Scorsese does it again! A Must-see for any fan of cinema, best of 04'

Rating: 10/10 (8 August 2005)

Scorsese's film is better after watching it for a second time. I love this film. Its absolutely perfect. A 170 minute film that kept me interested throughout the whole thing. Its a great biopic about Howard Hughes and the obstacles he encountered while making great advancements in aviation and making a few films as well. Scorsese's direction is brilliant, i love the mood and feel of this film. Great job again by my favorite director. The screenplay is very interesting, at times very funny and great drama, John Logan (of Last Samurai, Gladiator fame) does a good job here. The cast is also good, Leonardo DiCaprio gives one of his best performances, he is better than Gangs of New York which i previously believed to be his best performance along with What's eating gilbert grape. Cate Blanchett shines as the leading lady, great to see her working with scorsese. The supporting cast is great as well, kate beckinsale was believable and good as ava gardner a few steps up from her poor acting in pearl harbor. Adam Scott was also good in this film. John C. Reily, Alan Alda and Ian Holm all gave great supporting performances as well. The film has a great score by Howard Shore, and great cinematography by a very talented Robert Richardson (Bringing out the dead, u-turn, casino), this guy has filmed some of my favorite films, great cinematography in aviator as well. There was nothing i didn't like about this film, I mean i usually am critical of Scorsese, but i don't see why people bash his later efforts, his past 3 films are all personal favorites of mine and although they don't rank as high as Taxi Driver, Casino, and Goodfellas in my favorite film list, they are still up there. Anyhow, 10/10 for Aviator, #45 on my list of all time favorite films