"Montblack" wrote:
he did an outstanding job in that role.

Yep. I was pleasantly surprised. In the flying scenes he over-acted,
but I blame the director /tech. advisors for that.

However, I never did warm up to that Kate Hepburn portrayal by Cate
Blanchett.

Oh, man, I thought she was superb! What a challenge; I thought she
completely pulled it off.

The romantic chemistry between Hughes and Hepburn was also a dud - I
blame Blanchett :-)

I blame the fact that romantic chemistry was a thing Hughes probably had
serious difficulty with in real life. He was an extreme neurotic, which
the film was careful to portray. It did not quite make sense for him to
be a smooth loverboy.

Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner was a home run!

Yep.

Crash scenes were ok. Not bad, not great. Lots of action, top notch
filming, interesting editing - not a great result, as if Scorsese
threw a 105 mph fastball and just missed the outside corner - ball.

Yeah, good and bad. I loved the scene of Hughes before the Senate
committee.

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Dan
C172RG at BFM