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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 4:44 pm

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, December 25, 2004 - 4:47 pm
Oh, dear, what ever could that cheezy grin signify?
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 2:00 pm
Excellent movie.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 2:23 pm
Whew! I'm so glad you liked it as I am taking hubby in a few days. When I cough out the big bucks to see a movie it had better be good. But, with Leo in it, really how bad could it be?
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Knightpatti
Member
12-06-2001
| Friday, December 31, 2004 - 10:46 pm
Saw it tonight. Very interesting! Leo was outstanding!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 8:39 am
I wondered how Leo would pull this off; he did an outstanding job and actually looked like Hughes towards the end of the picture. A few things were a little out of sequence but it caught the essence of the mental illness that Howard Hughes lived with since childhood. This was a good movie and would certainly catch the attention of most men.....at least the ones who like airplanes. ;-) Lots of flight scenes. The Kate Hepburn character was delightful and so 'right'. I saw her completely at Hepburn and forgot she was an actress. Hope others enjoy it as much as DH and I did.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 04, 2005 - 6:53 pm
Ditto to everything Auntie says. Oh, did she mention Leo was wonderful and much deserves an Oscar nom.
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Friday, January 07, 2005 - 4:29 pm
I agree with all of you! Great movie and Leo, etc. are oscar worthy.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Monday, January 31, 2005 - 8:47 am
Recently, I've been taping old movies for my mother-in-law and caught a marathon of Katherine Hepburn movies. I was amazed at how well Cate Blanchett played the other Kate. Her mannerisms, her laugh, everything about her - especially that free spirit. Loved the movie. I expected to be bored at least some of the time with such a long film, but it was great.
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 5:23 am
I didn't like the movie. Too damn long. There is no excuse for this other than ego. We all know Martin Scorcese is a great director. You would think a great one would not want us sitting so freaking long. Doesn't he know we are all Americans and have ADD? "It's the way of the future, the way of the future..." Rosebud. Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries... How many times did Leo really have to mumble that to get the point across that Howard Hughes was going nuts? We got the point, Marty. You don't have to bludgeon us over the head with it. Cate Blanchett was great. Leo was good too. I could look at Kate Beckinsale all day long. What a beauty! How come if HH was such a germ freak that he was such a womanizer too? Doesn't seem to jive with me. When you kiss a woman don't you ...and when you have sex with a woman... They didn't seem to emphasize that. He didn't seem to scrub with the black soap after sleeping with Hepburn or the 15 year old. And weren't there laws back then about 15 year olds? Or did we just start caring more recently? Didn't think Alan Alda was all that great either. He is Hawkeye and he will always be the MASH character to me.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 5:33 pm
Women are sterile 
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Newman
Member
09-25-2004
| Monday, February 14, 2005 - 6:15 pm
The leaves that are green turn to brown.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 10, 2005 - 5:22 pm
Just saw this the other day and was disappointed. It was an okay movie, but not great. Perhaps my expectations were too high. I thought it was overly long and kept looking at my watch. I can't remember. Did it win Best Picture in the Academy Awards? Edit: Just looked it up. Million Dollar Baby won best pic.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 6:24 am
Watched this yesterday. It was okay - but not great. I thought it was too long. Good acting though.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 7:55 am
Me too Tash, I watched it yesterday. I was all excited to see the movie because I had heard so much about it and I was not that impressed.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, May 30, 2005 - 9:38 am
Maris, that is what happens when one waits too long and hears all the hype. I saw it on the opening day and was not at all disappointed. But, I too, have been disappointed in a good movie that I waited too long to see.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Tuesday, June 07, 2005 - 3:02 pm
I thought somehow Leo was miscast. Maybe it is the high-pitched voice. It took me a while to get use to him as Hughes. I thought the plane crash was amazingly realistic and wonder how the real Hughes lived through it.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Friday, July 01, 2005 - 11:48 pm
Finally rented the dvd as I wasn't that excited about seeing this movie. I ended up being very surprised at how much I enjoyed it. And what I liked best about the dvd was watching the different programs on Howard Hughes from the History channel and all. I honestly couldn't remember much about the man except for his craziness in his later years. I had no idea how much he accomplished in the field of aviation. Anyways, I thoroughly enjoyed it where I hadn't expected to. Even watched it a second time and enjoyed it even more.
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Kappy
Member
06-29-2002
| Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 12:44 pm
Hummingbird ~ I too was concerned about Dicaprio's doing this part because his voice had bothered me in the trailers. I also felt I had seen enough movies about HH but I like the way take that Scorsese covered his life and his illness. And Dicaprio's voice ended up not bothering after all.
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Hummingbird
Member
08-21-2002
| Tuesday, July 05, 2005 - 7:52 pm
I liked the story and the special effects and learned quite a bit about Hughes that I didn't know but I never really bought Dicaprio as Hughes. The scene where he was attempting to seduce the waitress at the club was just comical. That"I want to pleas you" or whatever it was he said to her in that high pitched voice sounded like a high school sophomore trying to score. Dicaprio is too baby-faced to take seriously as a leading man.(for me anyway)
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, July 06, 2005 - 9:39 am
He could 'lead' me anywhere he darned pleased!
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