Benjamin Button!

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button……I loved it but it was really long!

I think the writers were very thorough with developing the characters. I felt like I really knew these people because the film followed the lives of the characters so closely. I agree with Phil Boogie that this movie was the best one that was released that year.

Maybe I’m just not an avid reader because I’ve never seen or read anything like this. Randy Bandit brought up examples of books that had the same reversed age character. That writing didn’t reach everyone because I never knew about it. I think that this movie brought that written character to real life.

I think that Benjamin Button was able to forgive his father so easily because he didn’t have a hard life. All though he grew up in an old people’s home it seemed that he enjoyed his life. And beyond that he had a laid back personality and I don’t remember him being upset in any of the scenes.

I also agree that Taraji Henson deserves the award for her performance in this film

You're a rapper....and an actor!?

I’m mostly against rappers (and singers) acting. It just doesn’t feel natural to me. I can appreciate their hustle and wanting to have more things on their resume. But normally it turns out bad. The worst movie that I can think of that casts a rapper (other than Soul Plane) is the movie “Bones” that Snoop Dogg starred in that BET used to play constantly. In the movie “This Christmas” I felt that Chris Brown’s character was made specifically for a star that could bring in some extra revenue. His lines were short and each time that he had “camera shine,” it was some sort of comic relief. And not to mention that the character himself was a singer!

I feel that Will Smith is an actor who raps and not a rapper that acts. Maybe when he first started starring in movies he was a better rapper than actor but now his talents have changed. Call me crazy but I also think that Beyonce does a good job in the roles that she is chosen for. (I’m a little biased I mentioned that I was Bey Fanatic!) I think that the roles she accepts fit her because they usually require some singing and she is naturally blessed in that area. Her next character in the movie “Obsessed” will not be like the characters she’s played before.

Some rappers do a good job as actors and actresses in movies. I think that Queen Latifah was very convincing as a lesbian criminal in the movie “Set it Off” and the show “Living Single” used to be one of my favorite shows to watch. I almost forgot that Ludacris was a rapper and not an actor in the movie “Crash” because his performance was solid.

I almost forgot Jamie Foxx. His talents are equal. He is an extremely talented actor and also a very good music artist. I think that the movie “Ray” was one of the best autobiography type films and his show still makes me laugh. I also listen to his music even though Randy Bandit and Phill Boogie called it “ig’nant!”