’’Quarantine....Quarantine....’’ is the way the film begins and ends. Well....quarantine this for a superlative experience in the art of filmography.Your saturday night popcorn will be well spent.
Who the hell was Howard hughes ! Who cares ! Well...now I do. I never knew the Cathay Pacific I flew on the other day had borrowed ideas from this guy.Never knew this guy owned TWA. Never knew the Hollywood bevies right from Hepburn was crazy about this man. Who is this man ! A great entrpreneur who took the right risks and had a vision of whatever he did.Singularly inspiring ! This is how I would judge this movie.Leanardo has done himself a big favour by producing such a class act and his art of acting is nearly as perfect as Da Vinci.You feel pity, jealous, anger and awe (especially at the way he addresses the judges in the end).if a movie can induce so many emotions then it must be a classic.You can see Howard live through the dominance of Hepburn and puppy with Eva Gardner.You can see his airline mania take him to great heights and the vicious politics in US bring him down.The only thing is that he doesn’t surrender.
Hats off Leo ! This is a great act ! Too bad you missed out at the Oscars.