The video should be updated to include Benjamin Button, that almost came out of the right side of the valley.

I would suggest you pull a dupeof and steal all the votes.. but I hate your video because of the pre-play advert. Maybe steal the embed code afterwards!!

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Tech-of-Benjamin-Button-AMAZING-CGI

>> ^ziggystardust:
There is a well known study that basically boils down humans' facial expressions down to 156 different facial expressions. They originally brought in Brad Pitt to make those 156 facial expressions. Those expressions didn't cover everything, so that's when they reenacted everything shot for shot.


Yeah, I read about how they had that as a starting point on cgsociety.com. And I'm sure that logic holds true for getting a fairly good approximation of any expression but it certainly undersells how much we can do with our face, and how subtle it can be.

There's a website that paramount has launched just for the special effects (gee, do you think they're proud of them?) http://www.benjaminbuttonfx.com/ Which covers these and other effects in the film.

One part of the film that did leap out at me while I watched it was the 'youthening' effects, they were obviously an effect. Also, they weren't done by Digital Domain, they were farmed out as they didn't have the time... and I think it shows. The quality of the aging effects vs the obviousness of the youthening ones is quite marked.

Please tell me this is the Chinese dub of Benjamin Button and that kid is actually in his 80s.

Shitty fucking nominations. The Oscars can go swivel.

Best picture: get rid of Benjamin Button & The Reader, replace with The Wrestler & Dark Knight, the eventual winner being The Wrestler.

Why the hell is The Wrestler not on the list? Because it's not coated in gloss? No happy ending? The script too good? Un-fucking-believable. One of the best films I've seen in a long long time.

And Dark Knight? Pompous twats. Couldn't bring themselves to whack a Batman film on the list, even though it's recognised by pretty much every other human being in the world as being a truly incredible film.

I now hate the Oscars nearly as much as the Globes.

In other words, yes, I think Benjamin Button is overrated, too.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'The Curious Case of Forrest Gump' to 'The Curious Case of Forrest Gump, forrest gump, benjamin button' - edited by kronosposeidon

The wrestler was perhaps the best movie I watched in a long time. I totally agree on Benjamin Button being a let down, it was so long winded and so slow and you could see certain things from a mile away.

Am hoping to make this a regular thing, as I noticed now I tend to forget good movies I watch.

i have to say, the best film i've seen recently is 'the wrestler' - i can't find a single fault with that movie. all the acting was impeccable and the direction was so brilliantly restrained. a definite triumph. biggest disappointment for me was benjamin button. technically top-notch but the story and script left me a bit cold, not to mention the length. looking forward to 'milk' too.

(from youtube)

List of Movies (in order of appearance):

-The Dark Knight
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
-Wall-E
-Quantum of Solace
-Iron Man
-Defiance
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
-Australia
-Forgetting Sarah Marshall
-Wall-E
-The Curious Case of Benjamin
-The Dark Knight
-Frost/Nixon
-Wall-E
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Slumdog Millionaire
-Milk
-Seven Pounds
-Revolutionary Road
-Pineapple Express
-Speed Racer
-Burn After Reading
-Ghost Town
-Revolutionary Road
-Quantum of Solace
-Rachel Getting Married
-Australia
-Role Models
-Choke
-The Tale of Despereaux
-Cloverfield
-Zack and Miri Make a Porno
-The Visitor
-Milk
-Be Kind Rewind
-Synecdoche, New York
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Doubt
-Wall-E
-W.
-Get Smart
-Iron Man
-Tropic Thunder
-Iron Man
-Tropic Thunder
-Doubt
-The Reader
-Happy-Go-Lucky
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-Valkyrie
-Frost/Nixon
-Yes Man
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Wrestler
-Revolutionary Road
-Snow Angels
-In Bruges
-Waltz with Bashir
-Wendy and Lucy
-Rachel Getting Married
-Get Smart
-Hamlet 2
-Hancock
-The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
-Cloverfield
-Wall-E
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
-The Day the Earth Stood Still
-The Dark Knight
-FADE OUT

-FADE IN
-The Dark Knight
-The Incredible Hulk
-Wall-E
-Seven Pounds
-Wendy and Lucy
-The Wrestler
-Australia
-The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
-The Dark Knight
-Wall-E
-Cloverfield
-Australia
-Miracle at St. Anna
-Waltz with Bashir
-Valkyrie
-Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
-Rachel Getting Married
-Pineapple Express
-The Dark Knight
-Defiance
-Che
-Valkyrie
-Australia
-Defiance
-Quantum of Solace
-Slumdog Millionaire
-The Wrestler
-Revolutionary Road
-The Dark Knight
-Defiance
-Australia
-Iron Man
-Cloverfield
-The Strangers
-Defiance
-Wall-E
-Slumdog Millionaire
-Revolutionary Road
-Synecdoche, New York
-Defiance
-Iron Man
-The Day the Earth Stood Still
-Waltz with Bashir
-The Dark Knight
-Australia
-The Wrestler
-Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
-Cloverfield
-The Dark Knight
-Pineapple Express
-Defiance
-Rachel Getting Married
-Milk
-Quantum of Solace
-Defiance
-Kung Fu Panda
-Pineapple Express
-Seven Pounds
-The Wrestler
-Iron Man
-Eagle Eye
-Frost/Nixon
-Revolutionary Road
-The Reader
-Milk
-Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
-Gran Torino
-Che
-The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Benjamin Button TV Spot cut to this song: http://www.videosift.com/video/Benjamin-Button-Trailer-Cut-to-Arcade-Fire

>> ^Grimm:
Russian site...but English trailer and good quality...
http://rutube.ru/tracks/764459.html?v=4e5e02872ece8239f337e6ba1787e924


No. http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/thecuriouscaseofbenjaminbutton/