![]() ![]() My fellow film critic and good friend Scott Marks who writes for San Diego Reader is probably the number one Martin Scorsese fan. The author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick, is actually a San Diego Resident! I would love to interview him some time. I felt transfixed by the automaton and its expressive face that seemed so alive. I especially liked the second scene, it is breathtaking to watch all the gears and wires begin to move in complex motions inside the machine. Hugo is such an amazing film, it is hard to pick out my favorite scenes! My top two are when Hugo takes Isabel to the movies, and when the automaton suddenly springs to life as it begins to draw a mysterious picture. This is a scene my mom and I both thought weakened the ending. I also thought that in the scene where Georges thanked Hugo for helping him reawaken his filmmaking dream, I was expecting something more poetic and metaphorical, but George basically described exactly what happened. First of all, Isabelle’s smile seemed a bit artificial, like when you smile for a camera. ![]() Hugo is a magical film, but I found some ways it could improve. Hugo’s vivid 3D effects are incredible, where the images pop right out of the screen! I thought that the 3D really enhances this film in a way I did not see in other movies such as Happy Feet 2. I also like how the story shows the innocence of children. The storyline incorporates messages about friendship, understanding, compassion, dedication, and the love of the cinema. The story of Hugo is fantastic and well developed. The light-hearted and joyful scenes such as when Hugo takes Isabel to the movies brings me joy for Hugo whereas in poignant scenes such as when Hugo recalls his beloved father’s death made me sad. The dramatic visuals showing Hugo’s narrow escapes and life in isolation really made me feel empathy for him. I immensely enjoyed Hugo, which is now one of my favorite films of the year. As Hugo struggles to fix the mysterious machine, the secret of the automaton and its origins deepens as he makes a new friend, Isabelle, the bookish, clever goddaughter of Georges, evades an inspector intent on sending him to an orphanage, and eventually finds his own place in the world. Hugo’s secret life of hiding in the walls and clocks, stealing to survive, and his most cherished possession, the automaton, are in imminent danger of being revealed. But, one day he gets caught by the toy store’s bitter old owner, Georges (Ben Kingsley), who takes his most valuable possession, a notebook with the schematics and instructions to repair the automaton. Have you ever wondered if orphans have dreams and aspirations of their own? In Hugo, a Martin Scorsese 3D film opening TODAY, based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield), the 12-year-old son of a deceased clockmaker, lives in a bustling Parisian train station secretly winding the clocks, filching pastries from cafes, and stealing parts from a toy shop to repair a broken mysterious mechanical man called the automaton that his father found in the attic of a museum.
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