Unlike most who have viewed this film, I can not call it an out and out masterpiece, although, it is a highly enjoyable film. What I can tell you is that the soundtrack is second to none. And during the scenes in which tunes by Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong played, I melted. I’m a sucker for a great classic jazz tune mated with a beautiful scene on film. David Fincher directed this film. He also directed the movie Se7en. As grotesque and disturbing (and masterful) as that film was, I can’t help but to remember the scene in which Morgan Freeman sidles about his room with a Charlie Parker tune playing in the background.

You can take the most mediocre of films, completely forgettable movies and if it has a great jazz or vocal piece in it, I will remember it just for that simple yet effective detail. Benjamin Button is far from mediocre. It borders on greatness. But the music, ahh, it is superb.