"Everything has a purpose, clocks tell you the time, trains takes you to places."

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2012)

Starring- Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield; The Hugo, a sentimental melodramatic movie accompanied by mystery and suspense, made under the "Paramount Pictures" banner, directed by "Martin Scorsese", written by John Logan, based on Brain Selznick's imaginative New York Times best seller "The invention of Hugo Cabaret" is a big step ahead in the history of movie-making, for it is the first ever movie made in 3-D with amazing special effects. I was swept away by the beauty of the means used to narrate a wonderful story, of an orphan boy living secretly in the walls of Paris Railway Terminus- maintaining the clocks of the station, avoiding the constable by using his wits, who intends to send Hugo to an orphanage. There is a slight twist of fantasy - deliberate nature of Hugo and Isabelle's yearn for adventure. Hugo's father died suddenly and mysteriously, and moved on with the automaton left by his father, believing it had the key to his future. The excitement is added when two wounded people interact- actions of one lead to reactions of the other, in turn both get healed. The boy's attempt to excavate his father's message leads to an excavation of past of old shopkeeper and the first three decades of cinema history. The plot is resolved by a heart-shaped key. British accent with French layer on dialogs add to the presentation and ferocious Doberman nearly lands in your lap is a lasting 3D effect. Scorsese passionately depicted early cinema in perfect detail, also he highlights the passion of his life-Cinema and its evolution using flashback technique. It is a great tribute to twentieth century cinema, glorious past when movies were non-narrative, efforts of inventor of the concepts of special effects, use of tricks like dissolves, multiple exposure and time lapse photography. Ticking Clocks and there spare parts are remarkably associated with passing events and that each one of us has a purpose in life. Time alters the taste of audiences, it turns today's hit into tomorrow's wreck. It was a sincere effort to awaken audiences to the glory of the past. The movie screen is loaded and packed with clocks, gears, cogs and round objects – which trigger the audience to an obsessive delight of magic and mechanics and unties young and old. I highly recommend you to take out time from your busy schedules and go watch this meaningful and moving movie.