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    Post dates are when I watched, parenthetical dates are the year of US release (aka Oscar eligibility).

1/19/2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Lots happens (as does in any life) and it certainly isn't boring, but it wasn't really fascinating either. It was pretty much an ordinary life -- just backward.

The best sequences were the one Magnolia-like "how Daisy got hurt" scene and then the extended portion in which the two principals were able to meet in the middle for long enough to be truly together and in love. It was during that last section that the movie finally got to me...shame it was three-quarters of the way in.

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