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Also Known As: Hugo Cabret |
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| Year of first release: 2011 | |
| Director: Martin Scorsese | |
| Actors: Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace Moretz | |
| Country: USA | |
| Genre: Adventure | |
| Conditions of visioning: 15.02.2013, DVD | |
| Synopsis:Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. | |
| Review: The basic storyline is actually great. The discovery of the legend of special effects, Georges Méliès. The evolution of characters is slow, so that we have sometime the impression to see the same scene 30 minutes later. The camera movements are well done and eased by the CGI environment. But except the revelation of Master Méliès via his drawings, there is nothing that catches the emotion of the viewer. | |
Rating: 5 /10
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
Hugo (2011)
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I agree with you, but I had maybe the opportunity to better appreciate the movie as I saw it on a cinema screen and in 3D. This makes a difference. Scorcese used the 3D in a clever way like in Avatar, i.e. there were not too many "in you face" effects, but the 3D was rather used to immerse you in the 1930's Paris.
ReplyDeleteThe Méliès story that appears slowly through the film is fascinating, and that includes the recreation of some of his films like A Trip to the Moon.
But I also agree that some emotion is missing. Still I would give it a 7/10.