Martin Scorsese Directing Hugo Cabret

[Figs]

If you ask me, this movie looks very unoriginal.

I don't know the full story behind this film, so I won't say it looks unoriginal, but this is the first Scorsese film I have little to no interest in seeing in the theatre.

 

[echostation]

Oh jeez, it is NOT unoriginal... the film is such a sweet superb film... it makes all adults feel kind of like a kid again.. The look, the production design and cinematography are all fantastic. The gradual revelation and unraveling of the "twist" if you could say is really well done. It's such a lovely film, really it is... great stuff, I highly enjoyed it and it is NOT unoriginal... there are so many unique aspects to this film

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So, I see that you have come back from the future already.

I said that it "LOOKS" unoriginal. I never said that it was unoriginal.

Didn't ecostation say that he saw an advance screening?

 

[flickchick85]

Yes, he did.

 

[returntovoid]

Martin Scorsese was interviewed on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and explained why the project fascinated him.

After watching the interview, I'll give the film a chance.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-17-2011/martin-scorsese

 

[:eek:]

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompson...interviews-martin-scorsese-about-hugo-and-3-d

 

[echostation]

It's an excellent film... I usually don't agree with a lot of Harry from AICN's reviews but his review on AICN really nails this one...

 

[SuperBatman]

Right now it is 6-0 on Rotten Tomatoes. Hey I know its only 6 Reviews but that's great so far.

 

[dark_b]

Martin Scorsese was interviewed on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and explained why the project fascinated him.

After watching the interview, I'll give the film a chance.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-17-2011/martin-scorsese

this is a fantastic interview with Martin.

 

[mclay18]

For odd booking reasons, our theater won't be showing Hugo at all (not even a 2D print). At least not until next week. I blame that on Sony, Relativity and WB booking the available 3D screens and not budging for this one.

Oh well.

 

[JeetKuneDo]

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompson...interviews-martin-scorsese-about-hugo-and-3-d

Wow...Cameron says it's the best 3D he's ever seen?

 

[joypride]

97% in rottentomatoes.... best reviewed film of the year along wit HP7 and Muppets

 

[flickchick85]

Just saw this - beautiful, beautiful film. I loved how cleverly it intertwined Hugo's fictional story with the actual history of film. Out of all the "Oscar contenders" I've seen so far, this one's easily my favorite.

I haven't seen The Artist yet, but I can imagine it would make for a great double feature with this.

 

[danoyse]

For odd booking reasons, our theater won't be showing Hugo at all (not even a 2D print). At least not until next week. I blame that on Sony, Relativity and WB booking the available 3D screens and not budging for this one.

Oh well.

That stinks. It's playing at my local AMC, so I'm planning to catch it after I see The Muppets.

 

[mclay18]

That stinks. It's playing at my local AMC, so I'm planning to catch it after I see The Muppets.

I'm frankly surprised why Carmike Cinemas has barely booked Hugo at all (I've checked out all the Carmike theaters in my state, and only 2-3 of them have Hugo). Usually, a film that gets over 1,000+ theater bookings makes it to our theater.

Paramount better roll it out further next week. Reviews are glowing, and I really want to see it.

 

[Liam_H]

I'm surprised this has such a low theater count, unless they're expanding later on.

 

[echostation]

Please guys go watch this film... I'm an avid avid supporter of it... it's SUCH a great film...

 

[Secret Fawful]

Hugo is an amazing book. I bought it when it came out, and it just has this art that I can stare at for hours in awe, and the story was fabulous. I really really love that Martin made a film of this and I can't wait to see it.

 

[DACrowe]

Just saw this in 2D and its visuals were so beautifully jaw-dropping, I wish I'd seen it in 3D--which is rare.

What a beautiful film perfect for the family and the holidays. It may be a movie about children, but it resonates so much with adults I wonder if most children will appreciate this love letter to cinema. This is a perfect Dickensian story in the first half of the orphan boy who befriends the orphaned girl while avoiding the orphanage and a the clumsy French inspector, as well as a play on classic French stereotypes, but it becomes so much more. The slow unraveling of its central mystery and how it relates to one of the great auteurs of film's infancy (I won't spoil who if you don't know) is terrific.

The way this film balances all these different perspectives flawlessly and without feeling slow is wonderful. It becomes a survey of early cinema but keeps it fresh and fun for all ages in how the children in the movie react. And these kids feel like real kids, instead of cutesy studio marketing. Butterfield and Moretz are sublime. But its the adults, namely Ben Kingsley's character and his wife who are really haunting when they see their work from decades ago reemerge through the insistence of cinephiles and the "broken" little boy of Hugo. It doesn't come off maudlin or as overly-sentimental tripe. It's just a purely pleasing callback to early silent features and the love of those who make them.

9/10

Superb film.

 

[flickchick85]

Just saw this in 2D and its visuals were so beautifully jaw-dropping, I wish I'd seen it in 3D--which is rare.

Yeah, this is the first movie since Avatar - which means 2nd movie ever - that I'd say people should see in 3D. And the 3D was better than Avatar, too (as was the movie).

 

[Kane52630]

Fantastic film and it's a must see in 3D (that opening shot, by god. ). It's such a great love letter to the history of cinema.
9/10

 

[Man in the Suit]

Probably the best 3D yet. Really good movie, especially the 2nd half.

 

[danoyse]

I saw this over the weekend. Hadn't read the book and knew very little about the film beyond the TV spots, so I wasn't sure what to expect - and I didn't expect what I wound up seeing, but I really enjoyed it. Probably the best use of 3D I've seen since the obession with this format re-emerged in the last few years. [BLACKOUT]I never in a million years thought I'd ever see A Trip to the Moon in 3D. [/BLACKOUT] That was pretty cool.

Excellent movie all around. Saw this and The Muppets in the same day, so it was a pretty great day at the movies.

 

[Kane52630]

Saw this and The Muppets in the same day, so it was a pretty great day at the movies.

Same here, it was a good double feature.

 

[flickchick85]

Ha, I did that exact same double feature too. It was great.