The Aviator (2004)

Gosh do I have that date right? Was that really only last year? My movie of the year last year. Seriously, I loved this movie. Granted, I love Martin Scorcese, at all times, love him, love him, love him. I love so many things about him, I love him for his obsessive love for movies. I love him for knowing so much about them, and for his cute little fast talking voice. Okay, so I guess we should actually discuss the movie, and not just the director (who I strongly feel got ripped off last year, but I digress) So...Leonardo DiCaprio, it's hard to like him, you want to hate him, really...He is so pretty, and has made some...um....Interesting movie choices. But this was not one of them. This was really the role of a lifetime for him, in my not so very humble opinion. I truly loved this movie. I loved it because I found Howard Hughes to be a very interesting man...But I mainly loved it because of old Hollywood. I loved it because of Katharine Hepburn (or Cate Blanchette, playing her so perfectly it was almost creepy)and Ava Gardner, and just the addiction of movies. I can see why Scorcese had to make this movie. His movie addiction/obsession is truly unique, and Howard Hughes love for his movies, and making them perfect, the same as his passion for flying, the two seem very similar to me. Except of course, that Martin seems like a normal enough guy. I remember when I saw this at the movies for the first time, the thing that stuck out to me the most, is the sadness of the whole thing. The idea that his mother could have put such an idea into his head, that it truly ruined him, years later. The idea that you can really screw your kids up if you aren't careful. It really made me think. I thought it was cinematically fantastic, and it lost something a bit, watching it on the small screen...Maybe I need a bigger screen at home.