The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The movie is inspired by a short story named 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' in 1921 which is written by an author named F. Scott Fitzgerald. It's a pity I missed the movie in the cinema when I had the chance to catch it and I didn't. Starring Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Tilda Swinton. The movie is out in 2008 and directed by David Fincher.

The scene seems to be in 1918 November 11, in the celebration of World War 1, about a phenomina of a birth of a baby that looks like and behave like an old man. And with such special case, after the giving birth, the mother died. The father then choose to abandon the poor baby to a nursing home. A couple in the nursing home saw this little life and took the baby in. Queenie (acted by Taraji P. Henson) was unable to give birth and have baby, and so decided to take the baby as her's and gave her a name, called Benjamin.

This baby's physiq grew younger, unlike every other people. What a powerful storyline right? Going against that of nature. Anyway, this Benjamin grows from old to young. And the life experience of Benjamin is so different.

Hmm.. Think about this. People longed not to age, eager to look young, just years and years of age pile up on one another each year after each other years. But to be in Benjamin Button's shoe is such that is like a true gift from God to behave like this as a form of nature. But, is that really what is called for. I present to you: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (thanks to Youku.com).