Fincher and the curious case of Benjamin Button

[Brian Broz]

For those that haven't seen the trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton//
Shot on Viper. Directed by Fincher. Starring Pitt, Blanchett, Swinton and (yes) Julia Ormand! What more could anyone want.
Images look stunning! Love the art direction, "soft contrast" lighting, choice of color in the DI and the overall concept.
I've got to work on a Fincher show before I die...
Thought I'd pass it on for those who haven't seen it.

Broz

[Brandon Fraley]

really looking forward to this one. I'm a huge fincher fan and I think it's interesting, the direction he's heading last time with zodiac and now with Button. I've described his movies as popcorn. Awesome, dark, gorgeous, disturbing popcorn, but popcorn none the less. These two projects seem more personal and innovative to me. Can't wait to see it.

OH, and I met Claudio Marinda at cinegear this year, sweeet :)

[Adrian T.]

OH, and I met Claudio Marinda at cinegear this year, sweeet :)

That's Miranda, not Marinda.

[Brandon Fraley]

That's Miranda, not Marinda.

oops, forgive the typo

[Albert Cheng]

Wow, I haven't been blown away by a film in a very long time. I've always respected Fincher as a filmmaker but I have to take that respect up a notch. This film, shot on the viper is utterly gorgeous. My hats off to claudio miranda and the viper camera for creating the best HD originated cinematic images I've seen.

Not everyone is gonna like this film, it's long and drawn out and clocks in at almost 3 hours. It's not very entertaining in the mass market sense and so will not appeal most people. But this is precisely the type of film that appeals to my particular sensibilities. It's somewhat melancholic and nostalgic and has quite a flat pacing, however, it's more a tone poem and watching it is like drinking fine wine. The actor physical transformations are quite astounding at an artistic and technical level. I think Fincher once again pushes the envelope of create filmmaking.

IMHO I found it to be a very relevent film to the human condition and and quite touching (there were a plenty of tears flowing from what I could hear near me). But, I found this to be refreshingly creative filmmaking and the reason I love films.

- albert cheng

[Kyle Presley]

Wow, I haven't been blown away by a film in a very long time. I've always respected Fincher as a filmmaker but I have to take that respect up a notch. This film, shot on the viper is utterly gorgeous. My hats off to claudio miranda and the viper camera for creating the best HD originated cinematic images I've seen.

Not everyone is gonna like this film, it's long and drawn out and clocks in at almost 3 hours. It's not very entertaining in the mass market sense and so will not appeal most people. But this is precisely the type of film that appeals to my particular sensibilities. It's somewhat melancholic and nostalgic and has quite a flat pacing, however, it's more a tone poem and watching it is like drinking fine wine. The actor physical transformations are quite astounding at an artistic and technical level. I think Fincher once again pushes the envelope of create filmmaking.

IMHO I found it to be a very relevent film to the human condition and and quite touching (there were a plenty of tears flowing from what I could hear near me). But, I found this to be refreshingly creative filmmaking and the reason I love films.

- albert cheng

Amen, brother. Just got back from the theater a bit ago. THIS LOOKED FANTASTIC! I saw a 2K projection and it was phenomenal. This was the most brilliant original movie I've seen at the cine in a loooooooong time. It made it in my top ten for sure.

[Michael Ragen]

looked great, effects are getting there... was sitting in the front row though so i could see the pixels off the projector. bring on more 4k!

[Kenn Michael]

Just saw it. Outstanding film!

[David Collard]

Very nice, indeed. Was suprised Fincher directed it.
Sweet film for enjoying a cup of java and cake afterwards
over stimulating conversation. Didn't feel terribly long but
there was a point where I stopped caring about either main character.
Then my interest was renewed and I sat through all the credits in
order to here the musical score. As an editor, I'd review that point in the
picture and tighten it up, reducing the length as well.

[jimhare]

Saw it last night. Best thing I have seen in a long time!

I never stopped caring, could have gone another hour!

[lonny dill]

The movie was awesome. The greatest part was how he brought the car accident scene into reality. He took something that is normally all dark and sad and made it artsy. In addition the old style pictures of the man getting struck by lightning at first looked out of place, but later, I looked forward to it appearing again and again. I think most would have not wanted to take a chance with something that could turn out cheezy. But, I applaud the results. The movie was one of the best I have seen in a long time.

[Albert Cheng]

The car scene was cool, well done. I thought it was a bit overly narrated though...you know telling us exactly what we were seeing (show, don't tell and all). But good nonetheless.

The one scene for me that totally bowled me over and was a jolt in dramatic tension, was the tugboat vs sub scene at night. Man o' man, that was just some great visual storytelling right there.

The tugboat captain was one of the most interesting side characters i've seen since Lt. Dan from Forrest Gump. Despite different visionary directors, it's pretty cool to see the structural similarities CCBB compares with Forrest Gump. Eric Roth is a terrific writer.

-albert cheng