Hugo Meets Scorsese
Nov. 23rd, 2011 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jamesqHugo, the new film by Martin Scorsese is a wonder. It's one of those rare gems that's a well made family movie that doesn't talk down to kids. What else is it? A 3D movie that uses the 3D so seamlessly that you forget you're watching a 3D movie. There's certainly no Dr. Tongue's Evil House of Pancakes moments in it. Also a 3D movie that seamlessly incorporates surround sound. You are immersed in this movie, but you don't drown in it.
he story revolves around Hugo, the orphan boy who lives hidden in the Paris central train station and maintains the clocks there. The only thing he has left of his father is a broken clockwork robot he tries to fix. But the automaton is missing a key component.
The movie goes on from there, introducing characters and sub-plots and making us care about everyone we encounter, even the villains.
And somewhere along the way, you're not just watching Hugo's story, your also getting a glimpse of the intense love of the movies that the creators, and especially Scorsese, have. Hugo is really an ode to movie-making as art, companion, lover. Losing that love can be as heartbreaking as losing a person's love, and where Hugo really excels is in fixing things that are broken. A movie that ends with the message that anything can be fixed is especially worthwhile to me, as someone who is, on many levels, broken. As long as movies have happy endings, they will remain my constant companion. I am happy to have Hugo along for that journey.
he story revolves around Hugo, the orphan boy who lives hidden in the Paris central train station and maintains the clocks there. The only thing he has left of his father is a broken clockwork robot he tries to fix. But the automaton is missing a key component.
The movie goes on from there, introducing characters and sub-plots and making us care about everyone we encounter, even the villains.
And somewhere along the way, you're not just watching Hugo's story, your also getting a glimpse of the intense love of the movies that the creators, and especially Scorsese, have. Hugo is really an ode to movie-making as art, companion, lover. Losing that love can be as heartbreaking as losing a person's love, and where Hugo really excels is in fixing things that are broken. A movie that ends with the message that anything can be fixed is especially worthwhile to me, as someone who is, on many levels, broken. As long as movies have happy endings, they will remain my constant companion. I am happy to have Hugo along for that journey.
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Date: 2011-11-24 12:24 am (UTC)It does my heart good to know you liked it. It's an amazing book and we have been sitting on pins and needles waiting for the movie to come out. Sales for the book are going through the roof!
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