The Aviator

There was something DiCaprio once told in an interview, about Scorsese being a filmmaker who always seeks to tell the truth of the world through his films, no matter how uncomfortable can be, if you saw a Scorsese film, is to gain knowledge in something important in particular. As someone who has watched most of his filmography, I can argue that The Aviator is in my opinion his project that most reflects that posture of When we talk about Scorsese magnum opus is common to mention films as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Shutter Island or even The Departed; but for me that title is more deserved for The Aviator, Scorsese tells the story of Howard Hughes precisely following his filmaking philosophy. He nevers idealize Hughes, even when the films shows us his achievements and the reasons he was considered a genius at the time, but there are times that a brilliant mind has a cost when you aspire impossible things; like anxiety, isolation, cuestionable behaviors, reckless decisions, and an inability to connect with other folks 'cause your peculiar mentality; Howard Hughes is someone to admire for his achievements, but not as a person, because yea the film shows us his humanity and good behaviors with the ones he loves, but also plenty of characteristics that shows us that was a narcisistic without mental stability, obsesive to achieve his goals perflectly, even if that cost him relationships, plenty of aspects that push us back to ideolize him as a person, and that's something important, because Scorsese develop a film with the objective to show to the world that even the most powerful and important figures in history, we're humans, people that struggle in his personal live to being able to reach their objectives, that kind of life like isn't easy, and without the proper behavior could be a madness, and maybe Hughes biography isn't 100% accurate to the real person, but still reflecting a reality about the kind of people living this enviroment. That's why, I consider The Aviator as his most complete work. I want to also emphasise something important of this film, and I think that reflects perfectly the evolution of Scorsese's filmmaking, because if you compare the film with the Scorsese from the 70s, 80s, the Scorsese that made lot of stuff with ups and downs, Scorsese just landed the 21st Century as someone more mature, more controlled, more aware of the vision he has, all his evolution is chanelled in the final result of The Aviator, as it is a film with a high budget, and no aspects feels wasted, if you ask me I can hardly see a flaw in the film, and if there is, is not that big to ruin the entire excelent result. I have re-watched 3 times the film by far, and each study of the movie just makes me appreciate more the effort, as someone who has a high knowledge of Scorsese historial, this still my favorite film from his filmography "The way to the future" Is the final quote of the film, reflecting in one line, the kind of person that is Howard Huges.