Continuity mistake: In the scene where Benjamin drinks tea with a woman every night and they have a conversation, the woman's tea glass has varying levels of tea in it between every cut during this scene.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Benjamin, who is physically a baby but is mentally an old man, dies in the year 2003. Daisy (Cate Blanchett) dies two years later in a hospital; her last words are "Good night, Benjamin" and a hummingbird appears outside the window. Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans. Scenes are shown of some of the people that Benjamin met throughout his life: Queenie, the woman who taught him to play the piano, his father Thomas, Daisy, Captain Mike, etc. Benjamin (Brad Pitt) narrates that some people are born to do different things: to be mothers, know Shakespeare, to dance, know about music, etc. The last scene shows a storage room starting to flood and in the room is the old clock that runs backwards (made by Gateau at the beginning of the film). The camera moves closer to the clock and its shown that it still works...
Alex
More mistakes in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button: Along the way you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some people get struck by lightning. Some are born to sit by a river. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim the English Channel. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people can dance.
Question: I can see at the end of the movie that it tries to convey a message, but what is it?
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Answer: It can mean 2 things. 1) It can mean that they were wishing they can turn back time that's why the clock was going counterclockwise. 2) It can also mean that they were talking about Benjamin because the clock was going counterclockwise.