The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Rating: 4.0 out of 10 stars
I saw this on 1/10/09 at Entertainment Cinemas in Leominster, Massachusetts

I cannot fathom why this movie is getting so much credit. I guess it must be because it's an "oscar-style" movie. In my opinion is cheap knockoff of other (good) movies and a poor man's drama.

Here are the cliche/knockoff moments that I find too stupid/obvious:
Old lady telling the story of her life framework for a movie is way too "Titanic"
The entire relationship seems to be a Forrest Gump/Jenny knockoff
Placing a love story uselessly near a known tragedy is very "Titanic" but at least the titanic had something to use because there was the urgency of being out at sea and there was the whole "class" issue
The reverse disease is overplayed and was reminiscent of "Phenomenon"

In addition to these, I found that his aging wasn't entirely consistent (or people around him didn't age consistently) and the whole process was inconsistent. What characeristics was he supposed to take from his disorder and which ones from his age? He has arthritis and bad hearing and vision when he's born but gets dementia when he's old too? He is born baby size but old and wrinkly so why does he shrink to baby size before he dies?

Overall, a poor showing. A knockoff, uninventive, poorly thought out movie.