Should have won

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 2005)

I thought Cate Blanchett rocked, and DiCaprio totally impressed me. I had just watched him (on video) in 'Catch Me if You Can' (another good movie, also, strangely, involving TWA - strange for me, at least, to see the two films within one week of each other), and had begun changing my opinion on him (for the better) and then saw this, and now it's confirmed. I was very surprised that Aviator didn't win best picture. I didn't see the other films, but I thought this film was utterly perfect, certainly by classic Hollywood film standards - it gave no more, nor held anything back than it should have. It was cohesive, beautiful, seamless.
Best line in the film: "love what you've done with the place..." Also: I found myself watching DiCaprio's face at times and seeing Tom Cruise there. Then I wondered - wow, I would love to see Tom Cruise play this role, just for kicks, or comparison, if there is any. It was like DiCaprio playing Tom Cruise playing Howard Hughes. Anyone else see this?