Aviator/Cold Mountain (Box Set)

Advantages: A cut above the standard Hollywood blockbuster
Disadvantages: Below par for a Martin Scorsese picture.

...This is a review written for university in the style of Sight and Sound magazine. Please excuse the sniffy attitude (and general lack of journalistic ability.) Martin Scorsese’s latest picture The Aviator marks certain continuing trends in his work specific to the last decade. The first (and most significant to the box office) is his collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio, a collaboration which began with Gangs of New York (2002), and is set to continue with Scorsese’s next picture The Departed. The second is the reuse of another Scorsese muse, cinematographer Robert Richardson, also part of the director's circle since Casino. Richardson’s visual flourishes and design make The Aviator Scorsese’s most uniquely stylish film to date. It is however the third trend that best classifies the real significance of the movie: Scorsese, over... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful

Advantages: howard hughes(di caprio) portrayed part excellently, best role yet
Disadvantages: Rather a long film but thoroughly enjoyable

...The Aviator is a movie of astonishing sweep! This film was based on a true story about a pilot called Howard Hughes(played by Leonardo Di Caprio) This is a thrilling film! It is true Leonardo Di Caprio fullfils his promise and becomes the most compelling actor of his generation. Howard Hughes(Di Caprio) was played to the fullest of his extent, probably Di Caprio's best role yet! Cate Blanchett, Gwen Stefani, Kate Beckingsale and Alec Baldwin were also superb. Willem Defoe even made a cameo apperance. Leonardo Di Caprio's portrayle of Howard Hughes is outstanding and the film will be become a big box office hit!!!Overall I give the film two big thumbs up!!!!I would definately recomend this film for all film lovers!!!!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

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...Set near the end of the American civil war, solder Inman struggles to return home to his town of Cold Mountain in North Carolina to get back to this sweetheart Ada who he meet before the war. Escaping from the hospital, he begins the journey to his home. Ada is left alone in the town, struggling to run her rural farm after the death of her father. She has trouble surviving on her own because she's not used to the farm life and lives on the kindness of her neighbors until one of them sends over a woman called Ruby, a feisty girl with a hard past to starts to show Ada how to look after herself and together they get the farm into working order. But a group of men are tracking down any deserters from the war, and are terrorizing anyone suspected helping them. Meanwhile, Inman meets several people on his journey who help him on his way... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful