tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post8261468337334105397..comments2024-01-27T00:19:36.912-08:00Comments on Coleman's Corner in Cinema...: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)Coleman's Corner in Cinema...http://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-66106207660613115872009-02-07T03:17:00.000-08:002009-02-07T03:17:00.000-08:00Thank you, Anonymous.Thank you, Anonymous.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-6298262515265837102009-02-07T00:49:00.000-08:002009-02-07T00:49:00.000-08:00this review is bitchinthis review is bitchinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-25153099497403106722009-01-19T10:21:00.000-08:002009-01-19T10:21:00.000-08:00Thank you, Anonymous. I appreciate that.Thank you, Anonymous. I appreciate that.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-57296294046492733222009-01-18T14:07:00.000-08:002009-01-18T14:07:00.000-08:00Best review I've seen of this one on the Net.Best review I've seen of this one on the Net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-18635432764659976532009-01-16T02:48:00.000-08:002009-01-16T02:48:00.000-08:00Thank you, Laura.Thank you, Laura.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-51720251851240686142009-01-15T18:20:00.000-08:002009-01-15T18:20:00.000-08:00I keep reading this review. So many brilliant thou...I keep reading this review. So many brilliant thoughts. I agree with it completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-14617001900066854782009-01-14T13:12:00.000-08:002009-01-14T13:12:00.000-08:00Thank you, Anonymous and Laura. It seems like the ...Thank you, Anonymous and Laura. It seems like the majority of people who check in at Coleman's Corner did not feel very differently from me about this one. Not that that matters. But thank you both for the kind words.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-49695139325589664282009-01-13T18:35:00.000-08:002009-01-13T18:35:00.000-08:00I saw this over the weekend. I didn't much like it...I saw this over the weekend. I didn't much like it because it seemed to go on forever. But I liked the actors. Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are divine. But I have to agree that Fincher didn't suit this film much at all. For whatever reason.<BR/><BR/>And the Forest Gump comparison is airtight. Too many ways they can be compared to each other for my liking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-49459146801077442642009-01-13T16:37:00.000-08:002009-01-13T16:37:00.000-08:00Fincher needs to go back to serial killers.Brillia...Fincher needs to go back to serial killers.<BR/><BR/>Brilliant review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-43332104556069909092009-01-10T18:02:00.000-08:002009-01-10T18:02:00.000-08:00Thank you very kindly, Rick. Glad you enjoyed it. ...Thank you very kindly, Rick. Glad you enjoyed it. The review, not the film... :)Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-48073123610947438422009-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:002009-01-10T17:46:00.000-08:00That describes much of the film itself. There are ...<I>That describes much of the film itself. There are fits and starts, sequences that are compelling by themselves. The film never congeals, it never formulates beyond the “and then this happened” linear one-two-three storytelling.</I><BR/><BR/>My thoughts exactly, Alexander. A fine review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-23795822964548487282009-01-10T11:43:00.000-08:002009-01-10T11:43:00.000-08:00Well, as Woody Allen said, the heart wants what it...Well, as Woody Allen said, the heart wants what it wants.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-57628978285801181052009-01-10T11:40:00.000-08:002009-01-10T11:40:00.000-08:00I saw it again! I can't stay away from it. The mov...I saw it again! I can't stay away from it. The movie makes me cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-6194419695362660812009-01-07T11:02:00.000-08:002009-01-07T11:02:00.000-08:00Thank you very much, Dead Pan. It seems as though ...Thank you very much, Dead Pan. It seems as though we agree a great deal on <I>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</I>. Thank you again for the kind words and comment.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-67382231478117159032009-01-07T07:20:00.000-08:002009-01-07T07:20:00.000-08:00This is a wonderful review of a not so wonderful f...This is a wonderful review of a not so wonderful film. Nice work. I really think you captured everything that needed to be captured. We can definitely agree on this, Roth ruined the film and Fincher almost saved it, in fact, he did save it from being dreck. <BR/><BR/>But you're ultimate assessment of Fincher is, as well, very spot on. He is incredibly talented but I too believe he has yet to find complete footing where you know he is in total control while watching the film, such as a Kubrick or something.Dead Panhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948105275239152520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-90032759061004563412009-01-06T16:42:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:42:00.000-08:00Your extraordinarily eloquent comment is more welc...Your extraordinarily eloquent comment is more welcome than you could ever know, Sartre. :)<BR/><BR/>I can see where the film would succeed for someone finding the methodical process through which Fincher crafted the film to be arresting and artistically rich. Your inclination towards challenging and mature films, for instance, proves that in this and other ways <I>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</I> earned your acceptance, and your working through the film as you say.