the curious case of benjamin button so uniquely approach it subject of life and death that one can not help but ponder it theme of love and existence and and mortality . director david fincher late garner an epic feel and not from it rather lengthy runtime and but from spectacular storytelling and intricate character development or perhaps undevelopment . a slight loss for affect drama and a few borrowed element from notable predecessor can not detract from the amazing journey at hand and one brilliantly entertaining and curious indeed . a daisy ( cate blanchett ) lie die in a new orleans hospital and she have her daughter caroline ( julia ormond ) read to her from a mysterious diary that chronicle the peculiar life of benjamin button ( brad pitt ) . bear a an old man and button steadily grow young a everyone around him grow old and and a majestic tale unfolds and one fill with adventure and intrigue and and an epic romance that transcend the restriction of time . it a meditation on life and death and time and fate and forgiveness and love and every emotional experience in between while most often it beautiful and melancholy and romantic and saddening and but ultimately it suffer from the futility of a predestined course . although it borrow memorable element from titanic ( narration by an old character reminisce on the past ) and forrest gump ( a hummingbird replace the cg feather and and cate blanchett daisy mirror robin wright jenny and most noticeably in her acceptance of button only after numerous experimentation in love ) and the curious case of benjamin button doesn not suffer from unoriginality . it be excite and dramatic and epic and refresh while it may be flaw and especially from a lengthy running time and but still manage to be one of the more impressive film of the year . the tagline read represent life isn not measure in minute and but in moment . although the film doesn not exceed at any one element and with it lengthy running time it do include moment for everyone . fall slightly short in the affecting drama expect of it epic scope and button still beautifully showcases romance with the constant gaining and losing of daisy while action at sea with the patriotic captain mike ( who be also reminiscent of a forrest gump character represent gary sinise lt. dan ) while and comedy relief aplenty and most memorably from a man who be strike by lightning seven time . the film focus be mainly about the event and character that affect benjamin and a oppose to his own influence while he be an observer of his own existence ( thereby decrease the potency of pitt performance and but perhaps increase it refreshing subtlety ) . the importance of life and death and the experience of grow up and and discover sexuality and love be all view in a new and backwards perspective ( frequently discourage for button some creature aren not mean to survive ) and which give an entertaining twist to the majority of event which would otherwise be unceremoniously routine . the massie twin .