The Aviator
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Oct 16, 2026
Zach GlennHOST
Didn't really know who Martin Scorsese was.
Zach GlennHOST
I think I knew about The Aviator, but I was like, "That movie looks fucking awesome.
Zach GlennHOST
I'm starting to get to see-"
Walker GlennHOST
It was 2006-
Scott ParksHOST
But we already have holodecks.
Scott ParksHOST
they're called movies.
Scott ParksHOST
They're called TV shows.
Scott ParksHOST
If you wanted to experience what it would be like, you know, uh, at the time of Jesus or, uh, in 1865 when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at Ford theater, you can just watch a movie.
MarkHOST
I know I only watched it like about six, seven months ago, but I'm going to watch Donnie Brasco again because Donnie Brasco is great.
MarkHOST
And then finally, for my other plane watch, when we were coming back, I watched The Aviator on a plane.
IanHOST
That's a...
IanHOST
Yeah, okay.
MarkHOST
are.
MarkHOST
Um...
MarkHOST
The Aviator is one of those movies that gets better every single time I watch it.
MarkHOST
To the point of where...
BradHOST
Yeah
Ashley PageHOST
... is Airplane, Top Gun, Conair, Air Force One, Snakes on a Plane, Die Hard 2, Flight, Sully, The Aviator, and Passenger 57.
Ashley PageHOST
I'm just telling you what the list says.
BradHOST
As much as you got toolbox, you should give me the Tom Hanks-
David SenraHOST
I have a weird thought that came to mind when I was reading this.
David SenraHOST
Okay, so have you ever seen the movie The Aviator? The Aviator's about Howard Hughes, right? And in that, he's trying to build this plane, and it's, like, this beautiful silver plane.
David SenraHOST
I don't remember what it's called.
David SenraHOST
But it has, like, all these, like, rivets, and he was just pushing his team.
David SenraHOST
He's like, "We don't want...
David SenraHOST
We want this to, the, the, the fuselage," I guess is the, the word, "to be as smooth as possible." Right? And so he would, in the, in, in the movie, he is literally, like, putting his hands over the, the fuselage.
David SenraHOST
He's like, "It has to be, like, less.
David SenraHOST
It, like, just shave these down.
MJ SmithHOST
Like, I remember Gangs of New York coming out and it not being as well received as Catch Me If You Can.
MJ SmithHOST
Like, there was something about the way that Scorsese works that D- DiCaprio just locked into, and, like, this is all resolved by The Aviator.
MJ SmithHOST
Like, The Aviator is one of my favorite Scorsese movies.
MJ SmithHOST
So they, they figured it the fuck out in two years.
MJ SmithHOST
But-
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Sarah BudderyHOST
Interesting
MJ SmithHOST
...
MJ SmithHOST
this was a companion to The Aviator, even though he had seen it years after he had made The Aviator.
Mike SmithHOST
Uh, Hitch was number one.
Mike SmithHOST
The rest of the top 10 consisted of Million Dollar Baby, Are We There Yet?, Boogeyman, The Aviator, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, and The Wedding Date.
Mike SmithHOST
Uh, so yeah, a couple of like, uh, Oscar holdovers from 2004.
Mike SmithHOST
It's February 2005, so you know, it makes sense.
Bill AllredHOST
She also appeared in Trance and Sense8 and the horror film Tormented.
Bill AllredHOST
Her original thinker movie is called The Imitation Game, based on the life of John Nash, a mathematical genius whose fiercely original ideas reshaped economics.
Bill AllredHOST
Number one, Tuplance Middleton.
Bill AllredHOST
Number two is Ian Holm.
Bill AllredHOST
The, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Bill AllredHOST
His notable films also include Alien, The Fifth Element, and he played Bilbo in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Bill AllredHOST
His original thinker movie, The Aviator, the story of the wildly innovative years of Howard Hughes, whose uncompromising engineering aviation ideas completely disrupted multiple industries.
Bill AllredHOST
Number two, Ian Holm.
SpencerHOST
Yeah, 2004, 2005 here.
SpencerHOST
The nominees that year were The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, and Sideways.
SpencerHOST
Which of those won Best Picture versus what should have won Best Picture, in your view?
LeeHOST
Did Sideways win?
JackHOST
Yeah.
JackHOST
I see The Aviator.
JackHOST
His, like, fat old cigar hanging out the mouth.
Adam JonesGUEST
[laughs]
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