The Aviator
I have this retarded habit of missing out on all the best movies while they're in theatres and ending up watching some absolute stinkers instead. Its only a few months after they're off the cinema screens that I get around to watching them on DVD.
The Aviator, I thought, is probably one of the most interesting and memorable movies I've seen for quite some time. As you'll probably know by now, it tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created.
I must admit, before watching The Aviator, I wasn't really a a DiCaprio fan... not at all. However watching his full transformation into Howard Hughes was simply riviting and deeply emotioanlly compelling. I can't recall the last time I felt so sympathetic towards a character. The film is gorgeous and DiCaprio's performance so spot on and so accurate that one truly feels both the Hughe's anguish and ecstatic joy at his success.
Checkout Wikipedia's entry on Howard Hughes for some interesting information about him. Did you know he actually invented the half-cup bra?
The Aviator, I thought, is probably one of the most interesting and memorable movies I've seen for quite some time. As you'll probably know by now, it tells the story of aviation pioneer Howard Hughes (Leonardo DiCaprio), the eccentric billionaire industrialist and Hollywood film mogul, famous for romancing some of the world's most beautiful women. The drama recounts the years of his life from the late 1920s through the 1940s, an epoch when Hughes was directing and producing Hollywood movies and test flying innovative aircrafts he designed and created.
I must admit, before watching The Aviator, I wasn't really a a DiCaprio fan... not at all. However watching his full transformation into Howard Hughes was simply riviting and deeply emotioanlly compelling. I can't recall the last time I felt so sympathetic towards a character. The film is gorgeous and DiCaprio's performance so spot on and so accurate that one truly feels both the Hughe's anguish and ecstatic joy at his success.
Checkout Wikipedia's entry on Howard Hughes for some interesting information about him. Did you know he actually invented the half-cup bra?
posted by Dirty Dan at 9:04 PM
1 Comments:
his acting is really great, though i'm not that into The Aviator. "Gans of New York" is another good one indeed.
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