Very Award Worthy

Rating: 10/10 (16 April 2014)

Why has this guy not won an Academy Award yet? Next to Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, nobody-but-nobody can top the acting talent of Mr. DiCaprio. This man is the real deal. Grantedmany of his movies are squishy tearjerkers and I wouldn't give them a second look. But this flick – yes - this flick is so fantastic. And there is no freaking way anyone else could have played the lead. I have to say, I am so sorry I did not see this in the theater – this is smart desert of classy entertainment topped off with a frosting of explosive emotion. I laughed, I cried, I cried and I cried-and-laughed at the same time. The emotions were uncontrollable. Excuse meI have to wipe a tear from my eye. Ah – that's better. I don't think Mr. Scorsese has ever produced a dog, I believe everything he touches is gold. This movie is definitely not any different. Mixing a fine cast, with superb lighting, scenery, stuntsand all that other crap that goes into making a movie – and then to have masterpiece after masterpiece turn out, that really takes some talent to have such success. You can also tell that the story of Howard Hughes was painstakingly researched and treated even-handedly. I thoroughly enjoyed the script. There were so many parts that were noteworthy, but one particular incident does paint a huge grin in my mind. 'Spoiler Alert' While dining with the wealthy Hepburn Clan, Hughes is lambasted about greed and wealth, by some ascot-wearing snot. This Marxist marionette brags to Howard that, 'They (The oh-so Socialists/Communists Hepburns) are not interested in money.' Bah! What a joke. As soon as that doo-doo brain opened his narcissistic head-toilet, I would have immediately left. I probably would have done some other stuffbut let's not get into that. Besides, this is not my story but Hugh's and Leonardo's character did not do what I would have done. Instead he remained silent, appearing to quietly acquiesce to all this verbal excrement, (but – shhhhh - in reality he was patiently waiting for his opportunity to strike.) Our hero (Howard) digested enough snarkyness and, without warning, he strikes like an angry viper. He skillfully and somewhat forcefully, took command of the entire dinner conversation. Granted, it was more than obvious that the cowl of ignorance would never be lifted from the eyes of the moronic, but that did not stop the H. H. Smack-down. Howard informed his Lobster-Head-Sucking Socialist dining partners that, 'love of money' is easy to scoff at, if one already has wealth (kind of like the Hepburns). After that scene – I am now a super-fan. When I see movies venture beyond the Hollywood Fantasy Land of Lies and venture into the painful world of fact – that is when I can truly appreciate them. I am a little surprised that this kind of retort did not get edited out. My opinion only; it was probably an honest view of the world seared into the brains of those bred into wealthy situations. On that same note – it is sad that so many performers use their platform of notoriety to pontificate ignorance, basing their conclusions on obscured observations. Anyways – this is an excellent movie – I give all aspects a standing ovation.