The curious case of BENJAMIN BUTTON

Oh yes... today let me talk about :

"The Curious case of Benjamin Button"

Again, a very promising story, good casting, big budget but unfortunately we can say that the director was like a child with a new toy: using and abusing of the effects and editing.

I had a "Déjà vu" impression when I watched this movie, the script had many unnecessary parts which were supposed to make us laugh such as the man who was strike by lightning 7 times and every time we would see a small clip old-fashion style of the lightning bolt. It was very "Amélie Poulain" like and totally unnecessary and annoying.

The movies is too long, too slow and a part from the fact that he's old and getting young. All the rest is not interesting. The fable just don't work hence I got so bored I slept through some parts.

Cate Blanchett and Queenie are the only ones worth while in this movie. Cate is as usual astonishing and plays beautifully. Brad Pitt on the other hand is loosing hand, he's flat in this movie, I can't believe he even got a nomination for the Oscars.

It's not that I don't like love stories or big blockbusters with famous actors, I just wish some directors would stop taking us viewers for granted.

Final words for this film: Boring, Not worth it!

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

For this first article I decided to talk about the last film I watched:

"SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE"

I watched at home with a DVD lent by a friend who works for a cinema festival, I was happy in the end because I would have regretted so much If i'd payed a ticket to see this movie on a theater!

I love this directors' work but I hate when in the movie business they just create fake trends or fashions in order to defend their lack of new ideas.

Slumdog Millionaire is nothing new, is nothing interesting it starts by the protagonists at young age, very cliché the poor boy from the slums who's always in trouble and who losses everything including his mother and is betrayed by older brother. It sounds and looks like "déjà vu" as an indian "CITY OF GODS".

Then the story just follows on the "clichéism" and bad editing altering one TV program question and a flashback to let us know how the poor boy new the answers to those questions.

As the film goes by we just get bored by the lack of interesting story, as a matter of fact we know the end from the very beginning, and from its diagonal camera shots that instead of making it look cool or interesting just makes us annoyed.

I don't understand why all the buzz around this movie, I tried to avoid to see it but after listening to people adoring it i decided to let myself go and watch it. well I regret it.

Under the excuse the director had no new ideas and wanted to do a tacky-cliché-fable-love-story he just chose to say: "I wanted to do a bollywood movie!" that's the easiest excuse from a director in order to defend a bad tacky no interest story.

Final words: Not worth seeing it !