A Tribute to The Remarkable "Benjamin Button"

Okeoke, I need to vent out real quick.

Barusan menyaksikan sebuah masterpiece, a-one-of-a-kind movie yang yaampun bikin bahagia banget nemunya – dan sedikit menyesal ga nonton lebih awal padahal it has been around for a while. Truly rich and deep. Satu dari sedikit film yang bukan cuma “entartainment”, tetapi makanan untuk jiwa. During and after the movie I reflected much (more) on life, on birth, death, and love.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flickers in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer (Cate Blanchett). Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

Yak there the story goes, but it’s really more than that. The beauty of it can not be put into words. I strongly recommend it to all of you, deep thinker, life-reflector, night-owl kind of people. Go watch this precious gem immediately and find your thoughts dwell with it afterwards.

Thanks to David Fincher who directed the movie super beautifully. Soundtracknya menyatu dengan sempurna sama ceritanya, plotnya move quickly, character developmentnya peel perfectly, idenya original dan out of the box. Cukup detail juga, at least lebih detail dari most movies yang sedang beredar, walaupun masih jauh di bawah Amelie (the queen of detailed-little-things yang sangat top-notch). Durasi hampir 3 jam nggak kerasa, malah masih pengen lebih.

Sukses membombardir “hari nangis-nangis”ku. Maafkan Bu Risma, Bu Pudji, dan warga Surabaya besok kalau nemuin salah satu "personil" di aubade paduan suaranya berkantongmata bengkak saat membawakan lagu Jembatan Merah. Salahkan Mr. David, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, atau siapapun yang terlibat dalam pembuatan film ini.

I honestly don’t remember crying this hard after watching a movie since Million Dollar Baby... or maybe Dancer in the Dark.. Or even Soul Surfer. Anyway, this is the kind of movie that stays with you, the kind that you will remember for a long time.