| You're not being fair to the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Sure, there were some similarities to Forrest Gump, but there were also a LOT of differences.
For example, in Forrest Gump, you had the main character go off to war, serving under a surly but ultimately good-hearted drunk weirdo that ultimately bonds with him. Whereas in Benjamin Button, when the main character goes off to war, the ultimately good-hearted drunk weirdo who he serves under, and bonds with, has an Irish accent!
And even beyond that, there's the fact that the generic homespun expression that the mother drilled into her son's head was, "Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're gonna get." And in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the generic homespun expression that the mother drilled into her son's head was, "Ya never know what's comin' for ya!" |