The Purple Haze

Penguin Classics: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Forensic People are just hilarious. Once at dinner, Mommy Kucil, Francis and I talked about sexual innuendos and how Filipinos successfully manage to convert innocent titles to, erm, something that’s not. There’s “Saving Ryan’s Privates” and the more recent addition, “The Curious Case of Benjamin’s Buttons.” Or as Francis put it, “Pressing Benjamin’s Buttons.”

I feel my blog would be disgraced if I go on elaborating.

On the actual film, I was quite impressed by Brad’s genuine portrayal of a kid trapped in an old man’s body. Speaking as an amateur actor, I wouldn’t know from where to grab the emotions demanded by such character if that was assigned to me. Some movie critics say that Benjamin is relatively easy to portray, as he is actually just a child. Innocence, they further say, is one of the simplest to exude. I beg to disagree!

There is a degree of subtlety needed to smoothly execute Benjamin as a child, and Brad Pitt delivered. One must also remember that as much as he is an ordinary child inside, he lived in rare and absolutely extra-ordinary circumstances.

Simply put, Pitt, Blanchett and the crew did their homework well, and are raking in well-deserved millions for it. Kudos!