Benjamin Button was nominated for several major Oscars, including Best Picture, Brad Pitt as Best Actor, Taraji Henson as Best Supporting Actress and David Fincher as Best Director. It won none of these awards.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) was curiously without any kind of charm, and had a curious lack of emotion-evoking drama to it. All in all, it was so curiously bland to be, dare I say it, dull, and long on top of it. In fact, the only curiosity I had about the film was how it garnered so many Oscar nods.
Brad Pitt's portrayal of a man who was born old and aged backwards was so stoic, that I really thought the movie was trying to be tepid. His first love leaves, facial expression stays the same. His best friends dies...same expression. He finds out who his real father is...exact same look, and then that father dies 10 minutes later...you guessed it...no change. He was consistent, I'll say that.
The only slight bit of light in this film was Cate Blanchett, and she was so caked over with make up or special effects, it was hard for her to put any emotion into anything. And compared to that absolute dullness in which the film lived, any actor would have to be a super nova to emit any kind of emotional light.
This film got so much hype, I just do not get it. It seemed like there was no message, or such a minor one that it did merit this production. The story was weak, and the whole production lacked any kind of passion, at least that you could visibly see or feel.
What a bomb.
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