Aviation Movies?

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
dancingstarcreations
wrote:


Dave Burton wrote:

Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose" again.


Antonio



I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus
CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal
of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through
the motions.

His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.


Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with
your assessment

AFA DiCaprio's performance....you gotta be kiddng! I think he showed the
makings of a great actor here!

I think you might be reacting on a gut level to his teenage hearthrob,
sitcom days. Perhaps you missed "Catch Me If You Can"--the boy has
developed some great stage presence in my opinion.



Antonio

"Antoñio" wrote in message
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Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
dancingstarcreations
wrote:


Dave Burton wrote:

Here is you chance to suggest movies to show at a fly-in....


Why "The Aviator" of course! True story, great performances, 5 academy
awards, the most incredible crash scene I've ever seen, and a chance to
give one of our nation's most enigmatic figures some well-deserved
recognition as an aviation pioneer.

BTW....once you see the movie you'll never call it "The Spruce Goose"
again.


Antonio



I did not rate "The Aviator" that highly. The crash scenes are all bogus
CGI and have little in common with reality. As for DiCaprio's portrayal
of Hughes, I thought that he was just another pretty face going through
the motions.

His piloting scenes reminded me of a 5-year-old playing "airplane." His
acting there was most unconvincing. IMHO, the only thing missing there
was making "BRRRR" sounds.


Sorry but 5 academy awards along with countless millions disagree with
your assessment

AFA DiCaprio's performance....you gotta be kiddng! I think he showed the
makings of a great actor here!

I think you might be reacting on a gut level to his teenage hearthrob,
sitcom days. Perhaps you missed "Catch Me If You Can"--the boy has
developed some great stage presence in my opinion.



Antonio

Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.

("Dave Stadt" wrote)
Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.


It took me two minutes to switch from DiCaprio to Hughes - tops. I thought
he did an outstanding job in that role. However, I never did warm up to that
Kate Hepburn portrayal by Cate Blanchett. The romantic chemistry between
Hughes and Hepburn was also a dud - I blame Blanchett :-)

Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner was a home run!

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.

Film deserved #1 (or #2) on Oscar night.

You might have issues with Leonardo DiCaprio like I have issues with Meryl
Streep. Most say she's a superb actress - look how great she is, she never
stops acting even when she has no lines. I think she's ..."twitchy."

BTW, I was alright with Million Dollar Baby winning the Oscar. It would have
been a better movie if the same hand that directed the first 3/4 of the
movie, had a hand in the final 1/4 of the movie (a.k.a. the ending). It's a
minimalist movie, done to near perfection - yet, near the end, everyone
feels the need to start giving speeches ...huh?


Montblack

"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.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

("Dan Luke" wrote)
[snip]
Yeah, good and bad. I loved the scene of Hughes before the Senate
committee.


One of the best parts of the movie!

My favorite scene in the movie: 'Reporters! Let's put Mr Hughes in *here*
until they leave.'


http://www.reelclassics.com/Articles/General/oscar-trivia-article.htm
Fun Oscar trivia - if you like that sort of thing :-)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000217/
Martin Scorsese filmography


Montblack

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:59:18 -0500, "Montblack"
wrote:

(About The Aviator)

One of the best parts of the movie!

I thought so, too. And I almost boycotted it because I couldn't
imagine that boy-man as Howard Hughes. Did he get an Oscar for it? He
should have.


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("Cub Driver" wrote)
I thought so, too. And I almost boycotted it because I couldn't
imagine that boy-man as Howard Hughes. Did he get an Oscar for it? He
should have.


Jamie Foxx - RAY

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars00.html 00's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars90.html 90's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars80.html 80's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars70.html 70's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars60.html 60's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars50.html 50's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars40.html 40's

http://www.filmsite.org/oscars30.html 30's

I looked under 1976 but there weren't any writing credits listed :-)


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Dave Stadt" wrote)
Fact is he and the crash scenes were the worst part of the movie. He
certainly won NO academy awards.


It took me two minutes to switch from DiCaprio to Hughes - tops.

Having spent numerous hours watching/hearing him while a then-teenaged
daughter when gaa-gaa over him a few years back (on DVD), I had trouble
getting his role in _Titanic_ out of my head.

("Matt Barrow" wrote)
It took me two minutes to switch from DiCaprio to Hughes - tops.

Having spent numerous hours watching/hearing him while a then-teenaged
daughter when gaa-gaa over him a few years back (on DVD), I had trouble
getting his role in _Titanic_ out of my head.


I think that's why he was introduced to us (in the movie) the way he was -
forcefully, go, go, go. No time to compare. That's what I assumed Scorsese
was up to ...it worked for me.

What did your daughter think of him in The Aviator? Did his Hughes *work*
for her?

One nit about The Aviator - for me, the script was lacking (often uneven)
and was only rescued by good directing, good acting and great sets.


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Matt Barrow" wrote)
It took me two minutes to switch from DiCaprio to Hughes - tops.

Having spent numerous hours watching/hearing him while a then-teenaged
daughter when gaa-gaa over him a few years back (on DVD), I had trouble
getting his role in _Titanic_ out of my head.


I think that's why he was introduced to us (in the movie) the way he was -
forcefully, go, go, go. No time to compare. That's what I assumed Scorsese
was up to ...it worked for me.

What did your daughter think of him in The Aviator? Did his Hughes *work*
for her?

Well, she's 20 now, rather than 13, but she was fairly impressed (though she
thinks he's uggggly).

She was impressed, too, by the interviews (on the 2nd DVD) and by the fact
he had done a lot of research and acted as executive producer.


One nit about The Aviator - for me, the script was lacking (often uneven)
and was only rescued by good directing, good acting and great sets.

I still think the movie with Tommy Lee Jones as Hughes, (The Amazing Howard
Hughes), was better as a biography and less inclined towards his mental
illness which I think of as secondary to his great accomplishments. If you
get the two disk DVD, see the extra features part about his incredible
contributions to aviation.