Title: Fitzgerald, twisted
Product review: F. Scott Fitzgerald made "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" a poignant but whimsical and often funny tale of a man born old who grows young. Hollywood twists this short story beyond recognition.In Fitzgerald's version, the father is discombobulated but takes his gray-haired, withered newborn home and has him dye his hair and otherwise try to masquerade as a young 'un. The film father tries to drown and then abandons his son. Fitzgerald's Benjamin woos and marries the belle of the ball; as she ages, he uses his burgeoning energy to attend parties and master the latest dance steps. In the big screen version, romance ends in tragedy.Thus does the film convey Hollywood's idea of a serious message, to wit, "Life sucks, then you die." Some reviewers have noted the similarity to 1994's FORREST GUMP. Was that the last time a Hollywood movie with a happy ending won Best Picture?This reviewer is happy the Jazz Age master isn't around to see what they did to his odd little yarn.
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