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I thought a thread would have been already started for this film, but alas i could not find one.
I wrote a review of The Aviator for my film class, so i figured i might as well post it here.
Martin Scorsese’s most recent film, The Aviator, is based of the early 1900’s millionaire Howard Hughes(Leonardo DiCaprio). It follows the eccentric Hughes in his career from the late 1920's to the mid 1940's. All aspects well known of Hughes are incorporated in this film including air planes, film, obsessive compulsive disorder, and of course women.
This film is very reminiscent of Scorsese’s last film “Gangs of New York”. They are both very long, too long. When a movie is almost three hours long it must stay fresh throughout and drag very little, “The Aviator” unfortunately did not meet these requirements. As a result the movie became quite repetitive and consequently dragged in parts. Also, I find the actor who portrays Hughes, Leonardo Dicaprio, hard to take seriously. He does not come across as an adult, thus making him hard to fit in the place as a 20’s playboy.
The movie did to a good job sticking to the major theme, aviation, while still using other parts of Hughes’s life. The scenes that tell the story of Hughes’s flights are what put the majority of excitement into this film. Even if you find the rest of the story slow, you will be satisfied when Hughes goes back to his planes. The special effects of the flights are very detailed and with the accompanied music, it is guaranteed to get you excited. However considering the length of this film, there are many planes for Hughes throughout. Each flight, however stimulating, is very similar. While the film starts exciting it doesn’t have much more to go for the remainder, which is over two hours.
The other two aspects of the Hughes’s life worked well as an offset to his aviation. Scorsese did a very good job in letting us feel Hughes’s pain as a germphobe. Dicaprio’s best acting in this film came from his obsessive-compulsive germ scenes. Anytime Hughes’s obsessive-compulsive disorder came up, we could feel it and understand what it is that Hughes’s was feeling. The “playboy” aspect of Hughes’s life was also drawn into this movie, and provided a romantic side. The story follows Hughes’s involvement with Katharine Hepburn. This romance causes some of the slow parts, but many women would probably enjoy this part of the film. While Katharine Hepburn is the main romantic interest, there are other women in Hughes’s “playboy” life. Unfortunately the other women are on the screen for such a short amount of time we barley can get their names. These other women are introduced but nothing is really developed between them and Hughes, leaving the audience wanting more.
If you’re a Scorsese fan, don’t expect something like Taxi Driver or Goodfellas, just expect a fairly average movie and you’ll be able to enjoy it. If you did like Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, then this movie is definitely for you, seeing as how both films are extremely similar. Overall I see this movie as everyone enjoying it, but not so many people loving it.
I wrote a review of The Aviator for my film class, so i figured i might as well post it here.
Martin Scorsese’s most recent film, The Aviator, is based of the early 1900’s millionaire Howard Hughes(Leonardo DiCaprio). It follows the eccentric Hughes in his career from the late 1920's to the mid 1940's. All aspects well known of Hughes are incorporated in this film including air planes, film, obsessive compulsive disorder, and of course women.
This film is very reminiscent of Scorsese’s last film “Gangs of New York”. They are both very long, too long. When a movie is almost three hours long it must stay fresh throughout and drag very little, “The Aviator” unfortunately did not meet these requirements. As a result the movie became quite repetitive and consequently dragged in parts. Also, I find the actor who portrays Hughes, Leonardo Dicaprio, hard to take seriously. He does not come across as an adult, thus making him hard to fit in the place as a 20’s playboy.
The movie did to a good job sticking to the major theme, aviation, while still using other parts of Hughes’s life. The scenes that tell the story of Hughes’s flights are what put the majority of excitement into this film. Even if you find the rest of the story slow, you will be satisfied when Hughes goes back to his planes. The special effects of the flights are very detailed and with the accompanied music, it is guaranteed to get you excited. However considering the length of this film, there are many planes for Hughes throughout. Each flight, however stimulating, is very similar. While the film starts exciting it doesn’t have much more to go for the remainder, which is over two hours.
The other two aspects of the Hughes’s life worked well as an offset to his aviation. Scorsese did a very good job in letting us feel Hughes’s pain as a germphobe. Dicaprio’s best acting in this film came from his obsessive-compulsive germ scenes. Anytime Hughes’s obsessive-compulsive disorder came up, we could feel it and understand what it is that Hughes’s was feeling. The “playboy” aspect of Hughes’s life was also drawn into this movie, and provided a romantic side. The story follows Hughes’s involvement with Katharine Hepburn. This romance causes some of the slow parts, but many women would probably enjoy this part of the film. While Katharine Hepburn is the main romantic interest, there are other women in Hughes’s “playboy” life. Unfortunately the other women are on the screen for such a short amount of time we barley can get their names. These other women are introduced but nothing is really developed between them and Hughes, leaving the audience wanting more.
If you’re a Scorsese fan, don’t expect something like Taxi Driver or Goodfellas, just expect a fairly average movie and you’ll be able to enjoy it. If you did like Scorsese’s Gangs of New York, then this movie is definitely for you, seeing as how both films are extremely similar. Overall I see this movie as everyone enjoying it, but not so many people loving it.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
a glimpse of greatness i think is a nice way to describe what this movie gave- not greatness itself, unfortunately.
