All Hype - Bad Movie

Rating: 3/10 (27 November 2011)

The film "Hugo", Martin Scosese newest film currently has cinematic reviews that were similar to his other works "Gangs of New York" or "Shutter Island." Each movie succumbed to the marketing hype of Martin Scorsese's genius, meanwhile forgetting the fact, each of these films is never chosen for a re- watch. I am a Martin Scorsese fan. This film leaves the viewer watching ninety minutes of stage preparation and bland information before the story starts; and still, a poorly comprised story at that.
Hugo is prime example of a badly written screenplay with a huge budget. As other reviewers have said, it is a visually gorgeous film. That however doesn't make up for the languishing story that starts as fast as a 1930's steam engine.
The entire story places misguided buildup on character points and plot lines that change over the course of the two hour film. As wonderful as it is to be given the accurate view of the everyday activities of the Paris train station workers (despite they all speak English), they were sidebars to the story. Seeing the mundane jobs of characters who do not have a place in the story takes away from the precious time Martin Scorsese had for character and story development needed to make this a good movie.
My expectation is this film will always have moderate to good reviews. However, on a movie night at home, like "Gang's of New York" or "Shutter Island", viewers will choose to NOT watch a movie at all than waste another two hours of their life watching a bad movie.