{"id":2199,"date":"2008-12-24T09:05:29","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=2199"},"modified":"2008-12-29T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T18:48:27","slug":"benjamin-buttons-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=2199","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Button&#8217;s Butt."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/12\/23\/the-curious-case-of-the-better-benjamin-button-poster-that-never-was\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/brunovbenbuttonposter.jpg\" title=\"Benjamin Button fantasy poster\" alt=\"Benjamin Button fantasy poster\" align=\"middle\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SlashFilm.com reader\u00a0 and graphic designer Bruno V came up with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/12\/23\/the-curious-case-of-the-better-benjamin-button-poster-that-never-was\/\"  target=\"_blank\">this allusive, &#8220;poster that never was&#8221; <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/12\/23\/the-curious-case-of-the-better-benjamin-button-poster-that-never-was\/\"  target=\"_blank\"> one-sheet <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/12\/23\/the-curious-case-of-the-better-benjamin-button-poster-that-never-was\/\"  target=\"_blank\">mock-up<\/a>, above, for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/paramount\/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton\/\"  target=\"_blank\"><em>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/em><\/a>, opening tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by maestro David Fincher (<em>Fight Club<\/em>, <em>Se7en<\/em>) and starring Brad Pitt with Cate Blanchett, the film, based on a story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald, tells the tale of a boy who is born old\u2014with wrinkled, liver-spotted skin and white hair\u2014only to become younger as he ages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/curious_case_of_benjamin_button.jpg\"  title=\"Benjamin Button teaser poster with Brad Pitt\"><img src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/curious_case_of_benjamin_button.jpg\" title=\"Benjamin Button teaser poster with Brad Pitt\" alt=\"Benjamin Button teaser poster with Brad Pitt\" align=\"right\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a>Though skilled, Bruno&#8217;s riff on <em>Benjamin Button<\/em> violates the cardinal rule of any movie with Brad Pitt in it: <strong>Show His Face As Often As Possible<\/strong>. See right, for an example, from an early teaser poster. Or as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/2008\/12\/23\/the-curious-case-of-the-better-benjamin-button-poster-that-never-was\/#IDComment12999446\"  target=\"_blank\">one of the commenters on \/Film.com<\/a> puts it, less delicately, &#8220;Who the f#@% wants to look at a wrinkled ass baby?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, if you ask me, actor Taraji P. Henson, who cradles the infant, is the bigger obstacle. Since she&#8217;s Black and not Will Smith, Halle Berry, Samuel L. Jackson, or Queen Latifah, putting her on a movie poster runs the risk of confusing the prospective audience. It could make them think that they&#8217;re going to see a <em>Black<\/em> movie\u2014maybe one starring James Earl Jones as the wizened family patriarch\u2014and not a flick starring half of the world&#8217;s sexiest couple.<\/p>\n<p>At least, so goes conventional wisdom, and if there&#8217;s one thing we can all agree on, Hollywood definitely knows their stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SlashFilm.com reader\u00a0 and graphic designer Bruno V came up with this allusive, &#8220;poster that never was&#8221; one-sheet mock-up, above, for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, opening tomorrow. Directed by maestro David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) and starring Brad Pitt with Cate Blanchett, the film, based on a story of the same name by F. 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