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Early Buzz: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; New Television Trailer
/Film —
... Variety’s Anne Thompson published a gushing spy report: “It’s magic realism propelled by extraordinary filmmaking technology but it’s not remotely what I’d call cold. It creates a world of oddities and wonderful, off-kilter characters but the whole piece is anchored by a decades long relationship that gets strained, frayed, breaks and rebuilds into something profound and moving. The achievement is big and bold and ambitious and life-affirming, but the sentimentality is always toughened by the continual sense of loss and deep sadness ...
New 'Benjamin Button' TV Spot and One 'Glowing' Audience Reaction
RopeofSilicon.com —
When Variety 's Anne Thompson first started blogging it was one more great industry blog to check out, but the damn thing has slowly degenerated into something of a cross between and insidery site that is extremely informative and unique, to a site that is trying to be like every other fanboy blog. I actually saw them promote an online widget for Twilight once. A freaking widget! So, when Anne posts a reader reaction to a screening of ...
Benjamin Button Reviews Start Seeping Out
SpoutBlog —
Yesterday, Anne Thompson posted “an early review” of David Fincher’s The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, which she says was emailed by “one of [her] industry spies.” David Poland quickly huffed that “running an anonymous ‘friend’ as a ‘review’” is “just bullshit”, but for our purposes, skepticism over where the comments on the film (which are effusive regarding every aspect of the production) come from is neither here nor there.
I’m ...
First Reviews of ‘Benjamin Button’ Indicate It’s a ‘Profound and Moving’ ‘Dud’
Vulture —
... Despite an ironclad studio embargo threatening to turn all violators into backwards-aging old-man babies, reviews for Sunday's first-ever screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button have started to appear on blogs. How are they? Mixed! "It's magic realism propelled by extraordinary filmmaking technology but it's not remotely what I'd call cold," an "industry spy" writes to Variety's Anne Thompson. "It creates a world of oddities and wonderful, off-kilter characters but the whole piece is anchored by a decades long relationship that gets strained, frayed, ...
New Benjamin Button TV Spot Has Baby Brad Struggling With Wrinkles And Women [Benjamin Button]
io9 —
... I can't remember the last time I heard someone call a movie "magic" and "life-affirming" but according to Variety's write-up, that's what Fincher is delivering. Then again I don't really trust anyone who would use the word "magic" and isn't talking about Wizards. Here's a little part of the review: ...
Paramount Readies its Snipers as 'Button,' 'Revolutionary Road' Reviews Trickle Out [Everyone's A Critic]
Gawker: defamer —
... The first Button item we saw was submitted by an "industry spy"; if it was published by anyone other that Anne Thompson, we'd assume it was just a publicity intern practicing her press-note chops: ...
AWARDS WATCH '08 | Back and Forth: Buzzing Best Picture, Underdogs
indieWIRE: Biz —
... In terms of other best picture contenders we have to talk about Benjamin Button for a moment. Did you see Anne Thompson's posting of an anonymous review of the film yesterday. It's caused quite a stir. Karina Longworth followed up by noting that she recently ...
