Review of Hugo (2011) by Lahaine — 19 Dec 2011
This is was an interesting one, though something was highly questionable about it. Hugo was a very meaningful movie that gets into the heart of the characters and the meaning of cinema itself. Any movie buff should see this, as its a testimonial to the history film making and film preservation, which is evidently very important to Mr.
Scorsese. This is one of Scorsese's most technically lush films, boasting exceptional art direction (which needs an Oscar), nice cinematography and some decent costume designs. And finally Asa Butterfield did well and the supporting players were all good, particularly Chloe Moretz (as usual) and Ben Kingsley.
With all that said, something that I genuinely questioned was the true quality of the movie's screenplay. It was very unbalanced, and the first half was a quite drab (despite having an interesting premise).
The movie could have definitely used a a serious rewrite, but overall it was a good, and well made film.
This review of Hugo (2011) was written by Lahaine on 19 Dec 2011.
Hugo has generally received very positive reviews.
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