Scorsese continues to shine, Still not best director

Rating: 9/10 (28 May 2005)

Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin,Ian Holm, Alan Alda,Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Jude Law, Matt Ross, Adam Scott, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Willem Dafoe. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
Scorsese continues to shine. Still not best director.
Sadly Marty didn't make the cut for best director instead Million Dollar Baby won. But in my opinion well it's a close call because Eastwood and Scorsese are two brilliant directors. Aside from the dexterous dialogue which was brilliantly written by John Logan and the crash sequences that featured the star Howard Hughes (DiCaprio) the movie is still fantastic. With the set design, costume and the special effects it just makes a good movie and when you put Martin Scorsese in charge of the movie you better believe it's going to be good.
DiCaprio plays the mad man Howard Hughes who was the leader of Aviation in the 1930's-40's. But the best part is how charmingly insane ha was. How he worked non-stop on his planes. My final rating 8/10. Close but so far Scorsese, maybe next year.