Comments on: Benjamin Boring Button

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:30:47 +0000

Just got finished watching Benjamin Button on DVD… and I must tell you… it was in fact BORING AS HELL! :)

By: radiant guy

radiant guy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:48:50 +0000

watched the first 15 min. then i fall a sleep “D

By: Kolo

Kolo — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:50:22 +0000

Wouldn’t call it domination by women.
Males 54,061 8.3
Females 12,012 8.4

By: Fhaid

Fhaid — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:35:25 +0000

It’s actually really really really really good, one of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s not a movie to watch when there’s nothing else, or whilst bored or just expecting fast-developing events, if so I recommend you watch Taken.

Benji Button is an excellent movie with amazing performances by Taraji, Cate, and Tilda. It’s anything but a chick flick.

By: TanGo

TanGo — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:04:06 +0000

so the husband is bored as well!
how important is THAT!!

By: Sid

Sid — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:46:53 +0000

Mark,

thanks for the advise, i was about to watch it today !!!

By: nirvana

nirvana — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:06:00 +0000

i watched it yesterday at the avenues the 8:45 show , were u there?? u’re right it was so damn boring , it was all ok untill he started turning from a 40 yrs old man to a baby,,,things started to feel pretty weird! now i really know why it didn’t earn so much oscars , there were sum nice words at sum scenes though , but the movie as a whole…not so good! i went there with dad and untill now hw’s blaming me for wasting 3 hrs of his life :D

By: q8dizer

q8dizer — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:31:53 +0000

Sean Penn :( shame on you
walla Rourke wa7shy in the wrestler

button was a great movie with great story/plot/acting/directing

i wonder what Boyle did to deserve best director for slumdog ????
Finsher maskeen the directing in Button was amazing the places the angles

Dark knight should win best picture ,, i wonder why was it not even nominated ??

watchmen will be HUGE i read the graphic novel maybe 3 times its amazing,, i think it will be long like 2 and half hours maybe

By: Kaushik

Kaushik — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:25:36 +0000

hmm I have to agree with toni, the oscars have become more of a social-recognition awards. I’ve ranted in detail about this in my blog. Other classic cases in point: They didn’t give Will Smith for Ali, next time around….. they felt guilty about not giving an African American the prestigious award and gave it to Denzel Washington. What further irks the hell out of me is DW got it over Russel Crowe in Beautiful mind. That is outright crazy. RC got it for Gladiator which again leaves me stumped. Anyone could have acted the part of Gladiator and brought about the same effect. A beautiful mind on the other hand was a classic. This time I feel Rahman/Wall E were the only meaningful oscars. By the way when have we ever had a case where the Oscar winners were “truly” deserving? Is it a problem with the public’s insatiable need to critique (not criticize)?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:23:36 +0000

G, you said I was contradicting myself, how hard is it to understand that?

By: G

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:20:36 +0000

If you actually understood what i was saying by each having an opinion and it should be respected you would not have become so defensive :) as for “Toni”, IF YOU ARE THE SAME PERSON THAT STATED THAT FEMALES SHOULD NOT RATE MOVIES AND STAY IN THEIR KITCHEN”, then i think you are not credible enough for me….

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:18:29 +0000

Totally agree with you, Mikey Rourke should have won not Sean Penn.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:14:10 +0000

Contradicting myself would mean I said one thing and then said the opposite which I didn’t. I never said I thought Benjamin Button was a great movie so I couldn’t have contradicted myself there.

I do think Slumdog Millionaire deserved to win best picture this year, again that doesn’t mean I am contradicting myself by agreeing with what John said and that is just because a movie wins best picture doesn’t mean it was the best picture. He also gave some examples which I totally agree with. John believes Wall-E should have won best picture, I don’t agree but both of those movies I enjoyed a lot more than Benjamin Button.

If some “specialized” people in the movie industry liked the movie doesn’t mean I should. If everyone liked the movie that also doesn’t mean I should.

By: G

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:06:39 +0000

The best picture was given to Slumdog Millionnare which yourself indicated before that it is the best movie of the year…so you are contradicting yourself here…on the other hand, its definite being nominated does not mean its a great movie however it means that it has been appraised by people who saw it and specialized people in that industry and for that it deserves some appreciation and in the end each one has has his own opinion and must be respected for it.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:55:11 +0000

As John Gruber just put it

“The award for “Best Picture” often goes to a film that is, clearly, not the best picture. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. The egregious mistakes are clear when viewed through the prism of time: Dances With Wolves winning over GoodFellas in 1991; Ordinary People winning over Raging Bull in 1981; Oliver! winning in 1969, with 2001: A Space Odyssey not even garnering a best picture nomination; and, perhaps most infamously, How Green Was My Valley winning over Citizen Kane in 1942.” http://daringfireball.net/2009/02/best_picture

So just because a movie was nominated for best picture doesn’t really mean its the best picture.