A film totally without soul

Rating: 2/10 (31 December 2004)

Watching this film was torture.
First there was the soundtrack -- tinny sounding music from the big band era which seemed to be coming from schoolroom intercom speakers. Then there was Scorcese's constantly moving camera. What's up with that? He actually made me feel seasick. I had to close my eyes quite a lot during the film.
But worst of all was the treatment -- a story totally without soul. It's fair to compare it with Franco Zeffirelli's recent "Callas Forever" which was a touching tribute full of love for the subject matter. There was none of that in Aviator. Scorcese seems not to have liked Hughes very much, which is too bad as it made us uncaring as well.
I gave it a 2. Hubby (who was the one who wanted to see it) gave it a 3. You might want to give it a miss!