I'm smitten by the Oscar fever. By Oscar fever, I don't mean the excitement of who wins what. I mean the excitement of catching up on the movies which have been nominated. I recently watched 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', a slow moving classic. Brad Pitt gives his best performance till date in a movie which has an unusual story in which the protagonist ages backwards. With this amazing idea in the storyline, a wonderful love story unfolds. The execution is simply poetic. Brad Pitt taking care of the child Blanchett and Blanchett baby sitting the child Pitt as their ages run in opposite tracks is just amazing. The scene where Benjamin learns to walk made me sit stunned at Pitt's stellar performance. I thought he can only play the cool dude. He proved me wrong and how! I'm watching 'Milk' tomorrow and I hear Sean Penn will steal the Oscar for his performance. Nevertheless, Brad Pitt is just too good.
Man! Where does David Fincher get his stories from! I can't forget the awesomeness of 'Fight Club' and the chills of 'Se7en'. He belongs right up there with Chris Nolan and Gus Van Sant.
