Above the cloud

Grace 2022-04-19 09:01:21

Like A Beautiful Mind, The Social Network, and Citizen Kane, biopics are fanfiction films. The focus is not the protagonist, but the director's focus, trying to show what kind of caring through it. Otherwise, it is obviously unqualified to talk about the film. Compared with Hughes' materials, the selection, shaping, and adaptation in the film are too focused, such as the importance of Hepburn in his emotional life, the process of Hughes starting from scratch, etc., are not the whole picture. . So the scene that moved me the most was when the vulnerable fan Hughes and his beloved fan Hepburn said goodbye through the door, saying "I can lead the way" for the last time. In the film, Hughes' playboy attributes are greatly weakened, so the love line can become an important component.

In the film, the main business is supplemented by love, but the theme is scattered, and the story line is cut. Leo is in charge of chattering in the business line, raising money and throwing money around in shopping malls, dealing with opponents, arguing with hearings, flying desperately on airports, making movies, building planes, and fighting against the official airline. Part of the film rests on the director's selfishness: the development of film censorship, the transformation of film technology, and a scene where Leo falls ill and shuts himself up in a home theater, with light and shadow flowing on his body. The flight part is very exciting without any extra effort, but I was forced to lose more than half of the lines, just knowing that it is very dynamic (. Hughes is aggressive, clear-cut, resolute, brave, dare to gamble, and love Maternal complex, serious cleanliness (fear of blood, light, and all kinds of dirty things), obsessive repetition of words and other symptoms are always reflected in his life. The "road to the future" at the end is very touching... The feeling of all being realized, All your life is driven by dreams, always above the clouds.

The picture of the film is beautiful, if regardless of the authenticity and completeness of the story, the spirit that the director wants to express is still in place, the male and female protagonists are very beautiful, and Hughes's own story is an endless treasure mine, so the film is also OK ,Quite good looking(

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The Aviator quotes

  • Howard Hughes: What about the girls? How are they in the bomb department?

    Johnny Meyer: Well, let's put it this way. It'll be a regular boob buffet. I don't think the gentlemen from the Air Corps will have any trouble scoring tonight.

  • Ava Gardner: Look, you got girls stashed all over town. You got a damn harem just at the Bel-Air. Why don't you marry one of your bungalow girls?

    Howard Hughes: Those are employees. I'm not gonna marry an employee. Jesus Christ, how would that look?