Scorsese and DiCaprio at their best

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2008)

That plane crash was probably one of the most brutal scenes that I have ever seen. You could see Scorsese winning Best Director right there.
The performances were all excellent. Leonardo Dicaprio gave a so far career best performance. When he is in the car covering his mouth as he said the same thing over and over, It was very impressive.
Blanchett gives the Hepburn in the movie life, energy, humor, depth, one of the best performances of the year. Beckinsale was also good. When she tears down the tape in the house, she serves the movie the way Blanchett does, though without as much depth, but still is excellent.
Alan Alda deserved his nomination. He is a good villain, but also one who is thinking about playing the Washington game. The whole chairman scene with Baldwin was a good entry for his character. Also with the Baldwin character-Citizen Kane did pop into my head. It was probably the set, but his powerful character doing what he can to tear down Hughes reminded me of CK.
The Aviator is one of the best movies of the year, even if it drags with the hearings, it provides for the set up for one of the more triumphant scenes with the flying of the Spruce Goose.