<BR/><BR/>And I echo your own final point about how art is ultimately evaluated with subjective eyes. I desperately wanted to be moved and touched by the film, and for whatever reason, it never came through, or together, for me. <BR/><BR/>In any event, thank you for the gracious and thoughtful comment to a divergent view, Sartre. And again, thank you for the kind words. It's so wonderful to have you back in my Corner. Yuck, yuck. :-)Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-26529896980141700852009-01-06T16:19:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:19:00.000-08:00I can appreciate and respect your thoughtful take ...I can appreciate and respect your thoughtful take on the film Alexander, even though I don't share it. What comes across is the strong sense of you finding it emotionally and dramatically flat, something you attribute to Fincher's artistic sensibility, the limitations of the screenwriter, and Pitt's collusion with both. <BR/><BR/>Like Craig and some others here I felt my way through the film. Finding it touching, engaging, intelligent, and tasteful. Benjamin's near passivity, constantly living in the moment or striving to, made sense to me. And despite the challenges of character and personality projection such a role creates I still strongly registered Pitt throughout. It's not a complex story, and Benjamin isn't a layered character. But simple stories that facilitate seeing very real existential issues (particularly as they relate to our most heartfelt connections with others) in a lucid way can work wonderfully well. I'm sure you would have loved for the film to have worked this way for you. But that's the beauty of art. Viva la difference.sartrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723520573244920365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-1338692208898698072009-01-05T17:51:00.000-08:002009-01-05T17:51:00.000-08:00Well, I wasn't deliberately attempting to lay "a r...Well, I wasn't deliberately attempting to lay "a righteous smackdown" on <I>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button</I>, d.b.m., but thank you nevertheless for the kind comment.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-16858185528031514702009-01-05T17:49:00.000-08:002009-01-05T17:49:00.000-08:00saw the movie 2day.YAWN. zzzzz. u laid a righteous...saw the movie 2day.<BR/><BR/>YAWN. zzzzz. u laid a righteous smackdown on this 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-11931547383813405392009-01-05T16:09:00.000-08:002009-01-05T16:09:00.000-08:00Thank you very much, Anonymous.I agree with you ab...Thank you very much, Anonymous.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you about Blanchett.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-4411018259450273092009-01-05T16:07:00.000-08:002009-01-05T16:07:00.000-08:00Lots of great points here.Blanchett stands out in ...Lots of great points here.<BR/><BR/>Blanchett stands out in the end. I hope she gets a nomination. The rest of the movie is only ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-5533320965509689492009-01-05T11:54:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:54:00.000-08:00Thank you for the very kind words, Sergei. It soun...Thank you for the very kind words, Sergei. It sounds like we responded similarly to the film.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-82917238045651315752009-01-05T11:51:00.000-08:002009-01-05T11:51:00.000-08:00Alexander has written a superb piece of film criti...Alexander has written a superb piece of film criticism. If you told me that I would be underwhelmed by a David Fincher-Brad Pitt teaming at this point in their careers I would have laughed at you. Turns out I was very underwhelmed. A shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-66371377629790748092009-01-04T10:13:00.000-08:002009-01-04T10:13:00.000-08:00Sorry you felt the "OUCH," vanessa. I'm truly glad...Sorry you felt the "OUCH," vanessa. I'm truly glad to hear you "loved" the film.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous, you make many finely fecund and well-articulated points in your analysis of the importance of the clock and the clock-maker in relation to the entire story. I particularly like your point about authority and its place in ancient societies. It is one of the more fascinating aspects to the "parable" side of the story, and I see that you agree.<BR/><BR/>d.b.m., thank you for the kind words.Coleman's Corner in Cinema...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04761319284479513957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4342369910596581403.post-1342555581778909372009-01-04T09:41:00.000-08:002009-01-04T09:41:00.000-08:00haven't seen the movie but yer review kickz azz.haven't seen the movie but yer review kickz azz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com