The Aviator
I saw The Aviator right after seeing Constantine. A strange double feature, sure, but consider this: Gwen Stefani has a small role in The Aviator (as Jean Harlow) and Gavin Rossdale is in Constantine. There’s the connection!
The Aviator lives up to the hype as a grand epic movie. If you have any affinity for old-school Hollywood or airplanes, you should enjoy the film. Hell, if you simply love good acting, you’ll enjoy it. DiCaprio earns his Oscar nod by pulling off a fantastic performance—he’s so good that within minutes you forget that he simply looks too young for the role. It’s a shame that DiCaprio must lose to Jamie Foxx on Sunday.
But the real acting treat is Cate Blanchett playing Katharine Hepburn. If you’ve ever watched old Hepburn films, you’ll be amazed by how she looks and, more importantly, sounds like Kate Hepburn. The performance is uncannily convincing. She’s got all the mannerisms, the tone, the attitude, down perfectly. As much as I loved Natalie Portman in Closer, as much as Laura Linney was one of the few bright spots in the overrated Kinsey, and as surprisingly impressive as Sophie Okonedo was in Hotel Rwanda (I didn’t see Sideways yet), I’d have to go with Cate on Oscar night.
The movie runs a little on the long side, but I didn’t much care. Scorsese has, in my opinion, finally nabbed his first Academy win.
The Aviator lives up to the hype as a grand epic movie. If you have any affinity for old-school Hollywood or airplanes, you should enjoy the film. Hell, if you simply love good acting, you’ll enjoy it. DiCaprio earns his Oscar nod by pulling off a fantastic performance—he’s so good that within minutes you forget that he simply looks too young for the role. It’s a shame that DiCaprio must lose to Jamie Foxx on Sunday.
But the real acting treat is Cate Blanchett playing Katharine Hepburn. If you’ve ever watched old Hepburn films, you’ll be amazed by how she looks and, more importantly, sounds like Kate Hepburn. The performance is uncannily convincing. She’s got all the mannerisms, the tone, the attitude, down perfectly. As much as I loved Natalie Portman in Closer, as much as Laura Linney was one of the few bright spots in the overrated Kinsey, and as surprisingly impressive as Sophie Okonedo was in Hotel Rwanda (I didn’t see Sideways yet), I’d have to go with Cate on Oscar night.
The movie runs a little on the long side, but I didn’t much care. Scorsese has, in my opinion, finally nabbed his first Academy win.
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