Hugo
Hugo. Not my first choice of movie picks for the weekend but the process of elimination led here. Nominated for awards, directed by Martin Scorsese, some possibly fun robot stuff involved, it should be okay. The trailers made it look like a light-hearted kid's movie but I'm not sure why. Hugo centers more around lost lives, family, career, dreams before we get to hope. In the process, the movie is fairly stiff and at times dull.
The main story with the orphaned boy, living in a train station, and trying to reconnect with his father's dream leads us to the story of silent film maker Georges Melies, (Ben Kingsley did great in this) and we have a mini-history of silent film. The train station gives us the lighter moments as we watch the lives of the station guard, the flower girl, bakery lady, and lonely man connect, collide, and pleasantly come together.
The children in the audience (few) seemed restless and bored. If this is a kid's movie it is targeted to a narrow group. 8 - 10? There's no action, all story, but visually Hugo is beautiful with the train station, the clock, and Paris.
Hugo is an okay movie with thoughtful details but I don't think it will stay with me long. Sadly, at it's worst, Hugo is forgettable.
The main story with the orphaned boy, living in a train station, and trying to reconnect with his father's dream leads us to the story of silent film maker Georges Melies, (Ben Kingsley did great in this) and we have a mini-history of silent film. The train station gives us the lighter moments as we watch the lives of the station guard, the flower girl, bakery lady, and lonely man connect, collide, and pleasantly come together.
The children in the audience (few) seemed restless and bored. If this is a kid's movie it is targeted to a narrow group. 8 - 10? There's no action, all story, but visually Hugo is beautiful with the train station, the clock, and Paris.
Hugo is an okay movie with thoughtful details but I don't think it will stay with me long. Sadly, at it's worst, Hugo is forgettable.
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