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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:22 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
All four of us saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today and really enjoyed the movie. The girls and I were all crying at the end of the movie as were most of the people in the theater. I have to say that Cate Blanchett was incredible in the movie. I couldn't believe how well she played an old lady.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:52 am
by Ritterskoop
I am looking forward to this, maybe next week.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:48 am
by jaybee
Saw it last night - loved it.
A question: By the third or fourth "did I ever tell you that I was struck by lightning seven times" did your theatre explode with laughter like the one I was in?
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:52 am
by kayrharris
Ritterskoop wrote:I am looking forward to this, maybe next week.
Save it to watch with me in Panama City...we'll cry together!
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:37 am
by silverscreenselect
The movie was about as subtle as the guy who kept saying that he'd been hit by lightning seven times. The film makes its point over and over and over and over. It's understandable because the screenplay was written by the same guy who wrote Forest Gump. Like Ben Button, he seems to have gotten younger and even less sophisticated over the years.
It was a very well made movie (I thought the way they put an aged Brad Pitt's head on other actors' bodies was amazing), but the screenplay was far too obvious for my tastes.
I will say that the two surest locks for the Oscar pool are Wall-E for best animated film and this movie for best makeup effects.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 9:47 am
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
jaybee wrote:Saw it last night - loved it.
A question: By the third or fourth "did I ever tell you that I was struck by lightning seven times" did your theatre explode with laughter like the one I was in?
The first time it happened the audience laughed, but each time the amount of laughter got louder and louder. Emma and I had to leave to use the ladies room and I made sure that I left right after one of the "struck by lightning" vignettes because I didn't want to miss one.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:34 am
by BigDrawMan
this movie sounds like the Mork and Mindy episodes with jonathan winters
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:43 am
by Jeemie
BigDrawMan wrote:this movie sounds like the Mork and Mindy episodes with jonathan winters
Now that was funny!
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:48 am
by Spock
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:All four of us saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today and really enjoyed the movie. The girls and I were all crying at the end of the movie as were most of the people in the theater. I have to say that Cate Blanchett was incredible in the movie. I couldn't believe how well she played an old lady.
Keep in mind-she is pushing 40-
Once a woman gets close to that-you can really see the age-
So it is really not a stretch-now if a woman pushing 40 were playing young and attractive-now that would be a stretch.
Ducking, running and dodging from the flying roller pins.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:53 am
by Thousandaire
40 is the new 80.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 11:54 am
by silvercamaro
Thousandaire wrote:40 is the new 80.
LOL!
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:06 pm
by PlacentiaSoccerMom
Spock wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:All four of us saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today and really enjoyed the movie. The girls and I were all crying at the end of the movie as were most of the people in the theater. I have to say that Cate Blanchett was incredible in the movie. I couldn't believe how well she played an old lady.
Keep in mind-she is pushing 40-
Once a woman gets close to that-you can really see the age-
So it is really not a stretch-now if a woman pushing 40 were playing young and attractive-now that would be a stretch.
Ducking, running and dodging from the flying roller pins.
I am going to refrain from throwing things at you.
She played her character in her 20's and it was totally believable. That's why it was so amazing that she could play a character who was so old.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:30 pm
by mellytu74
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:jaybee wrote:Saw it last night - loved it.
A question: By the third or fourth "did I ever tell you that I was struck by lightning seven times" did your theatre explode with laughter like the one I was in?
The first time it happened the audience laughed, but each time the amount of laughter got louder and louder. Emma and I had to leave to use the ladies room and I made sure that I left right after one of the "struck by lightning" vignettes because I didn't want to miss one.
That is apparently the reason that the guy got shot in the theater in Philadelphia, according to witnesses. The shooting story that sss referred to earlier.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13168
They interviewed the gentleman's wife on TV, as well as other witnesses. They all said that the family wasn't talking on cell phones or being disruptive.
Apparently, they were laughing. Very hard. The son said something to the father, who replied.
The guy with the gun got pissy, threw the popcorn and told them to shut up. When the father got up to protect his kid, he shot the father.
THEN WENT BACK TO HIS SEAT TO FINISH WATCHING THE MOVIE!
So, I side with the guy who was shot here. Apparently, violence is OK if you don't agree with someone's opinion of a movie. Gee, and I thought thumbs down was rough.
Re: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:40 pm
by a1mamacat
Spock wrote:PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:All four of us saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button today and really enjoyed the movie. The girls and I were all crying at the end of the movie as were most of the people in the theater. I have to say that Cate Blanchett was incredible in the movie. I couldn't believe how well she played an old lady.
Keep in mind-she is pushing 40-
Once a woman gets close to that-you can really see the age-
So it is really not a stretch-now if a woman pushing 40 were playing young and attractive-now that would be a stretch.
Ducking, running and dodging from the flying roller pins.
Bite ALL of us, Spock!!!