As humans, nothing is impossible.We have landed on the moon, we have played the role of god by creating animals in labs and we are able to view galactic storms thousands of light years away.
But one thing that we can not conquer is time.Neither can we travel back in time, nor can we fly ahead. Neither can we stop it nor can we slow its pace. All we can do is watch the time pass by.
The only way to capture time is through memories. Conquer it by living every moment as if it was the last one and shall never return again.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is the story of Benjamin, who was born as a 70 year old and as year’s passes by, starts growing younger. It’s the story of the people he meets, the lessons he learns and the love he experiences.
It’s the story of a father who abandons this ugly creature and the story of the maid who finds him and mothers him. It’s the story of the artist who became a captain, of a bush man who ended up in zoo, of a girl who set out to swim and set a record, of a young man who was doing his job and was struck by lighting, of a ballet girl who sees her dreams crushed in front of a speeding car.
It’s also the story of a woman who has withheld a secret from her daughter till her deathbed.But most importantly it’s a storehouse of memories.Read through his diary, the story moves back and forth in time constantly holding you. Great special effects, amazing makeup and some awe inspiring acting by Brad Pitt (Benjamin) and Cate Blanchett (Daisy).
But this movie belongs to David Fincher, the director who has told an amazing story in the simplest of way – just what great cinema is all about.“Growing young” a paradoxical phenomena so strange and unique that everyone of us would like this elixir of life which erases the cruel imprint of time from our faces.
Time as a concept has been explored wonderfully when two lives collide and fall in love knowing that time is moving in opposite directions for them and that their relationship can never withstand the test of time.It’s a story of how love conquers time (almost) and how time, as its parting gift, gives some of the best memories to take with us in our final journey.
Go and experience cinema at its very best.