476 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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#26 Post by Jeff » Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:52 pm

The English version is now on YouTube until Fincher finds out.

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#27 Post by moviscop » Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:41 pm

http://www.clipnabber.com + YouTube Link = :)

By the way, great find on the trailer dude.

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#28 Post by Slothrop » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:19 am

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.

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#29 Post by moviscop » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:02 am

i will admit that the recycled music bugged me a lot when watching the trailer. but the film has an eerie feel to it and it is fincher.

i will give him the benefit of a doubt.

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#30 Post by kaujot » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:47 am

Slothrop wrote:The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
Where in the trailer was that? I can't admit to ever finishing Edward Scissorhands. Scared me too much as a kid. Still can't watch it.

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#31 Post by Jeff » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:56 am

Slothrop wrote:The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
That Saint-Saëns dude like totally ripped off Danny Elman!

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#32 Post by moviscop » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:08 pm

It almost bugged me as much as Clint Mansell's music being ripped for different films.

The Mist was good, but c'mon, did they really need to use The Fountain soundtrack for the trailer?

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#33 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:29 pm

They did?

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#34 Post by Slothrop » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:16 pm

Jeff wrote:
Slothrop wrote:The recycling of Elfman's Edward Scissorhands score doesn't help matters.
That Saint-Saëns dude like totally ripped off Danny Elman!
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.

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#35 Post by tryavna » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:56 pm

Am I the only one who thinks Hollywood really ought to give those fake Southern (or Sawthun') accents a fucking rest?

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#36 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Fri Jun 13, 2008 9:31 pm

Well, Brad is from the south so it isn't too much of a stretch.

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#37 Post by domino harvey » Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:15 pm

Oklahomans don't have southern accents

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#38 Post by moviscop » Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:46 pm

Is it just me or does this film make you feel like you are re-watching "Big Fish"?

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#39 Post by sidehacker » Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:58 am

Nah, I keep waiting for Linda Manz to say something about her brother.

P.S. the movie isn't out yet.

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#40 Post by moviscop » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:06 am

lol, the trailer just had that tim burton feel to it and the epic lifestory that big fish had.

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#41 Post by tryavna » Sat Jun 14, 2008 3:52 pm

domino harvey wrote:Oklahomans don't have southern accents
I think Pitt grew up in Missouri, though. Missouri is half-Southern, I suppose.

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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#42 Post by Antoine Doinel » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:24 pm


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#43 Post by a.khan » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:28 pm

Shit met pants.

Thanks, Antoine.

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#44 Post by Highway 61 » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:27 pm

Re: the accents

All I can say is that my family's from Maine/Mass, and I grew up with both the rural and the urban New England accent, but I've never, ever seen it done well in a film. I can't imagine how phony Hollywood's version of the Southern accent sounds to local ears.

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#45 Post by kaujot » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:14 am

The wartime CGI looks fucking awful.

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#46 Post by Oedipax » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:45 am

Looked rather filmic on the early YouTube leak, but in 1080p I can definitely see the digital origins for this one - much more than on Zodiac.

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#47 Post by Cde. » Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:31 am

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.

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#48 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:01 am

kaujot wrote:The wartime CGI looks fucking awful.
Reminded me a bit of The Polar Express.

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#49 Post by Antoine Doinel » Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:18 am

The whole trailer looks beautiful to me. The heavy soundstage scenes remind me a lot of Fellini.

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#50 Post by Fletch F. Fletch » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:32 pm

Pages of Fitzgerald's short story are online.

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