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"The Aviator"

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The late Artie Shaw's tune, "Nightmare" figures prominently on the soundtrack to Martin Scorcese's latest effort and Shaw is mentioned as a rival for actress Ava Gardner's hand. The three hour movie takes off like a shot, after a brief Citizen Kane-like interlude of Howard Hughes' mother bathing him when a boy. The film held my interest throughout and the time spent did not seem like three hours. Cate Blanchette is excellent as Katherine Hepburn and as the film progresses one accepts DiCaprio as Hughes to a greater extent. The flying scenes and crashes are extremely well done and of course the director's love of and knowledge of older films is on display. The audience I was with seemed to enjoy it and laughed out loud at the appropriate moments. Worth catching on the big screen.

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I just returned from this and I am pleasantly surprised at how good it was. - PdL 16:39:14 12/31/04 (0)
I do think it would have benefitted from a little editing though. Two and a half plus hrs was a little much for me. I was very impressed with Leo's performance, especially during the 2nd half of the movie. Watching Hughes' descent into debilitating mental illness was both riveting and discomforting. Leo was quite convincing during the latter half of the movie, which I would not believe if I had not seen it myself.
I was pleasently surprised and Leo grew on me as well . . . scary. * - mr grits 13:38:03 12/31/04 (0)
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