly does not disappoint as the soft-spoken Button. Pitt's interpretation convincingly shows us a human being who has adapted to his unique condition and who has learned to take life one day at a time, virtually expectation free! Kate Blanchett as Daisy is superb! The singularity of the nature of her relationship with Button allows her to take the audience into uncharted cinematic territory and, oh, what a delicate and sophisticated journey she takes us on! David Fincher's Benjamin Button surely is an ageless film for the ages!
9*.....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!
Any comments, questions or observations, in English or Español, are most welcome!