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I find this film to be the best of 2004, easily. The sets and lighting are rich and colorful. The film clearly has the visual style and technical prowess that it deserves and needs for its story. The story itself spans Hughes life for 20 yrs. From the filming of his first film "Hells Angels" to his flying of the spruce goose in 1947. The performances are also of note. Especially Leonardo Dicaprio, finally shedding his teeny boy image with his portrayal of Howard Hughes. Gritty and realistically playing a man of many demons and phobias. Also of note is Cate Blanchett as Kate Hepburn. She is magnificent while making Hepburn a real person instead of the impersonation she could have been. Also praise must be said about Alec Baldwin( with the best use of the f word in in modern movies), Alan Alda, Danny Houston, Matt Ross, John C.Reily(strongly playing Noah Deitrich), Adam Scott and Kate Beckinsale expertly playing Ava Gardner. This film is a treat for movie goers who loves films from all eras. The score, performances, lighting, camera-work, directing, script and the production itself sore as some of the best in recent years. A must see.

This movie blew me away. Journalism is not the easiest of professions, but one of the main rules is to always pursue truth. What Glass did was create truth to further himself. This film was excellent in showing how the idea of glory and fame can corrupt a man with the best intentions and ultimately destroy him. Hayden Christenson showed he finally can act, while Peter Sarsgaad gave a tour-deforce performance as Glass's editor who uncovers the lies. This movie shows how sometimes telling the truth is not always the easiest route but in the end the best route.The best thing about this movie is the minimilist approach. There was not a lot of characters or scenery, or a overly long expansive story . But a very simple and great story that brings you down with the main character and shows that the true heroes and stars of journalism our the ones who pursue and uncover the truth( like the Saarsgard character). I recommend this film to anyone who follows journalism or just likes movies in general. 9 out of 10

This film has been out for about two years but with its limited distribution finally made its way to North Carolina. But the point is that this film is amazing. With Bruce Campbell being the perfect Elvis plus his one liners amazing plus the part at the end about how terrible the phrase to stop the Mummy was amazing. But the film actually achieves quite a bit as a movie that shows how poorly people are treated as they get older and how we just want to forget about them and let them die, it also touched on regret and responsibility. A amazin amazing movie plus there was also some cool scenes with the Mummy. I recomend this film to everyone who enjoys films with subtle commentary and fun films with great one liners, and of course anyone who is a fan of the Bruce.