The Aviator Soars

Rating: 10/10 (20 January 2005)

The Aviator is a great film that does two things. Gives Leonardo DeCaprio his best performance since What's Eating Gilbert Grape and becomes Martin Scorsese's best film since Goodfellas.
DeCaprio puts on a fine performance as Howard Hughes and is well deserved of any awards he may get for this film. He molds himself into this role to the point where you forget that your watching Luke from Growing Pains on the big screen. He plays Hughes with a sentimental touch that we feel bad for any unfortunate events that happens to him. Hughes was an over achiever sometimes cocky in the way he had done things. But it was his cockiness that got him where he was. And his money. The film shows the mental problems that Hughes had to deal with including his OCD and his longing for someone to love and take care of him.
Scorsese does a great job putting this film together. He tells a great story filled with emotion and suspense while adding some comedic tones that fit right in. The film is almost 3 hours but you never notice the time go by.
I give this film **** out of ****