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Vanessa I saw it today & your review is perfection. I loved this movie & did not go in expecting it to be what it is. I had the mistaken idea it was full of fantasy imagery & was so pleasantly surprised at how much more it was. Scorsese has outdone himself with this treasure.
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Moviegeekblog For all its camera swoops and chases the film never manages raise the level of excitement. Yes, it does look good and the 3D is some of the best we've seen, but it all gets a bit boring after a while. For a film so concerned about preserving the art of story-telling, it's surprising to see how it fails to actually tell a story! I wanted to like it a lot more than I did... My full review wp.me/p19wJ2-s6
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Dan Chung @MoviegeekBlog Checked out your review and will have to respectfully disagree. I think it told a story quite well (but either way, would credit the source material over Scorsese). If anything, Marty has managed to infuse this fantasy tale with an adult tone and reflected his personality within that (a rare feat), while additionally transforming it into an allegory for preserving history as we move into the future (the imagery is not accidental: clocks, orphans, trains). It's a difficult thing when criticizing cinema because the audience can never really know the director's intentions. However, as a reviewer, I think it's vital to disconnect preconceived notions (such as ideas about storytelling you feel Hugo did not fit into) and just experiencing what is presented.
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Moviegeekblog I came in as open-minded as I possibly could (in fact I was ready to love it), but I just thought it was a bit too loose and baggy. The pacing was all off, the comedy didn't work and in the end I was just a bit bored by it. I appreciate the effort but I didn't think it worked as a kids-film which is what it should have been first and foremost. As I said, Marty tried too hard, but beyond the allegorical imagery and the nice message about preserving stories, there must be a strong enough character to take you through the film and Hugo was certainly not the one.
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Dan Chung @MoviegeekBlog Definitely hear what you're saying, but why should it have been a kids film first and foremost?
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Moviegeekblog that's how it's sold to us (from the trailer, the poster and the slapstick humour throughout)
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Dan Chung @MoviegeekBlog That's part of what I meant about disconnecting preconceived notions - ignoring the way the movie is marketed/advertised/sold. If anything, I would classify it as a family movie (not just for kids), but even that does not do it justice. I agree that it's being hocked as a holiday kid extravaganza, but I think it's far more than that.
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