For Fincher, it’s not that this movie has to be a funeral dirge even though the cinematography is steeped in his traditional dark color palette albeit tinged with amber, gold, and other warm colors permeating the scenes outside of Daisy’s deathbed and the conclusion of Benjamin’s life. Benjamin Button is trying to sing a ballad with the bittersweet and melancholy undertones, but there’s almost no support from a storytelling perspective.