This is truly cinema magic

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2012)

Hugo is about an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Hugo also has a back story about Georges Méliès life. The master of cinema, Martin Scorsese, takes on a beautiful adventure that makes you feel like a kid and at the same time showing you movie magic. After I watched Hugo I just sat on my couch in amazement and thinking to myself this is why I love filmmaking. Scorsese is one of the best directors of our time and will go down in history as on of the best filmmakers. Hugo is Scorsese's most unique work because it's his first family film and the way he grabs the audience into this adventure is remarkable. The camera work in this film is beautiful. The way Scorsese shoots the train station and the secret corridors of the station is jaw-dropping, along with the shots of Paris. The best part of Hugo is the way Scorsese re-creates the life of Méliès, a filmmaker who crafted over hundreds of films from 1896 to 1913. It is beautiful to be able to watch old cinema in Hugo and just fall in love with it. The visual-effects in Hugo are superb. Everything looks realistic and magical at the same time. This film deserved the Oscars it won for visual-effects. The script for Hugo is written flawlessly. A story about two kids adventure and tying in a backstory of Méliès life fascinating. I was really grabbed into this story. Hugo has a flawless cast with: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude Law, & Christopher Lee. Everyone gives perfect performances, but the ones I want to talk about are: Cohen's, Butterfield's, and Moretz's. Sacha Baron Cohen is one of those actors whose talents are like no one else's. He is a unique actor and when he acts it feels like he has become his character. His performance in Hugo is hilarious and quite enjoyable. Asa Butterfield the lead actor in Hugo and has one of the best performances I have seen from a kid actor. The emotion in his face and the dedication you see from his performance is remarkable. You will find yourself rooting for his character throughout Hugo, due to his engaging performance. Another young actress, Chloe Moretz, never disappoints me in the films I have seen her in. She is one of my favorite young actress's. Moretz's performance in Hugo is seems so natural and sweet. She delivers one of her best performances of her career so far. Hugo is one of those films that if you respect and love filmmaking you will fall in love with it. Martin Scorsese's heart is truly in this film and Hugo is the reason why I love filmmaking.