I’m not sure if it was the vintage, plastic, two-toned frames that were so adorable or the fact that Brad Pitt was wearing said frames, but about five-and-a-half hours into The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, when Brad Pitt shuffles up to Cate Blanchett back in New Orleans for his "look how hot I got" moment, I could NOT STOP OBSESSING over these glasses. I mostly just loved the way they looked — but as I became more and more mesmerized, my mind wandered into dangerously banal territory. Did Benjamin Button pick these frames out himself? Such a devastatingly fabulous choice would certainly indicate a heightened level of mental maturity, finally. Did Benjamin Button shuffle around nervously at the glasses store and explain to a sweet old lady how he was really 20 but appeared to be 40, and wouldn’t mind looking like he should waltz onto the set of Mad Men as Sterling Cooper’s new art director, you know, if he felt like it? This crap was all I could think about. And then: Would the glasses look good on me? Do I need new frames? Would certain people think I’d look better in similar frames? Maybe new frames could change my whole perspective, man.
It ate up at least 10 minutes of the movie, these "thoughts." I had no clue what was going on. So the question is: Are Benjamin Button’s glasses really that mesmerizing, or was my attention deficit the movie’s own damn fault?
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wow. clearly this was important to you…
I remember thinking about the glasses, but it really wasn’t distracting. What WAS distracting was the hotness of Brat Pitt. I couldn’t get my mind off of it for the last half of the movie. I mean, daaamn!
I loved the glasses too.
Where do you find some like them?
It was the movie’s fault. I had the same problem…not with the glasses specifically but ya.
I’m pretty sure their cuteness factor is almost entirely a byproduct of Brad Pitt’s genetic good fortune. BTW, I found this moving engrossing and sincerely touching, and I would be pleased if it won Best Picture.
The movie was great. And I LOVED that shot of Benjamin in the button factory, so the glasses must’ve been a part of it. It’s just such a beautifully shot, old-fashioned, gorgeous sepia picture, I love it!
I sometimes have trouble keeping interest in episodic movies… Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to fall in love with TCCoBB, it became a problem. I kept waiting (and getting mighty impatient) for the reveal of the young, disgustingly sexy Brad Pitt. I think I want to go see the film again to give it a chance now that I know the eye candy will be as amazing as I imagined it to be.
I loved this movie. Dare I say I cried!
http://www.entertonement.com/clips/56346/Meeting-in-the-middle
i found myself similarly obsessed with the shot of him in his aviator sunglasses. you are not alone…
I own these glasses, have for the last 2 months. I was watching the film and noticed about an hour and a half in that he was wearing the same ones as me, which is weird because mine are vintage and supposedly dead stock. But i guess you could still get a hold of them. I got mine at phoenix optical in oakland california.
ohhh yeah
hella fine
Hi Natalka! What’s the designer and name of these glasses? Thanks
Hi Natalka! What’s the designer and name of these glasses? Thanks
Great blog..!
Please, I really want these glasses. Could the writer of the article find out how to get them?
Ray-Ban 5154