The rise and fall of Howard Hughes.

Rating: 10/10 (14 June 2010)

Martin Scorsese's The Aviator is the rise and fall of Howard Hughes, a film maker with a pilot's license. Scrosese does a terrific job here with dazzling visuals and great performances from the entire cast. The film is nearly flawless.
The Avaitor shows the rise and fall of Howard Hughes(played terrifically by Leonardo Di Caprio), a film maker with a pilot's license. The film shows his affair with Katherine Hepburn(played by Cate Blanchett in her Oscar winning role) and other loves.
Leonardo Dicaprio will win an Oscar some day. I think he at least deserved a nomination for The Aviator. He is truly terrific in that movie. Cate Blanchett deserved her Oscar. This isn't Scorsese's best. I still believe Casino is, but I guess that's just me. Everyone in The Aviator is great.Nearly everything about it is great.
My only problem with the film is it's length. The Aviator clocks in at about two hours and perhaps forty two minutes. I realize Scorsese is just trying to tell a story. And I realize that all of his films have a deadly long length(Casino is two hours and fifty eight minutes).That film was very long, but was interesting the hole way through. The Aviator is, but it feels like it drags on. Still, a terrific film.
The Aviator: A