Having seen Martin Scorsese's new film, "The Aviator" I feel much better about my own grip on reality. In comparision to Howard Hughes, I'm the sanest fucking person on the planet. I'm not a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. Aside from "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" and "Catch Me If You Can," I've just never been that impressed with him. He's also got too much of that "boyish good looks" thing going on for me. Don't get me wrong, I like pretty men (Hello? Jude Law, Orlando Bloom, Johnny Depp), but I prefer them with a little more "edge" and depth to them. Leo has always come across to me as just sorta shallow and uninteresting. All that being said, he is outstanding as billionaire eccentric Howard Hughes. He totally owns this role. He deserves an Oscar nomination for this part and I'm sure he'll get one. The film is outstanding as well. Is it Best Picture worthy? Possibly. It definitely deserves to be nominated, but honestly I think "Sideways" is still the film to beat this year. Scorsese does deserve a Best Director Oscar for this film though. It is far and away Marty's best work since "Goodfellas" and actually might be better. It's big and glossy and totally mesmerizing. It is beautifully shot and beautifully cut. He gets brilliant performances out of his entire cast. (In particular, Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn.) This film is everything "Gangs of New York" wanted to be and was not.
On a somewhat related note (in my world anyway), the true Best Picture of the year is out on DVD today. So run out now and pick up your copy of "Garden State!" What are you waiting for? Go! Now!
"We may not always be as happy as you always dreamed we'd be, but for once, let's just allow ourselves to be whatever it is we are. " -- Zach Braff - "Garden State"
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