[Darkwolf377]

"In the second lead role, Cate Blanchett’s caricature of Katherine Hepburn is uproariously incompetent. Like every movie Scorsese has made since 1980’s great RAGING BULL, this film is too long, too loud, and too lumbering. "

Blanchett gives probably the best performance of any kind in the last year. Scorsese is still one of the greatest living directors. If this is an indicator of this guy's taste, his opinion doesn't mean much.

[Junior_G]

Agreed. Anybody that dismisses Scorsese's work out-of-hand like that is not very credible as a film critic.

[OKIEDOC]

I disagree.

Now days Hollywood rarely makes a great movie unless it is by mistake.
People must be really bored with life to shell out $8 to $12 dollars on wasted film.
How many more stinkers like the Folkers or other tripe, will these unimaginative left wingers put out.

I see better Made For TV movies on Lifetime.

I got talked into putting in cable and taking the various movie channels.

That did not last long as I did not want my children using any of those Hollywood actors as role models.

Takes a fairly dumbed down person to like most of what Hollywood puts out.

[ultima ratio]

Correction: Scorsese WAS one of the greatest living directors. He's done nothing worthwhile for decades.

[JasonC]

Cate's Hepburn was certainly the (short) highlight of that film, which was otherwise distinctly uneven. And better than all the others nominated. The description of the year as a whole as full of mediocre also-rans is spot on. Besides, isn't there something ludicrous in the idea that a Hughes is a more towering figure? Certainly there is no other great brilliancy in any of the rest of them.

[steve8714]

"The Aviator" was not as good a movie as "Ray". Once "Hell's Angels" is made, the movie bogs down. Endless repetition of phrases may be an accurate description of Hughes' OCD, but does not make good cinema.
"Ray" keeps moving. They are after all, moving pictures. Having said that, "Aviator" was a good movie...just not a great one.

[Fledermaus]

Scorsese quit making interesting films years and years ago. And what is his infatuation with DeCrapio? What was that last stinker they made? Something in New York? I think 12 people saw it.