Movie Reviewer is Back! :)

Caught up with my good ole fren G last night and sorta had a delayed bday celebration (it was dec 9) for her cos she was travelling in India and Thailand the last couple of months and I've been busy having no life in the moot room meantime.

Anyways it was great to get out cos I always have tonnes of laughs with her while doing I love alot. Watching movies! Yesh it's been a long while coming!

Caught Kinsey first, which was a thoroughly good biography of this sex scientist that revolutionised the way people looked at sex. Well told story with a laugh every now and then, tho as the movie neared the end the sense of Kinsey's crusade falling apart was sad but easily forseen. His father's preaching influence pervaded his scientific endeavours, such that he tried to change the way people looked at sex giving him a perverted and amoral reputation, especially since that was the 1970s.

Whatever it is, it was a good watch and examined his life championing the sexual freedom of information in a well-craft yet (inevitably Hollywood) biased type of way. Enjoyed the black-and-white sex survey clips, which elicited anything from disgust to a wry smile to incredulity to laughter.

Next up was The Aviator, which I have been wanting to see for a long while now (Kate Beckinsale having nothing to do that. Really! *ahem*) This was the classic Hollywood blockbuster with the whole shebang: Big budget, glamour production, explosions, countless stars and sweeping score. Of cos, it did help that Howard Hughes (on which this biopic is based) was a man who would never settle for anything less that the very best; To the point you felt like throttling him for rejecting his employee's efforts sometimes. But a visionary he was, doing movies at the zenith of Hollywood greatness with Katherine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett in an amazing portrayal as always), Errol Flynn (Jude Law as an irritating cameo) and of cos Eva Gardner (played sublimely by the lovely Kate Beckinsale *drool*) ; as well as getting into the airline industry and pushing the limits with Pan Am.

I thot the movie was well done, and represents Martin Scorsese's best chance of getting that elusive Best director Oscar come february, but we'll see. Leo Di Caprio as Howard Hughes, was spot on in the first half as he showed the intensity and brashness of a young wealthy texan millionaire that dared to blaze his own trail. However later even though he handled the indiosyncaries of Hughes' inner demons and decline into madness and paranoia well, he just has too much of a young kid look to carry off the role convincingly as Hughes aged and began losing everything. Plus the increasing sense of hopelessness and doom as the film neared its end was copped out with the seeming triumph at the end. But I'll put it down to Scorsese trying to sweeten up the ending for an oscar (cos they always go for the ending hurrah).

In the end, worth every cent of your $8.50 cos it spans almost three hours; and it's fun looking out for all the stars that adorn this blockbuster.