On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 13:59:56 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

When I first heard that Leonardo DiCaprio -- a skinny, blond, wimpy, surfer
boy -- was going to play Howard Hughes -- a skinny, dark, tall, brooding
character -- I laughed out loud. It just seemed like the movie mis-casting
of the decade.

Well, we went to see "The Aviator" last night, and -- amazingly -- I have to
admit, he pulls it off. By the end I forgot who the actor was, and got
caught up in the story. DiCaprio especially captures Hughes' descent into
madness in a very realistic (and chilling) way.

(And the lady who played Katherine Hepburn was marvelous.)

It's not a great movie, but it's good, and the flying sequences -- although
not perfect -- are worth the price of admission alone.


At first, I thought it was a little long winded, especially the first
scene where he was shoot the movie. I felt that they could have cut
some of that out and actually got a little more into other aspects of
his life. I almost fell asleep during the first hour. Then things
started getting interesting and I actually got into it. But it turned
out to be a good movie.


Scott D

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