#2 "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

Well this is a good movie, but certainly not a great one. I'm not sure what all the Oscar buzz is about. Honestly it should only win one. Best Make-up. Its a sweet story but not a tear-jerker. This brings me to my main complaint. The setting of much of the movie is in New Orleans just before Hurricane Katrina makes landfall. During these scenes an old women on her deathbed is telling the story. I believe there is only one reason that they use hurricane Katrina as the setting as opposed to just having her in a normal hospital. That is because the filmmakers realized that It didn't carry the emotional heft that they were looking for. So perhaps by reminding people of a horrible tragedy they can ring out the tears that their movie did not.

One other minor issue. Don't ever cast Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett in the same film. Its far too confusing.

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