When we speak of "time", life itself inevitably becomes a tragedy - everyone dies, and death makes all love must end in separation. It's a one-of-a-kind film—completely devoid of hormones and climax, even as Benjamin and Daisy go through the golden years of their lives together, and are rendered melancholy. Ordinary Hollywood films reach the peak of great reunion through struggles and gains, while The Curious Case of Benjamin Button peacefully reaches the empty end in a dazed drift and constant loss. Grim sadness is unparalleled.
But not only that. The upside-down Benjamin Button is a metaphor in itself: to what extent can a man be at odds with the world in which he lives? The most exaggerated thing is to go against the world, Benjamin is the ultimate example of human tragedy. He begins to experience aging from birth, and the decay of the end has become a haunting haunting of his life—a reminder of death every second. We are controlled by time, space, or a larger mystery. Everything is unpredictable, and loss and separation are inevitable.
And New Orleans, as the background of the story, shrouded the film with the mysterious tone of the American South. The evening breeze of the Mississippi River blew through, and under the misty pavilion, young girls danced gracefully like a distant myth, without saying a word. , can also feel a powerful force above survival. The insignificance of man is magnified like never before in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and the film itself is a long stare and meditation on life.
The film sculpts the shortness of life, the meaninglessness, the pain of life with countless exquisite and gorgeous details, but showing pain is not its purpose. The film is to go deep into the abyss of coldness, but in the final analysis, it is to find warmth and redemption. It's still a love story despite not having a moment of passion. Benjamin and Daisy kept missing each other, but their love was never weakened by the interruption of time and space. "Good night, Benjamin." She greeted him every night, and he was finally able to leave peacefully in her arms. . When Benjamin's story is told by the children of the two, all tears and helplessness are given meaning. It is love that makes life transcend death and time and return to perfection. Benjamin Button's life thus became a "wonderful event".
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