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In Reply to: The Aviator: 5 reasons it disappoints. posted by tinear on February 6, 2005 at 07:21:56:
...and while I don't think it was the best picture of the year (Million Dollar Baby was), I don't agree with all of your criticism either.DiCaprio was pretty good in the part and I agree with your boy/man comment, but Benicio Del Toro - come on - he's not even close.
Blanchett was very effective as Hepburn as was Beckinsale as Ava Gardner.
Hughes' genius was definitely not given short shrift.
The scene where his test plane crashes in Beverly Hills was very effectively done. A woman two seats down from me in the theater was about to come over the row in front of her, she was so distraught. I heard someone else crying in the seats above me.
And to the rest of your criticism, I say "artistic license" - who cares if it's completely accurate - overall I suspect the picture was accurate enough.
I predict Scorcese will win Best Director.
Follow Ups:
did we get those godawful cameras a poppin'?
Go rent an Ava movie if you think Beckinsdale was even close.
Del Toro is the strongest male lead in film, after Sean Penn. You give him short shrift: he would have been perfect (see 21 Grams and then Usual Suspects (and Traffic, as well) for a study in "range").
I agree with one of your observations: the crash scene was masterful.
Artistic license, btw, is fine, but if you're making a picture about a very well-known hero, you'd best stress his strong points---and the major influence on his business life (the Mormon Church).
> but if you're making a picture about a very well-known hero, you'd best stress his strong points---and the major influence on his business life (the Mormon Church).>All I can say, Tin, is that you must be a lot older than I am to know Howard Hughes so well. The movie ended in 1947!
DuPont, Mellon, and many others before my time...and none of them were the larger than life man Howard was.
Best damn pilot (ok, one of them, then...) of his era; most successful businessman, in several fields, and generally considered the richest American of his generation (earned); Hollywood heavyweight who produced 2 Best Films.
Add to that a well-known playboy with leading man looks and you have a legend. He certainly deserved better than Leo...
While I thought 21 Grams sucked, Del Toro was tremendous in both Traffic and Usual Suspects. I especially liked his speaking method in the latter, although the slurring made it difficult to understand what he was saying. His vocal style (and posture) really helped to define his character.I don't have high expectations for Beckensale as an actress, but she did look pretty good in the Aviator. While not exactly like AG, she wan't too hard on the eyes :-)
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