The Aviator [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of The Aviator [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Amazing blu-ray
Summary: 4 Stars
I love this movie and can watch it over and over again. The picture quality is remarkable and really shows off what blu-ray technology is capable of.Movie Review: Happy
Summary: 4 Stars
Delivered fast and dvd it self is in great condition (like new). The only flaw was that the case was cracked, but you don't watch a caseMovie Review: great film
Summary: 4 Stars
Saw it in the theater and loved it. On Blue ray I was surprised it did not look a bit sharper - maybe I just remembered it differentlyMovie Review: A mixture that sometimes works and often doesn't
Summary: 3 Stars
This film is an odd lot. There are a few good points but I was disappointed that a director with as much talent as Martin Scorsese would produce such a poor film. I can't really understand why the Hollywood academy found this to be a good film other than much of the film is about film-making, and thus of special interest to them.
The script is primarily superficial with only a few good moments. Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn, Alec Balwin as the President of Pan-American Airlines, and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner all have great lines and perform well. It is Leonard DiCaprio who offers the weakest performance in the film. He just is unable to convince the viewer that he is Howard Hughes. From the earliest scenes he appears to be a spoiled boy rather than an eccentric young man. He sounds childish when he raises his voice. As the character of Howard Hughes ages in the film, DiCaprio remains adolescent in looks and manner. Many other actors could have made the film work but DiCaprio was a total disappointment. It is Cate Blanchett's performance as Katherine Hepburn that saves the film. The scene where she takes Howard home to her eccentric New England family is superb and even DiCaprio performs well in this scene. Gwen Stefani as Jean Harlow was a waste of Stefani's talent. However the real crime was the cameo from Jude Law as Errol Flynn. The cameo lines were terrible, the acting silly and superficial, the whole thing stunk. Law should have run in the opposite direction when offered this insipid, worthless cameo with no meaning or value added. The male actors who play the accountants, engineers, technicians, and pilots that supported Howard Hughes' wild projects were all excellent. DiCaprio seemed misplaced and miscast surrounded by credible adult male actors. Alan Alda as a corrupt Senator had the absolute worst lines in the film. He was totally unrealistic and foolish and must have received some big bucks to make such a fool of himself in this film. The senate hearing scene may be the worst scene in film-making history and should be used in film school as an example of everything going wrong at once: bad mindless unrealistic script combined with terrible acting.
Scenes meant to convey the glitz and glamour of Hollywood were pitiful and stereotypical. Big party scenes were terrible conglomerations of stereotypes of wild parties for the rich and famous. The rich and famous, even in the 1930s would run away from these silly scenes complete with showgirls swinging over cocktail tables messing up the hair of starlets. These scenes were too much and too silly. To make the scene even more awful, there is a scene where Howard Hughes seduces a brainless cigarette girl in the middle of a nightclub by playing with her genitals under her cigarette selection box. DiCaprio does a terrible job here but the script is so silly that only a master like George Clooney could have pulled off such a terrible meaningless scene.
Why did I give it a 3? Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, and the Hell's Angels footage. The rest was just a mixed bag of silly wasted film.
Movie Review: Not the best form Scorsesse
Summary: 3 Stars
Very good effects. Good performance of Dicaprio and the other actors. However Mr. Scorsesse had made a movie very tipical from Holywood standards, not as original or intense as Goodfellas. I enjoy the movie, but this not catch me as other works from this director. May be the best years of Scorsesse had gone...