I really, really liked this movie! Even though Brad Pitt is a huge mega-movie superstar and filthy philanderer, I can’t seem to stopping loving him. I recently watched Burn After Reading before this, and thoroughly enjoyed him in that film as well. He’s an overrated celebrity, but truly an underrated actor.

Benjamin Button reminded me of Forrest Gump in many ways: the unlikely hero with a strange condition; the various unique characters woven into the story; the strong, stalwart mother figure; and the persistent love interest that can only blossom at just the right time for both characters. Even with these similarities, Benjamin Button is its own movie. Brad Pitt does an amazing job as a diminutive elderly man who is literally young at heart and Cate Blanchett is great as the southern Daisy. The chemistry between them is wonderful, if you aren’t thrown off by their fluctuating age differences throughout the film, which can feel quite pervy when a wrinky old man falls in love with a playful child. But when Brad hits about twenty or thirty, get ready to start drooling—damn, he’s hot.

The one thing that I thought could have be done better with the film was right at the end, where there is a summary of all the characters that Benjamin has met, explaining each one’s life lesson. It seemed a little too simplistic. Also, it was very, very long—but I don’t know what parts I would have cut out. Other than that, I thought Benjamin Button was awesome. At parts quite sad, it was overall a feel-good movie, which is nice every now and then.