Review of Amelia

Amelia (2009)
5/10
Amelia- Since When Was Aviation this Dull? **1/2
9 November 2010
Warning: Spoilers
The first half hour of the movie was terribly dull. You're almost rooting for Ms. Earhart to get lost over the Atlantic and end it all.

The film finally picks up at the time where Ms. Earhart, while married, begins an affair with a member of the Aeronautics Board. He has a son. By the way, was the guy divorced or a widower? This is never explained.

Richard Gere seems very uncomfortable in the role of Ms. Earhart's husband. He looks like he is in torture to say his lines.

While the real Amelia Earhart was certainly no beauty, Hilary Swank looks like she is a lesbian, especially with those broad shoulders and outlandish hairdo. While they wore their hair like that in the 1930s, it is still unbecoming to her. Even the woman who briefly portrays Eleanor Roosevelt looked better than Swank did.

Those last minutes when Earhart lost contact with the ground is never-ending. Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart? Did the Japanese shoot the plane down when she may have viewed some of their war-like intentions from the air?
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