Appletell reviews The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for iPhone, iPod touch

This is a weird review to write. I’m not sure if I should be reviewing the app, the book, or the book and the app. Because, yes, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was a book before it was a Brad Pitt movie. It was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who you may remember as the guy who wrote The Great Gatsby, which you read in American lit in high school. Or will have to read in American lit in high school. Or should have to read in American lit in high school. Seriously, it’s a good book. Write a report on it. Get an A. Everyone will be happy.

Now that Benjamin Button is a movie, more people will be reading the book. Movies do that, which is the good thing about movies. People often complain about how movies are never as good as the book, but who really cares? If you enjoyed the book, you don’t need the movie. But if you’ve never read the book, perhaps the movie will convince you to, and is that a bad thing?

I’m not going to review either, here. If you want to know how the movie is, see what Roger Ebert has to say. If you want to know how the book is, buy this app and read it yourself.