http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/blu-ray-report-benjamin-button-serial-killers-and-tons-of-travolta.php A Website About Movies Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:16:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/blu-ray-report-benjamin-button-serial-killers-and-tons-of-travolta.php/comment-page-1#comment-139853 John Strickland Mon, 11 May 2009 23:45:38 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=42165#comment-139853 I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it. I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it.

]]> http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/blu-ray-report-benjamin-button-serial-killers-and-tons-of-travolta.php/comment-page-1#comment-225553 John Strickland Mon, 11 May 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=42165#comment-225553 I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it. I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it.

]]> http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/opinions/blu-ray-report-benjamin-button-serial-killers-and-tons-of-travolta.php/comment-page-1#comment-225554 John Strickland Mon, 11 May 2009 23:45:00 +0000 http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/?p=42165#comment-225554 I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it. I thought Benjamin Button's effects actually hindered the performances of the actors. I felt the performances of Pitt and Blanchett were too synthetic, too manufactured, and that's because at many points in the film, they were. Plus, the storytelling in this movie was extremely pompous. Translating a 27 page short story into a 165-minute big-budget epic, David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth diluted the original narrative more than they added to it.

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