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Amelia

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Amelia

Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Mia Wasikowska, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

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  • sanjurosamurai
    November 17, 2009
    sanjurosamurai
    entertaining and full of great landscapes, the the film fails almost everywhere else. the telling of amelia's life was stale and formulaic, handing us the standard information about amelia's life without digging deeper than what you might find on her wikipedia page. the film ju...( read more)st flows from one event to the next, telling us little about amelia than the surface. the performances were also flat, which suprised me because i find swank to be one of the most delightful actresses of our time. overall a solid watch for a popcorn flick, but could have been excellent and wasnt.
  • flickfever
    October 30, 2009
    flickfever
    When it comes to biopics, the audience is always teetering on a fine line between learning the facts and being entertained. Usually, by their inherent nature of being fact-based stories, biographical adaptations can succumb to this and either tell a very informative story or comp...( read more)letely ignore the history and present a dazzling piece of entertainment. Very rarely does a movie come along where you get a balanced dose of both history and "popcorn" value. Sadly, Amelia isn't one of those rare exceptions.

    Although the life of Amelia Earhart (especially the events leading up to her death--or disappearance) is widely regarded, it has never been fully or richly adapted to the screen the way the current Mira Nair-directed film attempts to do. Unfortunately, the movie suffers from having an A-list actress filling some very big shoes--and doing a fine job at it. But the movie really offers no other novelty than the fact that it's being made about 70 years after the events have transpired.

    Sure, the movie is visually stunning and a joy to watch because of its attention to detail; the period clothes, mannerisms and the archival footage used. But the movie really doesn't present anything new or that you didn't already learn in your fourth-grade history class. It simply wraps up the Earhart drama into a tidy little box and puts a big pretty bow on it.

    Since most people already know the outcome of this film, it would have been nice if there had been more of a conflict presented in the film. Perhaps more of the terrifying final dialogue between Earhart's lost plane and flight command on the ground where she was to have landed. Instead, we are dealt a melodramatic love-triangle plot between Earhart, her husband and her flight consultant which was really not an interesting way to pass the time between watching Amelia fli high.

    Overall, the movie was not atrocious (as some of the critics have proclaimed.) The movie is quiant, well-produced and very appealing to those who consider themselves aficionados to Earhart's cause or of aviation in general. But what should have been an epic tale of adventure and high-flying emotions, instead, treads familiar water and flies the turbulent skies of familiarity because of its conventional point-of-view and predictable romantic skew.
  • johnd62
    October 25, 2009
    johnd62
    I remember reading an article on what is considered to be a surefire oscar winner, "Amelia" had three of those things going for it. Bio-pic, main character dying (Um... spoiler alert.) and Hilary Swank. Problem is they could have made Amelia Earhart a mentally challenged lesbian ...( read more)and I still wouldn't see it picking up those bald golden men anytime soon. Why because quite simply its not a good movie.
    Not that it didn't have anything to offer, stars a TWO time oscar winner, two highly underrated actors and was directed by Mira Nair. All of which earned their reputations by being risk takers and trying things that are out of their comfort zone. Just within the first 5 minutes, you can pinpoint where they said screw this and play it as close to the "Oscar winners for Dumbies" book as possible.
    The biggest upset here being Swank, an actress I hold in high regard, when challenged can delivers something that puts her in the best of our generation (See "Boys Don't Cry" or Million Dollar Baby") but when not, she's about as interesting as watching paint dry. Whether the voice-overs or the big dramatic speeches its everything thats dull and predictable about oscar season. With really no one in the cast faring much better, someone needs to recommend a f*cking agent to these guys.
    So if I'm ragging on this film so much, why 2 stars. Mostly because for the moments you can stay awake for "Amelia" is quite visual treat. Nair has some breath-taking aerial shots of the world as Amelia travels and as bombastic and over the top the score may be its quite amazing to listen to and probably up there with "Up" for best score of the year. If anything is done right, the look understands Amelia Earhart perfectly. (Seriously if you are to ever see this film, a theatre is the only way too go, once again though with its 2 stars I'm not saying to go see it.)
    While "Amelia" is not quite the cinematic version of the plane wreck of the lead character. (Once again if you didn't see this coming, pick up a bloody history book.) Its still a film of wasted talent and a film that will learn the hard way, after a year where a small indie about the slums of Dubai won BP and a freakin Batman film was almost nominated, (Gotta give credit where its due.) safety first just does not cut it with audiences or voters,
  • lopcar1993
    December 29, 2009
    lopcar1993
    I've seen Biopic's on allot of famous and infamous people of the 20th century, Public Enemies(John Dillinger), Aviator(Howard Hughes), Schindler's List(Oskar Schindler), Iron jawed Angel(Alice Paul). But this film, this film has to take the cake as one of the best I've seen ye...( read more)t.



