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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
This was boring
The movie is going for a Forrest Gump-y vibe, with an original man character who lives a long life in the 20th century, with a love interes that comes and goes. There is also an angry boat captain here, I had to concentrate hard not to think of Gary Sinise in those scenes.
A man living his life backwards is an intriguing pitch for a movie, but there is no story to back it up. Pitt and Blanchett are fine together, but there is not much for them to do. Some scenes are meant to pack an emotional punch, but they feel forced. (One such scene is the one where Blanchett gets hit by a car. A lot of build up, but the scene is noe nearly as important as the build up makes ut believe.)
As overly long "so what?" feeling. (Had I been anywhere but on a plane, I would not have seen it to the end.)