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Completed	25 May 2009
Title	The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Author	F. Scott Fitzgerald
Published	1922
Quote	"'You're just the romantic age,' she continued-----'fifty. Twenty-five is too wordly-wise; thirty is apt to be pale from overwork; forty is the age of long stories that take a whole cigar to tell; sixty is----oh, sixty is too near seventy; but fifty is the mellow age. I love fifty.'"
Review	I saw the movie of the same name recently, with the duo who I love to hate, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The movie was alright, not great, but the book, I have to admit, was worse. The Benjamin Button character in the book is a total jerk. I had no sympathy or empathy for him. He was well aware of the fact that he was born old and aged backward, yet he just ran through life, without a plan or heart. For instance, he was lucky to catch a young beauty, Hildegarde, and convince her to marry him. But, as the years slipped by and Hildegarde aged while Benjamin grew younger, he quickly tired of his wife and cast her aside like so much rubbish. You might think that a character with an odd medical condition like Benjamin's might have developed some insight; he might realize that life is short; he might realize the importance of doing unto others..... But no, not our Ben. He learns nothing in this story, from start to finish. It's always interesting to read books and then see them manifested on the silver screen, but this time it was a disappointment.

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