It is an uncommon children’s movie that deals with questions of legacy, the appreciation of artistic genius, the moral abomination that is war, the decency in tinkering with things and most of all the magic of movies but in Hugo we have the film that does all this, ends by honouring the book as the chief of all art forms and should by rights have won the Oscar.
Your Correspondent, It even has better silent movie scenes than The Artist
Really??!!
Maybe I would have experienced it differently if we hadn’t gone with our kids, who were bored by it most of the way through. I thought it looked beautiful but lacked any real humour or magic in the storytelling. And the attempts at dealing with more profound themes were a bit clunky and heavy-handed. Not convinced at all.
I need to add that my wife feels I was too kind with my previous comments…
Never watch movies with your kids JM, especially Scorsese movies. Grandparents should be used to hone a movie-palette in kids and only when they are old enough should they be rewarded with their parent’s participation in film going!
That’s probably true. And there should be a similar rule about never watching movies with your in-laws. This has reminded me I need to go back and watch PT Anderson’s “Punch Drunk Love” again, but this time without my mother-in-law in the seat beside me…