This is the film i've been waiting all year for.

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2011)

When I first saw the trailer for Martin Scorsese's newest film, Hugo, I was a little skeptical. Scorsese is the classic director behind gritty films such as The Departed, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, and Taxi Driver, so I just felt like it wasn't his style. But then I realized that he was always a director of variety. He's done romances, mob movies, dramas, and biopics, so I started to feel like he could do something beautiful with it. I finally just saw it, and I must say,wow.
The film is based off the novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret. The film's hero is Hugo(a terrific Asa Butterfield), an orphan who lives inside the clocks of a train station in 1930's Paris, where he roams and observes the fellow city people, while constantly being harassed by the station inspector(A hilariously lovable Sacha Baron Cohen).
Hugo is trying to fix a robotic man that his late father(Jude Law) and him tried to fix, while also trying to figure out who a vendor named George(an excellent Ben Kingsley)really is. So as Hugo and Isabelle(Chloe Moretz), George's granddaughter, investigate, the film turns into a film history lesson, and that's only part of what makes Hugo so fascinating.
Hugo is the film i've been waiting all year for. I don't mean that anticipation wise. I've actually been waiting all year for Midnight in Paris, and will see that later this week. What I mean is, it's the film i've been waiting for in sense of greatness. Hugo is my favorite film of 2011.
I haven't been more fascinated by a movie since last year's best movie, Inception. Hugo is an adorable, light, and gorgeous family mystery that Martin Scorsese was obviously born to direct. The guy is such a great director. The way that he makes movies is just a marvel on it's own. The camera angles, cinematography, and set designs are beautiful and unique.
The performances are also ones to remember. Kingsley and some of the other actors deserve nominations. And Scorsese, obviously. I love what he's done with this film. Not only does he focus on the main characters, but he focuses on the characters in the train station, which are just a delight to watch.
I have seen a lot of great films this year, but Hugo was the one that really showed me what a year it's been. It's as if it was made for me. It's a love letter to cinema, and I really had a great time with it. And it makes me sad that it hasn't made a lot of money. You really have to see it to believe it.
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