We went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Saturday.
I enjoyed it. It’s basically a love story. The decency and kindness of people is brought out in the movie. Some people make selfish decisions out of fear but they later make amends. Those decisions and ‘fate’ cause unhappiness rather than people who are evil through and through. I don’t think there was even one evil person portrayed in this movie. I like how Benjamin accepts his unusual de-aging process and life in general and has a very positive attitude about life. He’s curious and loves to try new things. Maybe being raised by someone who loved him and valued him helped him accept the things about him which were unusual.
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We went to see The Dark Knight (the latest Batman movie) on Saturday.
I’ll do my best not to discuss important details although judging by the returns for this weekend everyone’s already seen it :)
Overall I was impressed: I thought it mostly justified the high ratings. The Joker was the best bad guy I remember seeing in a movie. He was the most interesting character in the movie (imo) because a) he was creative, albeit it in a horribly nasty way and b) we never really found out why he did what he did. (Or if we did, I missed it)
It’s sad that The Joker actor, Heath Ledger, died after making this. Actually I forgot he was the actor while I was watching it so that didn’t affect my view of the movie.
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