This is the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards. That was the pitch. & Mr Fincher takes that & churns out a fantastic movie. Benjamin takes his first steps at the age of 7; & I was worried that the story would be dragged out as well. But there was always something amusing happening on screen. The dialogues flowed & built up a good narrative. It was not about Brad Pitt in an old-man's suit; it's about the difference between age and growth. Who & what influence a mind. After a point I stopped expecting a point, and let the years go by. Pitt does make a good-looking old guy. The friendships he forges, the experiences he gathers, they aren't superficial. & thankfully He did lead an exciting life. I enjoyed the writing. I saw that there were too many similarities to the writer's own Forrest Gump, which I had enjoyed as well. All in all the movie's screenplay is proof that 'youth is wasted on the young'.
Favourite scenes include: Plenty of the scenes made me smile; When the tug-boat captain shows off his tatts, it made me recall FightClub; the night of firsts; the lightning guy; the midnight dance; Ben on the sailboat;
Alternate Ending: nothing much I could change in here, but may want to explain that hummingbird.
First Viewed: Alone at home in UK.
Rating-3.5
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