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I saw an extraordinary film last night. David Fincher's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a great achievement - a haunting, emotional odyssey that is both somber and inspiring. It's a great example of Roger Ebert's maxim, "It's not what a movie's about, but how it's about it". The film, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, could easily have become another run-of-the-mill tearjerker, and yet it wisely avoids the predictable twists and turns and emerges as something totally unique - a visually stimulating, emotionally resonant experience, of which every frame conveys a genuine love and dedication on Fincher's part. This is his best film, and evidence that he is one of the best directors working today.