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This is about Beatty's career
and it's a personal project about
the love of his kids.
If you are a Beatty fan and like his screen persona and the way he puts the personal into his films, it is as interesting as Hughes himself.
and it's a personal project about
the love of his kids.
If you are a Beatty fan and like his screen persona and the way he puts the personal into his films, it is as interesting as Hughes himself.
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This movie could have been called 'The Legend of Howard Hughes,' or 'Howard Hughes Greatest Hits.' Beatty just used the Hughes character to hang his story on whether it made sense or not.
Recall that at the very beginning there was a disclaimer on the screen that dates, incidents, etc. have been rearranged in making the film. How much is true or false? Who knows?
Watching this movie along with Martin Scorcese's The Aviator, what is clear, is that Howard Hughes was a total jerk. No one would have gone within a mile of him if not for his money. A real anti-social, totally dysfunctional loser.
Hughes died all alone in a dark and stinking room somewhere, unloved, unwanted, a person who never gave a sheet about anyone or anything but himself. His death, abandoned by all, except his paid retainers, was a fitting end to a selfish big shot whose Karma caught up with him.
Recall that at the very beginning there was a disclaimer on the screen that dates, incidents, etc. have been rearranged in making the film. How much is true or false? Who knows?
Watching this movie along with Martin Scorcese's The Aviator, what is clear, is that Howard Hughes was a total jerk. No one would have gone within a mile of him if not for his money. A real anti-social, totally dysfunctional loser.
Hughes died all alone in a dark and stinking room somewhere, unloved, unwanted, a person who never gave a sheet about anyone or anything but himself. His death, abandoned by all, except his paid retainers, was a fitting end to a selfish big shot whose Karma caught up with him.
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So. why bother making a film which acts as though it is a true account, when it is not? I found myself bored by this film because the true story is much more interesting.