The Aviator: A Review

Written by: JellyFish72

"The Aviator is the perfect melding of talent and material." – CNN

"What a sad man. What brief glory. What an enthralling film, 166 minutes, and it races past." – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

If you are planning on going to see this film, let me warn you: it is not the perfect melding of talent and material and it does not, by any means, race past. This movie was the longest three hours of my life.

I went to see The Aviator, having heard nothing about it except my family telling me that it was excellent, so, if anything, I believed it would be good. After all, it had to be better than seeing the previous choice, The Polar Express, which terrified me. I went into the theatre, happy because Leo was in it, and, after being so bored that I broke theatre rules and text messaged people on my mobile phone, walked out three hours later, never having been so glad a movie was over.

This movie starts out interesting and with I having high hopes for it, but as it goes on, it becomes less about Howard Hughes, and more about his insanity. By the end, I thought I had been in there for probably five or six hours, but it was only three.

If you have a choice about seeing this or another movie, such as National Treasure (one of the best movies ever, by the way, up there with Pirates of the Caribbean), see a different movie. I agree with the following quote:

"Considering the almost interminable length of The Aviator and the accomplishments of its subject, the superficiality of this film is appalling." – Tony Medley, www.tonymedley.com

If you do not agree with what I’ve said about this movie, please don’t be offended. These are my personal opinions and I don’t expect them to be shared by everyone. Please don’t PM me telling me that I’ve offended you, as that is not the point of the article.