Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Aviator


Interesting movie. The first half of it Nate and I kept looking at each other like "What is going on? Is there a plot to this movie at all?" The second half got better, but I was really close to just leaving the room.
This movie is about the life of Howard Hughes (not to be mistaken for Hugh Hefner, which I always seem to do for some reason.)
Howard is a very interesting character. Very smart. From what I understood through the movie, he had a whole lot to do with the airline business as we know it today (OK, as we knew it before they all went bankrupt...) He was also mentally ill.
Would I recommend the movie? Eh...probably not. It was very long - like about 3 hours long - and like I said earlier, the first half of the movie was just weird. Plus, there was an overabundance of swearing. Not cool.

2 comments:

Hilary said...

Interesting really is the best way to put it. There are parts that are a little disturbing, but when you think "that was this man's life" it's really fascinating.

I've watched a biography on him on TV and it's very close to the movie, with a few more explanations.

There's also this whole Mormon Mafia part of his life that sounds interesting, but I haven't read about it very much.

Andrea said...

I really don't remember liking anything about this show. It has been quite awhile since I saw it, but the disturbing parts were just way too disturbing to me. I guess it left me feeling sorry for the guy.

 

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