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Shorts, fests, etc, 11/21.
GreenCine Daily —
... ], occasionally I actively loathed it, but mostly I just felt genuinely disappointed that it seemed so lacking in genuine feeling," writes Karina Longworth at the SpoutBlog. "I'm a realist - I understand that the masses will probably go the other way on this one, and I won't begrudge them that. But as a critic, it is my job to clearly state, for the record, what ignited that loathing and disappointment." ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Review
Thompson On Hollywood —
... So when the movie reaches its climax, it is extraordinarily moving (although some find the movie cold and dispassionate). It may pack a more powerful punch the older you are and the more people you have lost. In that case it will score with the Academy, who will also recognize the skillful filmmaking on display. ...
(Mostly) Raves For 'Benjamin Button' Across The Board; Plus New Photos From David Fincher Film, But Is Film A Little "Cold And Dispassionate"?
:: The Playlist :: —
... and Thompson makes a nod to this assertion. "It may pack a more powerful punch the older you are and the more people you have lost. In that case it will score with the Academy, who will also recognize the skillful filmmaking on display." So far the "negative" (relative) reviews come from the younger guard, Karina at Spoutblog, ...
More Weigh in on 'Benjamin Button' and a Listen to Desplat's Score
RopeofSilicon.com —
... in a magical past.
Mike Goodridge (Screen Daily):
The curious thing about Benjamin Button is the questionable profundity of this lengthy saga. Is it a meaningful parable about love and time or is it just a gigantic shaggy dog story? With that in mind, you can't help but look at your watch occasionally and wonder whether some plot meanderings, while always pleasant, have any bearing on the story whatsoever.
Karina Longworth (Spout):
To borrow a line from Lou Lumenick: The Curious Case ...
More Early Buzz: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
/Film —
... Karina Longworth of Spout: “Watching ‘Benjamin Button,’ occasionally I actively loathed it, but mostly I just felt genuinely disappointed that it seemed so lacking in genuine feeling.” … “This film will likely make a lot of money and win a lot of awards, and yet is so phony and cloying and gimmicky that its success will some day be seen by some as a tragedy.” ...
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Some Came Running —
... hosannas starting to come this picture's way as evidence of a sort of mass delusion—they know that Button expects to move them, and they want to be moved by it, so they roll over for this soft-headed nonsense in a bright shiny digital package. Such is the power of the Button juggernaut that it put at least one naysayer on the defensive. "I'm going to try very hard not to waste my energy trashing the inevitable prom king," Spout's Karina Longworth sighed, before moaning, "frankly, I'm ...
Two-Polar Opposite 'Benjamin Button' Reviews
:: The Playlist :: —
... that Spoutblog ripped into David Fincher's film (she called it hokey and "Forrest Gump"-like) and today, two new polarizing reviews have been delivered. A glowing review from the Hollywood Reporter and a pretty damning one from Jeffrey Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere which confirms a lot of the ...
