On Friday night, I went over to Steve’s place for a little housewarming get-together. Considering I just came into a bit of cash from some union settlement, I splurged and got some high quality beer for the event. We had a plethora of great beer, watched some comedy of Ricky Gervais and Dave Chapelle and before you knew it, I woke up on my own couch the next morning. I don’t think that’s ever happened before! I usually have enough sense to go up to bed! I must admit my couch is quite comfy. Thanks to Steve and Martine for putting on a great party. Their house is quite majestic other than the giant mud pit which surrounds it right now. I guess they will get grass eventually. Word on the street is that there is a ten pound wild turkey roaming the neighbourhood which is quite awesome.
The next day it was raining out so I decided that the fates were against any major activity on my part so I caught up on a few episodes of Lost, How I Met Your Mother, etc. Then in the afternoon I had a hankering to watch a really long Brad Pitt film so I went out and purchased The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which is about a man who is born as an old man and travels backwards in aging. It was quite the interesting concept and I had a good time watching it. It was an epic tale of Benjamin Button growing up in an old folks home and him discovering life lessons but in the body of an old man. Imagine your creaking bones when you hoped to run down the street along with other kids!
He intersects with a woman (Daisy, played by Cate Blanchett) at various points in his life which is interesting as he first discovers her as an old man while she is still a child. I found this concept to be similar to The Time Traveller’s Wife in that the main character meets his leading lady at various points in her life….sometimes when he’s an older man and she is but a girl.
Of course, the obligatory love story comes into play in Benjamin Button and it was interesting as you see the logistics of being with someone who grows younger by the day come into play and how that can affect the future of a relationship.
I thoroughly enjoyed this epic tale of life and death and would recommend it.