The Aviator

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The Aviator

This is a mostly pleasant old-fashioned type of film. The aerial stuff is nice and the scenery is beautiful. I enjoyed the music, too. Christopher Reeve does a fine job in the lead. Rosanna Arquette is ok but her character seems to have been written as much younger. Well, except for certain stuff that comes out later in the picture but we won't get into that. It's a perfectly watchable movie of its type. It's full of cliches but it all looks nice and mostly sounds nice. Not exactly a ringing endorsement but you could do worse than to watch this. I'd watch this on a loop for the rest of my life than watch most of the garbage Netflix puts out today.

Watching Christopher Reeve play totally against type. After years of playing a mild mannered, hero type, He decides to play the anti-hero. The Reeves and Arquette are an unlikely pairing. At first, her character appears to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Reeves does a good job playing the irritated grownup with a spoiled brat. This looks like a good TV movie, made for the small screen. However, the movie has some heart felt moments. And, it is worth watching, if for no other reason, to watch Reeve not play Superman. This is one of Reeve's best "non Superman" performances; if only it could have been in a better picture. But, This movie does have some pretty good moments.

Chris Reeves's legacy will always be Superman, but he proves here that he was a fine actor who could really nail his character. He does a great job as an introverted, bitter pilot. The other reviewer is correct that Rosanna Arquette is annoying; however, she's not at all the worst part of the movie. If anything is annoying, it's the painfully inaccurate portrayal of wolves. Look, filmmakers, wolves do not stalk people through the woods and attack them out of the blue. This is real life, not "The Howling." Other than those small complaints, though, this simple survival story is fun and engaging, and definitely worth noting for Reeves. 8/10 stars.