incontention.com - 11/23/2008
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Taraji P. Henson in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button UPDATED (5:30 p.m.): Alright, now that I’m home and away from the shuffle, I can unfold some further thoughts on this. Judging by the mood of the room — mostly guild members and industry types, a lot of press folks have decided on the 6:00 ...
weblogs.variety.com - 11/24/2008
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weblogs.variety.com —
I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
on Saturday (following the aborted Thursday screening ), and
have been trying to sort it out ever since. David Fincher and screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump) have delivered an historic ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Review
awardsdaily.com - 11/23/2008
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awardsdaily.com —
Today’s screening was held in the swanky Paramount
theater. In attendance for the Q&A was director David
Fincher, screenwriter Eric Roth and most of the heads of the tech departments. I don’t want to jinx the movie by ...
Benjamin Button Screening and Q&A
blog.spout.com - 11/21/2008
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blog.spout.com —
To borrow a line from Lou Lumenick :
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is this year’s
Forrest Gump . This is not really arguable. In addition to sharing a screenwriter (Eric Roth), Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 Best Picture winner and David ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: A Clarification
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'Benjamin Button' Reactions, New Trailer and 42 Trailer Pics
RopeofSilicon.com —
... saying, "[If] I had to name the film that would probably have the best shot at winning Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costumes [and] Art Direction it would be this one." Kris Tapley at In Contention is certain the film will bring ten nominations minimum "for Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score and Visual Effects are virtually assured." ...
What’s Wrong With ‘Benjamin Button’?
Vulture —
... Lest you worry, though, this thing is still going to win like a million Oscars. In Contention's Kristopher Tapley attended the screening and is predicting as many as fourteen nominations (including acting ones for Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson) — but he, too, said the film left him "strangely cold" without much explanation. So what's the problem? Do the special effects just look weird? Was it the digital projector? The temperature in the theater? Will the movie look better when it's screened on actual film? Or is there really something wrong with it? Is it just not ...
First 'Benjamin Button' Reviews Break: 'Historic Achievement' or 'Spoon-Fed Artifice'? [The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button]
Gawker: defamer —
... Roth doesn’t particularly agree with my take. Indeed, he was right in the middle of telling me how the bathroom was filled with sobbers after the screening when a beautiful young lady walked up to us and told him how much the movie had affected her. But he took my comment in stride. 'Fincher is the kind of director that brings you right up to the point of sentiment and then brings it back,' he said. 'There’s something to be said for that I think.' " — Kris Tapley, InContention ...
More Weigh in on 'Benjamin Button' and a Listen to Desplat's Score
RopeofSilicon.com —
... six new opinions have been added to the fray. Not all are glowing, and one admits to have "actively loathed it". I have included some of the more telling pieces from each review without digging into plot whatsoever for those (like myself) not interested in knowing story details, but opinions are always welcomed. This is to say, I skimmed these reviews and avoided anything that looked like it was going to tell me the story.
So here are the opinions so far:
Kris Tapley (In Contention):
Perhaps it's my youthful cynicism, who knows, but I ...
More Early Buzz: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
/Film —
... Kris Tapley of In Contention: “I didn’t fall in love like so many in the crowd did. However, I couldn’t help but sense the innovation on display, not just below the line, but in the way we tell stories. This is a brilliant yarn, probably Roth’s finest screenplay to date, in a career that has seen some fine work.” … “I think there is no argument against Cate Blanchett being nominated for Best Actress, and again, I think she takes this award in a cake walk.” … “Nominations for Picture, Director, Actress, ...
‘Benjamin Button’ Early Reviews
We Are Movie Geeks —
... Kris Tapley of In Contention says, “Nominations for Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Film Editing, Makeup, Original Score and Visual Effects are virtually assured.” ...
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The Curious Case of the Better Benjamin Button Poster That Never Was
slashfilm.com 12/23/2008 —
Most people I talk to agree that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button theatrical character posters are ugly and boring. I wonder why Paramount Pictures/David Fincher chose not to use the piece of promotional art which can be seen below (found in ...
Button Down, Button Up
riskybusinessblog.com 11/24/2008 — By Steven Zeitchik If you turned Benjamin Button around and, following both the conceit of the movie and the trajectory of its main character, watched it from end to beginning, you'd wind up with the same assessment as if you...
International Trailer: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
slashfilm.com 11/23/2008 —
A new international trailer has been released for David Fincher ’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which I don’t believe I’ve ever seen before. Check it out below, or click on through to Bad Taste for the High Definition ...
The Curious Case of The Missing Benjamin Button Poster Art
slashfilm.com 11/11/2008 —
The film comes out in just a month and a half, and Paramount has not yet released a poster for David Fincher ’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . Not a teaser poster - NOTHING. In comparison, Watchmen comes out three months later and ...
Listen to The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Score
slashfilm.com 11/24/2008 —
Dreamworks has put Alexandre Desplat ’s entire score for David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button online on their For Your Consideration Awards site . Here is the complete tracklisting:
1. Postcards
2. Mr. Gateau
3. ...
Benjamin Button Poster is Backwards
slashfilm.com 11/12/2008 —
Earlier this week we complained about the lack of theatrical posters for David Fincher’ s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button . Looks like Paramount has sent a bath to theaters this week. Defamer snapped this photo at a recent multiplex ...
Finally - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Finally Posters!
firstshowing.net 11/21/2008 —
Paramount has finally released two official posters for David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button a mere month before it's set to arrive in theaters. I first heard about what they looked like a few weeks ago and even at that time ...
Things get curious at 'Button' screening
hollywoodreporter.com 11/21/2008 — The first major screening of David Fincher's highly anticipated "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," held in front of awards voters and media at the DGA in Los Angeles, was abruptly interrupted Thursday night.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Film Review
slantmagazine.com 12/21/2008 — Benjamin's very blankness gives the film a beguiling measure of dreamy, fabulistic wonder, one that entrances even as Roth's script regularly missteps. by Nick Schager
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