Comments on: The Film Talk – Part 46 – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Best Films of 2008 http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/ Thu, 03 May 2012 01:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Top 5 Academy Award Oscar Predictions | The Film Talk - Movie Review Podcasthttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-5424 Top 5 Academy Award Oscar Predictions | The Film Talk - Movie Review Podcast Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:38:50 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-5424 [...] got scary skills – but they’ll give it Boxing Boy this year) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Well he did hike all the way through the Uncanny Valley) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” [...] [...] got scary skills – but they’ll give it Boxing Boy this year) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Well he did hike all the way through the Uncanny Valley) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Button Special Effects – The Uncanny Valley was Crossed – Shame The Film was Rubbish | The Film Talk - Movie Review Podcasthttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-5420 Benjamin Button Special Effects – The Uncanny Valley was Crossed – Shame The Film was Rubbish | The Film Talk - Movie Review Podcast Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:37:44 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-5420 [...] The Film Talk – Part 46 – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Best Films of 2008 [...] [...] The Film Talk – Part 46 – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and the Best Films of 2008 [...]

]]> By: The Film Talk » Two Remarkable Animated Films at the Nashville Film Festival You Must See: ‘I Am So Proud of You’ and ‘Slaves’http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1267 The Film Talk » Two Remarkable Animated Films at the Nashville Film Festival You Must See: ‘I Am So Proud of You’ and ‘Slaves’ Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:41:54 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1267 [...] - ‘I Am So Proud of You’:  It’s everything Benjamin Button wanted to be - an extraordinary meditation on life, childhood, aging, futility and the search for [...] [...] – ‘I Am So Proud of You’:  It’s everything Benjamin Button wanted to be – an extraordinary meditation on life, childhood, aging, futility and the search for [...]

]]> By: The Film Talk » The Harold Pinter Sleuth - Unrecognisedhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1266 The Film Talk » The Harold Pinter Sleuth - Unrecognised Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:31:45 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1266 [...] as remarked here and here, friction is reduced by instant delivery of media; and so…gave it a try on Watch [...] [...] as remarked here and here, friction is reduced by instant delivery of media; and so…gave it a try on Watch [...]

]]> By: sherohttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1268 shero Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:00:02 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1268 Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :<br><br><a href="http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf" rel="nofollow">http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf</a> Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :

http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf

]]> By: sherohttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1265 shero Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:00:02 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1265 Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :<br><br><a href="http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf" rel="nofollow">http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf</a> Just for your information I wrote a new blog about the nominations for the Visual Effects this year :

http://blog.myspace.com/shero_rauf

]]> By: The Film Talk » The Best Picture Nominees - Could You Do Better?http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1264 The Film Talk » The Best Picture Nominees - Could You Do Better? Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:11:31 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1264 [...] ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ - the parallels with Gump are obvious and have been well-trodden.  It’s not that I mind film-makers taking another pass at themes they baked earlier; there is, of course, a noble artistic tradition of mining the same seam (you’ll enjoy (and understand), for instance, Van Morrison’s later albums more if you’re familiar with the embryonic stuff; John Irving returns again and again to the same places and people who remind us of characters in a John Irving novel because it’s what he knows - but he finds new things to say).  ‘Button’ and ‘Gump’ both bear the hand of Eric Roth, whose classy work I’ve enjoyed in the past.  I am, indeed, in the minority that finds ‘Forrest Gump’ to be both delightful and serious - with Forrest and Jenny representing the two halves of the US broken apart by the Sixties, and their son the embodiment of what can happen when the best of both worlds integrate.  Forrest Obama, anyone? [...] [...] ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ – the parallels with Gump are obvious and have been well-trodden.  It’s not that I mind film-makers taking another pass at themes they baked earlier; there is, of course, a noble artistic tradition of mining the same seam (you’ll enjoy (and understand), for instance, Van Morrison’s later albums more if you’re familiar with the embryonic stuff; John Irving returns again and again to the same places and people who remind us of characters in a John Irving novel because it’s what he knows – but he finds new things to say).  ‘Button’ and ‘Gump’ both bear the hand of Eric Roth, whose classy work I’ve enjoyed in the past.  I am, indeed, in the minority that finds ‘Forrest Gump’ to be both delightful and serious – with Forrest and Jenny representing the two halves of the US broken apart by the Sixties, and their son the embodiment of what can happen when the best of both worlds integrate.  Forrest Obama, anyone? [...]

]]> By: kileyhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1263 kiley Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:01:21 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1263 yep, over here everything is 'coke' ! :D even pepsi...try figurin' THAT one out ;) yep, over here everything is 'coke' ! :D even pepsi…try figurin' THAT one out ;)

]]> By: Philhttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1262 Phil Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:56:59 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1262 Enjoyed the lists - lots I haven't seen. Can't say I enjoyed Jett's taste in soda...if the accent didn't raise questions, the choice of 'Pepsi' certainly cemented that Jett is no southerner....<br><br>Please, in the future, it's "Coke"! Enjoyed the lists – lots I haven't seen. Can't say I enjoyed Jett's taste in soda…if the accent didn't raise questions, the choice of 'Pepsi' certainly cemented that Jett is no southerner….

Please, in the future, it's “Coke”!

]]> By: The Film Talk » Academy Award Oscar Predictionshttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/the-film-talk-part-46-best-of-2008/#comment-1261 The Film Talk » Academy Award Oscar Predictions Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:26:19 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=336#comment-1261 [...] Penn’s got scary skills - but they’ll give it Boxing Boy this year) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Well he did hike all the way through the Uncanny Valley) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” [...] [...] Penn’s got scary skills – but they’ll give it Boxing Boy this year) * Brad Pitt in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (Well he did hike all the way through the Uncanny Valley) * Mickey Rourke in “The Wrestler” [...]

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