Amelia

Perfectly competent film...
Much negative has been said about this movie. Having a casual interest in this figure's disappearance caused me to check out the film. The cast is strong and the settings are beautiful. When viewed on Blu-ray, the movie really captures in superb detail the landscapes that the aviatrix herself witnessed. I found the film engaging and enjoyed the bit about Amelia's flight with Eleanor Roosevelt. If you are looking for action or something rife with tension, then pass on this. However, this is a well-executed character piece with convincing actors who really bring a time in America's past to life...

Really Good
I was surprised at all the bad reviews of this on Amazon.

I quite liked it.

Yes, it's slow. Yes, it lacks car explosions. (Or even many plane explosions.) Yes, it lacks zippy editing, no fancy crosscuts or funny camera angles or dream sequences.

Mostly, it moves chronologically--in the frame of a major flashback while flying.

But it has a lot of heart. Earhart seems to have been a solo, a dreamer, and mainly attached to exploration. So her emotions for people take a while to build. You actually see this process in the movie, and you see the struggle it causes her.

You can also see her growing (but never perfect) self-confidence.

The relationship with G. P. Putnam is handled superbly. Clearly, he loved her more than she loved him, and for her he was a friend who wanted exclusiveness--a difficult thing in a friend.

Her espousal of feminism is perfectly tuned. She is a person who disregards convention,...

Disappointing Special Effects
"Amelia", a movie about the famous pilot Amelia Earhart, was not quite what I expected. Miss Earhart was a heroine who fearlessly attacked and conquered numerous flying records in the years before world War II. She was beloved by most in my parents generation.

"Amelia" (played by Hilary Swank) does a good job of telling the story of Earhart's personal and business life. We experience with them the difficulties obtaining financing for flying events. We view the budding romance and marriage of Amelia and George Putnam (Played by Richard Gere). We also learn of Amelia's feminist attitudes and her affair with Gene Vidal (well played by Ewan McGregor). So as a film about Miss Earhart's personal life, Amelia is excellent.

"Amelia" has a great cast, but the characters appear one dimensional.. I have seen movies where each of these main actors were superior in their parts. In this film both Swank and Gere present cardboard characterizations of the people they...

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