tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post110697615326070192..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: The AviatorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1107058140635718522005-01-29T20:09:00.000-08:002005-01-29T20:09:00.000-08:00Ooooooooo! It's that guy from MASH! Hmm...Alec Bal...Ooooooooo! It's that guy from MASH! Hmm...Alec Baldwin(Juan) is also a big time lefty. <br /><br />skAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1107057838497110922005-01-29T20:03:00.000-08:002005-01-29T20:03:00.000-08:00Brewster was played by Alan Alda -- not the dad in...Brewster was played by Alan Alda -- not the dad in "Family Ties" (that's Michael Gross), but Hawkeye on "MASH." Interestingly, Alda is a well known left-winger.Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1107046598701774932005-01-29T16:56:00.000-08:002005-01-29T16:56:00.000-08:00I hadn't seen 'Aviator' yet because I brushed it o...I hadn't seen 'Aviator' yet because I brushed it off as another Hollywood fluff (at least that's how it was marketed). But I was wrong! Upon this rave review by Glen, I went and saw a matinee showing. It was a fine piece of history on screen and a good look at his psychosis. His vision, entrepreneurism, and lifestyle was exhilarating to watch, but the psychosis was a heartbreaking one, sometimes difficult to watch. And that combination made it all the more complex making the movie a masterpiece with a tragic air to it.<br />Judging from his paranoid schizoid behaviors, it seemed that he had more than just OCD.<br /><br />My vote for Best Picture now goes to 'Aviator'. It's shifted from 'Finding Neverland' with Johnny Depp. I still have 'Million Dollar Baby' to see, but I have no desire to see a movie about a female Rocky.<br /><br />Btw, Senator Brewster, wasn't he the dad in 'Family Ties'? I couldn't get over it, although he did a good job as the senator. I kept thinking, 'Hey, it's Steven!'<br /><br />skAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1106993003617103702005-01-29T02:03:00.000-08:002005-01-29T02:03:00.000-08:00Not that being a trainer at NASA is a bad thing, i...Not that being a trainer at NASA is a bad thing, it's great in fact. But the point is that the movie makers decided to 'lie' about his career to better fit the movie's inspirational script.<br />skAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1106992881149773592005-01-29T02:01:00.000-08:002005-01-29T02:01:00.000-08:00The movie does get into Hughes's germaphobia and O...The movie does get into Hughes's germaphobia and OCD, but that subject doesn't dominate the movie. The movie stops at a point early enough that his mental problems haven't taken over his life.Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1106992342281073472005-01-29T01:52:00.000-08:002005-01-29T01:52:00.000-08:00Howard Hughes, once the symbol of the alpha-male g...Howard Hughes, once the symbol of the alpha-male glamour had such a sad ending. But then I guess no one's death at an old age is glamorous. I think I read somewhere years ago that he became a recluse, germaphobe, and practically agoraphobic--apparently, truly a pitiful site in his deathbed. <br />I think it's good that most biopics accentuate the admirable qualities. I like feeling good about humanity's accomplishments.<br />I just remember how moved i was watching 'Amistad' years ago. But at the end of the movie, there was a little caption that read that the main character, after all that struggle for freedom and fighting human trafficking, ended up becoming a slave trader himself when he found out his family and village was burned down. I was so dissapointed.<br />Or when I saw 'October Sky' and how the movie made it seem like the main character became this rocket scientist for NASA when he wasn't really an engineer but an employee of NASA training astronauts.<br /><br />skAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com