When I first saw its theatrical trailer, Hugo was assumed to be an adventurous family movie by me. And it is actually a family movie which I think (probably) is a genre untouched by Mr. Scorsese before this movie. Since the 'family' genre has ridiculously 'invalid' happy endings so I hate them, but then it was Martine Scorsese and if you are a Scorsese admirer you can't resist him.
I watched the movie (a torrent copy), which is by the way not released here yet (copyright police could now arrest me) on my laptop.
Boy! And Was I mesmerized after it got finished? I had factually clapped a dozen times during the movie (remember I wasn’t in a cinema hall). The first of the claps comes in the opening scene when the introductory animation of the Paris railway station is shown. It was also for the first time Scorsese had made a movie in 3D (which I watched in 2D) and the scene was brilliant.
If you are a movie geek along with a film making euphoria you can tell how perfect that shot was. I am not a fan of animation but I have to accept that Animation do make some marvelous shots possible which can’t be done naturally (or shot practically). It opens an interesting gateway to the variety of options for a filmmaker which aid in the awesomeness of a film.
Like the other family movies this also has happy ending so the family audience need not to be strained by the fact that I hate happy endings and because I had said “this is a great movie” (so there will not be one but there is) because it is the movie of far excellence with a happy ending.
The pivotal reason to me for liking this movie (apart from it’s a Scorsese’s film) is, that this movie is the gratitude (to) and celebration of cinema. It features the HEYDAYS of filmmaking when cinema was an infant in the new world. For the movie vigilantes (just not only for entertainment) like me, this movie is a treat to our soul because it projects the grand splendor and dazzling magnificence of cinema. In addition to which it describes the intense emotions of an artist for his piece of art that he had created with all his soul merged in the river of creativity by the love of art.
BRAVO! MARTINE SCORSESE YOU HAVE DONE IT AGAIN.
