Visually stunning. Nothing else and certainly not Oscar material

Rating: 6/10 (29 February 2012)

Hugo is a visually stunning film. The film is fluent, steady and quick with a myriad of harmoniously balanced scenes and colorful stages. However, it lacks a film narrative that is purposeful and captivating. Half way through the film, the main (and seemingly only) task at hand was deliver. So what is next? And how is this linked to the other thing? Huh? Think of Twin Peaks and the discovery of Laura Palmer's murderer in the middle of the second season(and how this inevitably led Twin Peaks to be canceled)... and now there is a passage to hell in twin peaks?
This is a great homage to one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of film but as a film, is does not capture the viewer's imagination.
AND.... what's up with people having french mannerisms but British accents...