hey kids - oh it was a busy weekend! i had my folks in from back east - so i have been hanging out with them the past days and had a blast - and of course when me and my mom get together - we love to go to the movies - and of course drag my dad along - so we went over to the grove @ the farmers market and caught a saturday afternoon screening of the aviator - and it was so sold out - every seat was taken - but being early we nabbed great seats w/ an aisle spot for me and got settled for the long seated journey ahead...
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i will say overall i enjoyed it - leonardo dicaprio was excellent as eccentric tycoon howard hughes - the story of hughes is quite thrilling - and quite a good representation of the typical 'american dream' - BUT at almost 3 hrs long - it could have been a bit shorter - and it seemed to drag in some parts - a lot more artsy than i expected - and it made me want to know more about hughes - and would have liked some more details included in the film but i know scorcese will for sure nab the oscar for best director - but i don't think it's his best film - i still love good fellas & taxi driver - but i hope he gets it for his body of work - he is one of my favorite directors - also excellent was cate blanchett - as fiery katherine hepburn who was always quite the pant wearing pip in real life - blanchett captured her attitude and spirit impecabbly - and god bless alan alda what a great actor - he was excellent as the smarmy senator from maine who tried to bring down hughes and his empire - i do hope that alda captures his first oscar when all the fun goes down in two weeks! |  | yes two weeks! they are going to start closing roads all over hollywood/highland - i say it feels like im in lockdown! and if you haven't checked out all the nominees and other oscar fun on the web - please check it all out at oscar.com - i know i still have to see just one more nominated best picture - million dollar baby - but right now - i'm still thinking sideways is my personal choice for best picture - anyways - i will be back tomorrow night - with some dish on the grammys - what was up with the spanish novella duet with jennifer lopez and hubby marc anthony? that set was so odd - it was just terrible i thought - a bad spanish soap opera - ok im outtie for now!
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