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Aviator is a worthwhile flic on the big screen.

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And I thought I despised DeCaprio.
He was excellent in this as were Kate Blanchette as Katherine Hepburn and the actress who played Ava Gardner. Also excellent were the actors playing his engineer chief and his CEO.
Lots of great cameos in this one. Baldwin, Ian Holm, Alan Alda, etal.
A sympathetic portrait of Howard Hughes. An adventure/bio story with depth and pathos.
Some excellent special effects with the planes.

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Being a Leo detractor myself this could be a turning point for his acceptance as an adult---maybe. * - mr grits 18:45:07 01/09/05 (5)
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Grits now officially operating as a new-born Canadian redneck.
- And what if we don't want to accept him... after what he has done to us? - Victor Khomenko 19:27:20 01/09/05 (4)
  He-he...
  - Re: And what if we don't want to accept him... after what he has done to us? - warrenh@optonline.net 07:29:59 01/10/05 (2)
    Remember Whatever Happened to Gilbert Grape? and the Basketball Diaries? He can be a monster. It is in him. Must, again, get the right role....
    - What's Eating Gilbert Grape + Catch Me If You Can - grinagog 21:09:24 01/10/05 (1)
      considering there are a host of other movies where famous actors have scrambled to express themselves in the roles of dysfunctional people (Scent of a Woman, RainMan, Good Will Hunting, Nell, etc. etc.) I thought Di Caprios role in What's Eating Gilbert Grape to be the best of the lot of that (sorry) genre
      Thought he was stellar in Catch Me If You Can where he could have easilly been upstaged by Christopher Walken (who I will never forgive for the Stepford Wives) or Tom Hanks
      He wasn't
      I haven't seen "the Aviator" yet but I expect it to be good!
      Grins
      - Re: What's Eating Gilbert Grape + Catch Me If You Can - warrenh@optonline.net 02:16:53 01/11/05 (0)
        
        In Reply to: What's Eating Gilbert Grape + Catch Me If You Can posted by grinagog on January 1, 2005 at 21:09:24:
        
        cannot see the relationship to the movies and roles you mentioned. Very disparate. He was wonderful in Gilbert Grape Basketball Diaries? Powerful role...
  - It's a big MAYBE, maybe . . . - mr grits 20:43:02 01/09/05 (0)
    I remember that Iron Mask thing when he was in the midst of Malkovich, Irons, and Depardieu with that squeaky, nasal voice! Who's idea was that?
    
    Grits now officially operating as a new-born Canadian redneck.

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