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The original story that inspired the movie starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
A man, "born under unusual circumstances," ages backwards, through a life that is as unusual as could be.
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Why Roth is Better Than Fitzgerald
60,500 people a month search Google for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Some of them even search for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons." Do you want to know the difference? By subtracting one small letter "s", you get 1,155,500 more results.

A similar alchemy is at work in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Story to Screenplay. The short story called The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald is bad. The screenplay for it by Eric Roth is good because Roth gets better results by removing Fitzgerald's loss-making and useless letters.

An example of how bad Fitzgerald's version is:

On the third day following his matriculation he received a notification from Mr. Hart, the college registrar, to call at his office and arrange his schedule. Benjamin, glancing in the mirror, decided that his hair needed a new application of its brown dye, but an anxious inspection of his bureau drawer disclosed that the dye bottle was not there. Then he remembered - he had emptied it the day before and thrown it away.

An example of how good Roth's version is:

A large open DANCE LOFT. And we see Daisy, dancing for a selection committee seated on metal chairs... Daisy moving with technical proficiency -- but it's bloodless, without any real distinction.... She gets nods -- but no kudos.

Interestingly enough, my thesaurus lists 41 synonyms for bad, one of which is "the pits". You could use that as a mnemonic. As in, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button WITHOUT Brad Pitt is the pits." But that would be a tautology, wouldn't it?

And among the synonyms for "good", the screenplay for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by Eric Roth could best be described as admirable, commendable, stupendous, and/or worthy.

You may like Fitzgerald better than Roth, but you won't be able to say why unless you read this book. If nothing else, you'll learn how a master of one medium reads and interprets a master of another medium.

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am not a big fan of graphic novels, mainly because I just never got into the whole anime craze that seemed to have started the trend. This book in particular seems to be called a "graphic novel" just for marketing reasons, at least in my opinion; I think the term "illustrated novel" would be more accurate in this case.

I chanced across this book while perusing the YA section of my library; I had seen and liked the movie, and had never read the story, so I picked it up on a whim.

The story itself is actually quite charming: Benjamin Button is born an old man, and grows younger as he simultaneously ages. Benjamin is forced to live life backward: as a baby, he discusses the weather with old men; as an old man, he goes to kindergarten and is cared for by a nanny. Fitzgerald's sparse prose is complemented by the lovely antique illustrations in this edition. Rendered in sepia tones, the pictures and words combine to take you back in time as we see how Benjamin copes with the mystery of his existence.

This is one of those books you will want to curl up in bed with, on a rainy night, with a steamy cup of hot tea beside you. It's a quick read - I finished it in about 20 minutes - but take your time with it. You'll be left thinking about the story long after it's over.

Benjamin Button certainly made me curious
I purchased the book because I watched the movie first and was left with a question or two.The book is a bit different than the movie; however, both conclusions are the same.I found the movie sadder than the book ... I recommend the book and what you do first (read and/or watch), you will have to decide.If I had not watched the movie, I probably would not have bought the book.The movie made me curious.The book is based on thinking of Mark Twain .. why should we not be born old.After watching and read the book, I like the natural order...as if we have a choice...

The youngest old man in the world
The idea behind "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a very simple one -- what if a human being were born an old man, and aged backwards towards babyhood? It's an unusually whimsical idea for the legendary F. Scott Fitzgerald, but this short story explores it very well, with poignancy and a measure of humor.

In 19th-century Baltimore, Roger Button was horrified when he saw his newborn son -- a newborn son who is actually a wizened old man who speak, walk and is fully self-aware. Though Benjamin is dressed and treated as much like a child as possible, he has the sensibilities and habits of an elderly man. And by the time he's twelve, he finds that his aging is REVERSING rather than progressing.

As his life goes on, Benjamin must deal with the problems of trying to live a semi-normal life -- trying to enroll in college, working for his father, falling in love and marrying. But as his body de-ages, his mind does as well, and in his twilight years he begins to do all the things that young men of the time did, until his bizarre lifespan reaches its unnatural conclusion.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of those short stories that really leaves you wishing it were a full-length novel, just because the whole idea is so rich. While you more or less know how things will go for Benjamin Button, the pleasure is following his life as he changes and evolves, and how the world deals with a man who's aging backwards.

In particular, Fitzgerald seems to be taking some jabs at people who are so blinkered that the bizarre doesn't even reach them. Benjamin's wife and kid resent his de-aging, but they insist that the whole thing is a "joke" or his attempt to be "different from everyone else." His fusty son Roscoe is the worst ("It seemed to him that his father, in refusing to look sixty, had not behaved like a 'red-blooded he-man'").

Fitzgerald's writing is also sublimely atmospheric ("the eastern sky was suddenly cracked with light") with lush descriptions of everything about the world that Benjamin experiences ("her feet were glittering buttons at the hem of her bustled dress"). He also fills it with a sense of sorrow and lingering pain, since despite the outward success of his life, Benjamin is doomed to never live it normally.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is indeed a curious story -- strange, insightful and sometimes barbed in tone, but always amazingly written.

Strange....
I've never found a book that I liked the movie version better. Then I read The Curious Case of Benjamin Button... I should have saved the time and stuck with the movie. Maybe had I read it first the opinion would be opposite but if your like me and take what Hollywood turns into a movie as a clue to what to read when your reading list is short, this is one I would bypass. ... Read more

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This classic story by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the tale of a man born into old age who gets younger as time goes on. Originally published in Colliers Magazine, it has been adapted for the 2008 movie of the same name, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. ... Read more

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Great Quick Read
This is a very enjoyable quick read.This is the story of Benjamin Button who is born with a deformity...he appears to be an 80 year old man.To make things more interesting he appears to be getting "younger" as he ages.This story is about the trials he endures, his changing views and the changing views of those around him through out his life. ... Read more