A very shallow and misleading story

Rating: 2/10 (3 March 2012)

First of all this is my first review of a movie on IMDb which I respect for being a source for my movie information. Now getting on to the "masterpiece": Hugo is a disappointing movie. All the trailer promised was a lie - there is nothing magic about this movie. I am a film student and I feel quite offended for the latest addition in Scorsese's resume. The movie is about silent movies in the end.. that's it. Hugo, the character, is just too shallow and there's nothing magic in the whimsical setting he is placed in. Everything is weak, I might even say the visuals - YES, you heard me. Although the visuals are interesting throughout the movie, they do not back up the lack of story - hence, boring. Long story short, this movie is about film-making, and the whole world spins around that French rail station. Maybe the rail stations were like today's malls, I didn't research that, but after opening with a wide shot of periodical France and afterwards are let to find that 70% of the film is in a train station, you are left down. Hugo's story is that he lost his parents, Disney style, and he can't find his place in this world and works on a robot ultimately leading him to the real plot - movies, silent movies - the magical world of movies. Ironic for me is that Scorsese wants to portray this magic world of movies with a Boring ONE. Scorsese is like and old man, wagging his stick and talking about "the good old movies" and even takes the time, during the movie to lecture the audience. No. This is a pure cash-in movie, nothing more - and it's edited like s**t - 2 hours for a story that can be told in 30~45 minutes max (with better actors) is unacceptable. Very, very disappointed.
Tudor M.