A Beautiful Cinematic Masterpiece!

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2014)

Martin Scorsese adapted and filmed Brian Selznick's illustrated novel to the screen at the insistence and suggestion of his school aged daughter to make this into a movie. Thank God for that! This film is quite beautiful to watch. Sir Brian Kingsley did a fantastic job as a French toy shop owner in a Parisian station. His character Georges encounters Hugo Cabret with a past of his own. After World War I, Paris is between wars and struggles to rebuild. Hugo is one of many orphans. Aside from the stunning acting and art direction, I wished he hired more French actors and actresses. While I love to see Sir Christopher Lee, Richard Griffiths, Sasha Baron Cohen,and Frances De La Tour. I enjoy the British cast but felt that they should have cast French actors and actresses in this roles. Still I loved the movie as the power of magic movie making.