Amelia on Blu-ray

Directed by Mira Nair (The Namesake), Amelia is filled with beautifully photographed shots of refurbished antique airplanes flying through cloud covered skies and over beautiful scenery. It’s lovely to look at, especially on Blu-ray. Unfortunately, the film is not a travelogue, but a biopic of legendary female aviator Amelia Earhart. While it manages to spell out the details that made Earhart’s achievements so memorable, it does a lousy job of bringing those details to life despite a strong performance by Hilary Swank who, as the newsreel footage in the Blu-ray extras prove, does a near-perfect impersonation of Earhart. The making of documentaries show how earnest everyone was in making the movie, too, but earnest doesn’t always equal entertainment.