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Saturday 28 February, 2009

The curious case of Benjamin Button

Its been a real long time since i ve watched an intresting Biogrophical english movie....:)

So after a really long hiatus from good english movie watching..here comes the saviour 'The Curious case of Benjamin Button'....It was an amazing movie...judging by the fact that i was silent most of the times while watching it at the cinemas :)...concentrating on every frame of the movie...The true winner of the movie is definetly the curiosity element if the story.Its a story about this child born in an unsual circumstance-he s born old and grows younger.After every scene there is this curiosity woven on how would Benjamin look or what would Benjamin do next? Its just amazing how cinema and art can define and redefine creative and artistic boundaries and pull out a story which is soo definetly improbable yet soo well weaved and blended.Brilliant make up and some extraordinary performances define the 13 Oscar nominations worthiness of this movie.Some really soulful moments on how to look at life .I think one amazing dialogue of the movie that really hit me hard was "You have to lose people in your life to realise how much you love them"- ....or that beatiful scene where Benjamin takes his dad to the pier to show him the horizon and helps him "let go" of his guilt...These are the moments that define the sheer brilliance of this movie.Its not about any particular character that blends this movie soo well its more about the plot and the after thought you get while seeing the movie.

Imagine putting yourself in the shoes of Benjamin Button and living life in the reverse..growing young by the day..turning the clock backwards.Its such a scary thing!!!!!Growing young!!!!...imagine growing younger without fighting with your siblings for candies..but instead....worrying about arthiritis....!!!!!yikes...its just too weird...

But this movie deserves to be respected for its creativity and thought put into the script , and its potrayal of life and death in such a brilliant and meaningful way.It gives you soo much food for thought over how one makes the journey and how one meets his destination.