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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,' adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918 to the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Benjamin Button is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

I immensely enjoyed this movie. It lived up to be everything I wanted it to be. It was a well told epic story that I was captivated by from the moment it started. Cate and Brad were magnificent in this movie and Brad’s portrayal of Benjamin Button was perfect.



Revolutionary Road
April and Frank Wheeler are a young, thriving couple living with their two children in a Connecticut suburb in the mid-1950s. Their self-assured exterior masks a creeping frustration at their inability to feel fulfilled in their relationships or careers. Frank is mired in a well-paying but boring office job, and April is a housewife still mourning the demise of her hoped-for acting career. Determined to identify themselves as superior to the mediocre sprawl of suburbanites who surround them, they decide to move to France where they will be better able to develop their true artistic sensibilities, free of the consumerist demands of capitalist America. As their relationship deteriorates into an endless cycle of squabbling, jealousy and recriminations, their trip and their dreams of self-fulfillment are thrown into jeopardy.

This movie was so well made it was uncomfortable to watch at times because of the raw emotions that were being shown. Kate and Leo put their hearts into these roles and it paid off in these intense performances. While I wouldn’t want to live on Revolutionary Road, I found this to be an excellent movie, sad and painful but excellent.


The Wrestler
Back in the late '80s, Randy "The Ram" Robinson (Mickey Rourke) was a headlining professional wrestler. Now, twenty years later, he ekes out a living performing for handfuls of diehard wrestling fans in high school gyms and community centers around New Jersey.Estranged from his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) and unable to sustain any real relationships, Randy lives for the thrill of the show and the adoration of his fans. However, a heart attack forces him into retirement. As his sense of identity starts to slip away, he begins to evaluate the state of his life -- trying to reconnect with his daughter, and striking up a blossoming romance with an exotic dancer (Marisa Tomei) who is ready to start a new life. Yet all this cannot compare to the allure of the ring and passion for his art, which threatens to pull Randy "The Ram" back into his world of wrestling.

The plot summary of this movie makes it seem much better than it was. I found the idea of the movie and the underling emotions to be a great premises but I found the delivery to be lacking. I don’t understand the accolades for Mickey Rourke performance it seemed to me that he was just playing Mickey Rourke with a little more heart. I thought the best performance was Evan Rachel Wood’s she had a scene that was heart wrenching.