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Yes, I do seem to have a lot of reviews to do. Summer, I get a little free time, and what happens? I can actually read and watch things!
We finally saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't have a whole lot to say about it. It was a well-made movie, but I got very frustrated with the characters; such is my lot in life, I think. Great cast, weird story; I'm curious to read F. Scott Fitzgerald's original version, which surely doesn't feature World War II! Make-up was phenomenal. I suppose it helps that we have loads of photographic evidence to reconstruct what Brad Pitt really looked like in his teens!
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hestia8 for noting that Jason Flemyng was in the cast, or I might have missed him; I'd only seen two eps of Primeval with him by the time we saw the movie, and wow, does he sound different to me in the movie.
I think it's worth watching, but I wouldn't move it to the top of my list, were I any of you. Brilliant Husband wanted to see it, and it was worth watching with him.
I was outraged that he left Daisy the way he did. She may have thought he was right in the end, but I never did. One just doesn't abandon one's wife and daughter (or partner and daughter; I wasn't sure if they ever married) because one might become a burden and one doesn't know quite when. It could happen to any of us, at any moment: car accident, unexpected stroke, lightning strike ("Did I ever tell you...?"). Benjamin was a coward, and I said so very loudly, so it was a good thing I didn't see it in the theater but at home.
I also can't understand why Daisy waited until she was dying to share any of this with her daughter. It's a little hard for me to enjoy the movie when I'm busy cursing the stupidity of both main characters.
At least Queenie and Tizzy had some sense! They were my favorite characters, actually; I found them more sympathetic than anyone else.
We finally saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't have a whole lot to say about it. It was a well-made movie, but I got very frustrated with the characters; such is my lot in life, I think. Great cast, weird story; I'm curious to read F. Scott Fitzgerald's original version, which surely doesn't feature World War II! Make-up was phenomenal. I suppose it helps that we have loads of photographic evidence to reconstruct what Brad Pitt really looked like in his teens!
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hestia8 for noting that Jason Flemyng was in the cast, or I might have missed him; I'd only seen two eps of Primeval with him by the time we saw the movie, and wow, does he sound different to me in the movie.I think it's worth watching, but I wouldn't move it to the top of my list, were I any of you. Brilliant Husband wanted to see it, and it was worth watching with him.
I was outraged that he left Daisy the way he did. She may have thought he was right in the end, but I never did. One just doesn't abandon one's wife and daughter (or partner and daughter; I wasn't sure if they ever married) because one might become a burden and one doesn't know quite when. It could happen to any of us, at any moment: car accident, unexpected stroke, lightning strike ("Did I ever tell you...?"). Benjamin was a coward, and I said so very loudly, so it was a good thing I didn't see it in the theater but at home.
I also can't understand why Daisy waited until she was dying to share any of this with her daughter. It's a little hard for me to enjoy the movie when I'm busy cursing the stupidity of both main characters.
At least Queenie and Tizzy had some sense! They were my favorite characters, actually; I found them more sympathetic than anyone else.
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