476 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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I want to give Fincher the benefit of the doubt, but the trailer makes it seem like schmalztier version of Coppola's execrable Youth Without Youth.
"This Christmas Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures invite you to meet a very special young man."
The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
"This Christmas Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures invite you to meet a very special young man."
The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
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Shows what I know about classical music! It does have a similar sound to the opening of Edwards Scissorhands though. And I still think it makes the movie look schmaltzy.Jeff wrote:That Saint-Saëns dude like totally ripped off Danny Elman!Slothrop wrote:The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
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I think Pitt grew up in Missouri, though. Missouri is half-Southern, I suppose.domino harvey wrote:Oklahomans don't have southern accents
My point, however, is that the accent that Pitt is displaying in that trailer just doesn't sound like any authentic Southern accent I've ever heard. (And I've lived for extended periods in both Kentucky and North Carolina.) To my ears, the most typical Southern accent sounds more or less like Warren Oates.
Fitzgerald's original short story takes place in Baltimore, Maryland. So my immediate impression is that this is just another example of Hollywood gratuitously setting a story in the Deep South for no apparent reason -- except perhaps to make it seem slightly more "gothic" or "exotic." Give me a break!
EDIT: Upon rewatching the trailer, the accent I'm most reminded of is this one!
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I'm surprised so many people said it looked 'un-Fincher'. The look of this film looks to me very much like that of Zodiac. I suppose both these films don't really look like anything he's made before though.
That said, the film looks great. I'm guessing it will be a lot better received than Zodiac was, and it wouldn't surprise me if it picks up a bunch of Oscar nominations.
That said, the film looks great. I'm guessing it will be a lot better received than Zodiac was, and it wouldn't surprise me if it picks up a bunch of Oscar nominations.
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Pages of Fitzgerald's short story are online.