saw the curious case of benjamin button last night . i can not resist a new david fincher film . it deviate wildly from the f. scott fitzgerald story ( which could be why i like it so much ) . the performance and make up and and direct be all amazing . the screenplay be a little slow and meticulous ( eric roth also write the screenplay for forrest gump and the horse whisperer and munich and the good shepherd ) but the directing make it work perfectly ( give me fincher over mann and deniro and redford and spielberg or zemeckis any day ) . it really doesn not feel like a two and a half hour film . i could easily envision oscar win for fincher and taraji henson and brat pitt and cate blanchett . be warn it be a bit of a tear jerker . it deal with mortality quite a bit and as well a the usual heady subject of love and loss and war and and redemption . with just the right touch of passion and joy . positive .