An OK movie, but not as great as the critics make us believe

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2005)

I went to see this movie after the Oscar nominations, but before the actual Oscars were awarded. The Aviator got a lot of nominations and got good critics in many papers, so of course I went to the cinema with high expectations. The high expectations didn't help, but this movie was a let down to me. The filmography is nice. The music is OK, but not impressive. The story is quite nice to hear as I didn't know much about Howard Hughes. However the much appraised performance of Leonardo di Caprio is definitely not worth an Oscar in my view. Never in the movie did I feel any connection to the character of Howard Hughes. Halfway the movie I got the feeling that I was watching quite a mediocre movie. It did get better to the end, but still it left the feeling that I had watched a nice documentary of which I didn't really learn anything.