Hugo

IMDB bills this as "Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton." False. This movie is about movies. More specifically old movies. Even more specific a man who made old movies. This film starts out like it is about the title character Hugo (Asa Butterfield), but it is actually about a sad shop owner Goerges Melles (Ben Kingsley) who was, in the past, a visionary film make in the birthing days of the movies. There are good actors in this movie Ray Winstone, Christopher Lee, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen. And they all do great work. The only thing is that they are totally a waste of space. You spend quite a bit of time following them to no actually advancement or relevance to the main story. They show this mechanical man like it has some big mystery and will come alive. Nope. It just draws pictures. What I really liked about this movie is that they talk about movies is the way I feel about movies. Like they are dreams. Or a physical manifestation of what we can create in our minds. An Escape. In that aspect this movie touched me. Which I guess is the point, however I really do not need all of the extra junk getting in the way of that message. It would have been better billed to me as a story about Goerges Melles. Martin Scorsese does however put 3D to excellent use. It brings a depth and a fell that really does immerse you in this world. It also brings a fabulous look to all the old movies they show. I could have sat for two hours and watched all those in 3D. This movie is not for everyone. As a matter of fact, it is for very few people. And only if they can make it through all the unnecessary stuff to get to the meat. I enjoyed it for it's message, but that's about it.