Aviator is a crash scene

Rating: 2/10 (8 August 2005)

After seeing the ratings and reading some comments on this movie, I find that I must be out of touch (be nice, now). I just couldn't get into this lightweight treatment of the subject...Howard Hughes.
I know that some think DeCaprio is a great actor...Please! He was totally unconvincing, that is if you are old enough to remember the real Hughes.
And Blanchett did an atrocious Hepburn. I at least expect to be drawn into the character, both by physical looks and actions. If you remember Hepburn in her early days, you know she was a striking beauty, not a broad-nosed, wide-faced plain looking gal. Her voice characterizations seemed strained to me.
I was never drawn into this movie, although it had some good special effects, not counting the obvious computer generations. IMO, Scorcese needs to get a new casting director or consider hanging up his track shoes. I have come to expect far better movies from him than this piece of polyester.