Just making sure
Everyone thought that it was kinda annoying and sappy and shitty that Benjamin Button was set during Hurricane Katrina, right? Like, the message of death and time and life was heavy-handed enough without tying in the worst natural disaster the US has recently seen?
Ugh, YES. Finally saw this at my house last night (huzzah!) and I had a huge problem with this. I didn’t like the diary context in general, and the Katrina angle really annoyed me. The story was strong enough on its own to carry the movie. Not to mention the reality of Katrina totally weighed down and contrasted with the fantasy of the story itself. Other than that, I loved it as much as I thought I would.
