Comments on: Benjamin Button Should’ve Been Called Benjamin Suckin’ OHHH!

By: Charles "IT Guy" Robinson

Charles "IT Guy" Robinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:24:27 +0000

Yo! That movie sucked Donkey Balls.
The movie was so boring that I almost died.
I was literally walking towards the white light for a few minutes.

By: thickcrust

thickcrust — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:14 +0000

At least with movies like The Saw there’s a small element of surprise or mystery. Yes, you know how it’s going to end and you know who’s going to die. But you don’t know the order in which characters will die, nor the precise method of their execution.

Every part of Benjamin Button was completely predictable. If any character wasn’t a cliche, it’s because the character was a combination of cliches.

Another part of the Benjamin Button hype that I didn’t understand is how people thought the makeup/special effects were so incredible. Destroying Manhattan or sinking the Titanic are amazing effects.

Making someone look really old? That’s an impressive trick for a grade school play.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:55:40 +0000

The “OHHH” really made that title.

Yeah. I don’t regret not seeing this.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:00:31 +0000

I enjoyed it, in a kind of passive way. Then in the car on the way home, Jamie and I started listing all the ways in which it was actually Forrest Gump. Then someone actually made a movie of that and put it on YouTube. And the circle of life is complete.

By: Noel

Noel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:12:04 +0000

I liked this movie, but I would never say it was that special, plus it was way too long. I think I just liked it because upon leaving the theater (where I was crying) I seriously cried in the car all the way home. I’m such a softie when it comes to “we-will-never-ever-in-a-million-years-be-together-but-I-want-you-so-badly” romances.

BTW I watched “Grey Gardens” a couple of nights ago, thanks to your recommendation. I thought it was pretty fascinating, but made me really want to take a shower afterward and get rid of my two cats.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:13:22 +0000

Haven’t seen it and probably won’t.

Honestly, my grudge against it stems from the fact that Daisy’s a ballet dancer, and I don’t like watching movies with dancers in them. It makes me nostalgic.

And since “nostalgia” is an emotion in a category other than Happy and Rage, I want nothing to do with it.