Easily one of the best of the decade

Rating: 10/10 (2 February 2012)

Ah, before reading my "drivel" the reader should realise that I am one of those brain dead morons who thought that Hugo was a brilliant movie. Certainly it is not a Ben-Hur or Deer Hunter but it was not conceived to be a movie like those that were on a much larger canvas. In my opinion you should not compare apples and oranges,they are too dissimilar just as these huge movies must not be compared to smaller personal dramas like Hugo. The movie was first and foremost set driven and script driven and Scorsese's brilliant direction brought the film together. Not being connected with the industry I would think that this type of movie would be very hard to direct (as opposed to some of the "Haters")because the plot demands the ability to assembly disparate elements in a complex script peppered with many subtleties. Lo Schiavo's Set Direction was beyond any criticism; she turned literary words into concrete reality in a very complex movie. The media is right in my opinion!