Deserves the Oscar

Rating: 9/10 (31 January 2005)

I didn't know there were already two movies titled "The Aviator", one with Christopher Reeve in 1985.
This is a great movie. It really deserves the award for "Best Picture". The special effects were spectacular, the soundtrack flawless, and the acting surprisingly great. Everything about this movie flowed so nicely. Howard Hughes himself was so over-the-top, so the movie could glide smoothly through the story of his life without having to over-dramatize anything. Classy film-making here; kind of a like a new version of Citizen Kane... It'd be awfully lame if someone made a new version of Citizen Kane, so this is the closest you can get to having a new epic story like that. Also kudos to DiCaprio on his acting job. I do however, think Jamie Foxx deserves the Oscar for "Best Actor" but Clint Eastwood will most likely get it.