Friday, March 6, 2009

The curious case of Benjamin Button

The whole world knows this movie.

If you don't know what is it,go update yourself please.
I prefer this poster over Brand Pitt version. Or old baby version.

It is a meaningful movie. Amazing movie. But probably not a good choice for those who like plain action and adventurous movie that needless to use any conscious thoughts, in another word, their brain.

2 hours and 45 minutes, it's a bit slow, but it's worth the time and definitely the price, to watch it in a cinema. Although you might need to move your ass a little bit here and there to make sure you still can feel them after the movie ends.

What can you learn from this movie? A lot. Imagine you were born old and growing younger each days while people around you getting older.

And you have to ignore your science or biology or medical knowledge when watching this movie. No answers of 'how come' and 'why is he born to be like this' within this movie. I googled and found out that this story was inspired by a short story written in 1921 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. So better enjoy it as a fictional story that teaches you about life.

Here are some quotes from the movie that I can't stop myself from playing in my head:

Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?

Captain Mike: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.

And Mr.Daws that got struck by lightning seven times said that: Blinded in one eye; can't hardly hear. I get twitches and shakes out of nowhere; always losing my line of thought. But you know what? God keeps reminding me I'm lucky to be alive.
(Copy and paste from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/quotes)

And yea, that's life.

1 comment:

sure said...

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