電影: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Yep… watched a movie on the first day of 2009 – “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”. The movie describes the life of Benjamin Button, how he was “growing younger”, and the difficulties and challenges he faced throughout his life.
Plot summary at Wikipedia – click here (very detailed)
The story was very touching… It’s a love story about Benjamin and Daisy. Is “sweet sorrow” the correct phrase to describe their relationship? Yes, life is precious. I agree totally that everyone born has a purpose; maybe including the guy who’s been struck by lightning 7 times. The movie prompted me to think about the less unfortunate in this world, and to empathize with them.
The down side of the movie is that the scenes when Benjamin and Daisy were in love were portrayed by too many “bed scenes”. Is this how society sees “love” nowadays? It’s telling people that “sex = love”, but this is blatantly false! The movie could have been made better if the happy days of Benjamin’s life was shortened (the days when he and Daisy were at around the same age), or if more of their actual “life” and happenings were shown.
From book reviews, it seems like the actual novel of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a lot more blunt, and that Benjamin’s life is actually more miserable than depicted in the motion picture… Life is never perfect. The movie directors have already tried to paint Benjamin’s unique life less sad already, can’t imagine how the novel will be like… I would like to read the original book some day.
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