I saw "The Aviator" the other night. Ask me anything!

[bigwillq]

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

1. Well? Does it live up to its hype?

Is it worth the price of admission? I want to see it.

[bigwillq]

2. "Does it live up to its hype?"--Yes

"Is it worth the price of admission?"-Yes


Go see it.

[JohnKleeb]

3. I saw it last night, it was great

Oh and ask you anything.
Were you aware that Senator Brewster in real life was a big ally and friend of Joseph McCarthy?

[bigwillq]

4. I was aware of that

I saw some special on Hughes a while back and they brought that point out.

[JohnKleeb]

7. I read that on wikipedia last night after watching it

and is it just me or did Alec Baldwin really get Juan Trippe down in appearance. It says on Wikipedia that Trippe wasn't even part Cuban.

[bigwillq]

10. From the photos I've seen of Trippe, YES

"It says on Wikipedia that Trippe wasn't even part Cuban."

So, he wasn't Cuban at all or was he all-Cuban? I'm a bit confused.

I tnhought Baldwin was really good. I like him in these more serious movies. Last year, he was great in "The Cooler" and got an OScar nod out of that one.

[JohnKleeb]

16. He had zippo Cuban blood, he was all northern european it says

Yeah Ive always liked Baldwin, he has a good funny side too which Ive noticed from his saturday night live gigs, he along with DiCaprio is a big democrat too which is cool, I admit I used to despise DiCaprio after Titanic, hey can ya blame me all the girls swooning over him but I read an article and Leo says sure he enjoyed Titanic but he didn't want to become iconized as Jack Dawson and only that, and I like that.

[bigwillq]

18. I disliked Leo after Titanic too!

I thought he kind of acted like a big baby but then looking back, how would I deal with all that fame?

I've always liked Leo in every movie he was in. I finally saw "The Beach" a few weeks ago and thought it was cool.


So what's a Northern European doing with a name like Juan?

[JohnKleeb]

22. I dont know what a northern european is doing with a name like that

Strange though. Yeah many guys disliked him after Titanic but I saw the man in the iron mask a year or so after Titanic and he did good, then I saw Gangs of New York which I really enjoyed a lot, I hear some of his pre Titanic stuff like Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and the Basketball Diaries are good.

[bigwillq]

24. Yes-"Grape" and "Basketball" are fantastic!

So is Marvin's Room and the one with DeNiro, I can't think of the name right now.

[JohnKleeb]

25. He was in a movie with DeNiro? I really like DeNiro

Always one of my fave actors.

[bigwillq]

26. I think it was called "This Boy's Life"

[JohnKleeb]

27. Hmm I never heard of it

He's really not just a pretty boy, and I am glad I realized that, because he really does do some great acting.

[SoCalDem]

5. Too long...events often "out of sequence"

We saw it Xmas Day, and it was "ok", but I wish we had gone to see a different movie..:)

[bigwillq]

6. It was long but I thought it was wonderful

Go see "Meet the Fockers"

[JohnKleeb]

8. Thats good, hmm thats the kind of movie I would like to take

a girl to see, :shrug: but no luck with that thus far.

[ashmanonar]

20. join the club...

we have tshirts! they say "i'm a single loser" :evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

23. how much do they cost?

[ashmanonar]

28. heh

your pride, i think...

*note to self, must design "i'm a single loser" t shirt...*:evilgrin:

[JohnKleeb]

29. sweet pride

[SoCalDem]

9. I'm no movie connosieur..The last one I went to see, before this one

was Ants..and before that Pretty Woman..

The movie industry makes no money from out household :)

[bigwillq]

11. So what made you see "The Aviator"? (nt)

[SoCalDem]

12. My husband is an "airplane" nut ....n/t

:)

[bigwillq]

13. OH!

Did he enjoy it?

[SoCalDem]

15. He did enjoy the flying parts , but he too, thought it was too long

What can I say?? We are boring people :)

[bigwillq]

19. My man disliked it b/c of the length

He liked some parts but he kept asking me "When it's over"?

[newsguyatl]

14. i'm debating whether or not

to go see it tonight...

was it really really good, or just really good?

[SoCalDem]

17. It was OK

Out of 10 stars, I would give it a 5..(But then I already knew about HH).. Our son who didn't know anything about him, enjoyed the movie more than we did:)

[bigwillq]

21. I thought it was really really good

I would give it 3 1/2 stars out of 4. It is long. They could've cut like 30-45 mins. out of it.

But the acting/directing/sets/sound/, everything is nearly flawless.