Boring

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2011)

This was my first digital 3D and the snowflakes-in-your-face are very impressive; I can see now where it will be a challenge to go back to 2D.
The next pleasure was to simply look at this representation of Paris in the 1930s in this format.
So far so good. And then the underscore music by Howard Shore, and I knew I was in for a rough ride because he chose to imitate Philip Glass and this left me somewhat nauseous for the remainder of the film.
Why did he go that route? Because of the tic-toc-clockery theme? If so, either he or Martin forgot that clocks are inherently sleep-inducing. Combine this with the slow pacing, and after an hour I realized I was hopelessly bored.
The only cheer at this point was a credible effort by young actress Chloë and then the storyline veered off to a film-business homage.
With all due respect to Georges Méliès, I was really not at all prepared to spend an afternoon at film school. I would be happy to do that at another time when in the mood.
If that is your bag, then this film is a must-see.
Otherwise, there must be something else out there much better...