Perhaps the seeming pointlessness of Button's retro-existence is a bit of a metaphor for our own lives, which, in the long term scheme of things, end up, do what we may, whether we like it or not, being hollow, devoid of purpose, simply inertia-driven and without any real merit or worthwhile impact. Perhaps one of the most original concepts to arrive on the screen in the past decade! I will admit that I am conflicted on this point. If any place at all? What a shame! Because the basic premise is nothing short of breathtakingly original. Thusly, it must be frankly said that BUTTON, at times so languidly paced.prompts us to ask, was Fincher, the director, as appears to be the case with his lead character, seemingly not knowing or caring where he was going. And therein lays perhaps the great flaw/conundrum in David Fincher's film: For 2 hours and 40 minutes, "Button" seems content to meander aimlessly and unhurriedly toward its, and his own, inevitable conclusion. CA CALI, COLOMBIA+ORLANDO, FL -The ONLY TONY KISS CASTILLO on FaceBook!- There are moments in life where we all feel "different"! In the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, on the one-way highway of life, Benjamin Button lived and died.going the wrong way.
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