    Mira Nair's "Amelia" is a breathtaking and exploitative look into the life and achievement's of one of the greatest women of the 20th century, brings full center Amelia Earhart's story form beginning to end and it shows you the women she was underneath, It's almost thought provoking how you see the sequence of event's unfold in front of you how you. How you look at things trough her eyes and see the world as she see's it. It's astounding, mesmerizing, Brilliant and seamlessly woven into one brilliant film. All in all this is one movie you don't want to miss and it is one you need to experience to believe.


    Hilary Swank(Who isn't Oscar worthy, but does great here.) Plays the great aviatrix herself and she does it with such grace, style and humbleness that it is fantastic to watch her on screen and to see what she'll do next to define the odds as Earhart. Richard Gere(Who is also fantastic here.) plays Earhart's husband George Putnam with such cunning and sympathy that at times you don't know what to think of him. But none the less the cats holds up very nicely in this handsomely mounted film.



    Amelia is not as great as Public Enemies or Aviator, but it does have a great sense of moral rights and a big heart to fill up some of the holes in the films plot. But it is a great film to watch Swank work and show how(yet again.) that Women can do just as much as men can do. It's a truly compelling and emotional film that I know if your forgiving and kind it will deliver a great movie experience.
  • hawkledge
    November 17, 2009
    hawkledge
    Traditional inspirational drama, lavish and immaculate production, lush aerial landscapes, lovely sepia-tinged art deco style, and captivating scenes of Earhart's journeys to Africa and the Middle East. Hilary Swank's performance is as good as it gets. She has a tough job but mak...( read more)es her portrayal look easy and shares a great chemistry with Gere.
  • xatstilo
    December 23, 2009
    xatstilo
    http://www.ameliaearhart.com/ The Official Website
  • missylaguitao
    December 1, 2009
    missylaguitao
    It's women empowerment movie! I'd like to watch it today.
  • snapesdesire
    November 26, 2009
    snapesdesire
    I thought this film was really well made and wonderfully written but was let down by its savage casting. Swank was unconvincing in her role and although it was a fair effort, she failed to capture the enigma of Amelia. I couldn't help but feel that the lack of energy in this film...( read more) could have been overcome with the casting of a more suitable leading lady. I am reminded of Amy Adam' interpretation of Amilia Earhart and how much life she bought to the character in Battle of the Smithsonian. I also felt that Richard Gere was also mis-cast in this film, believing that the role should have gone to someone a little younger with less of a calming screen presence. I did feel That Ewan McGregor was one of the few that were rightly cast in this film and was impressed with his performance in this supporting role. My overall opinion is that this was a good film that could have been brilliant if it had better suited actors.
  • Garyinsocks
    November 25, 2009
    Garyinsocks
    I am an avaiation fan. this film shows, in a concise fashion, using some flashbacks, the tale of America's most famous Aviatrix. I am glad that I Saw it in the theatre for some of the scenery!
  • Jordan770
    November 21, 2009
    Jordan770
    Amelia Earhart has always been cool to me, I want to see this.
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