I found Hugo to be a wonderful film. I saw it in 3D - even some of the historical footage was converted to 3D. The film seemed to have been recorded in 3D. Many films are converted from 2D, and sometimes weird artifacts of the conversion are apparent if not well done. I saw a trailer of Cameron's conversion of 'Titanic' to 3D (he calls converted films 2.8D) and the conversion looks really superb technically, very carefully done. My guess the grounding of the cruise ship recently might spur more people to experience a 3D rematch with 'Titanic'.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Yesterday, in anticipation of the Golden Globes, wanting to > have seen as many of the contenders as possible, I finally > got around to watching Martin Scorcese's "Hugo." The HFPA > gave him a Golden Globe for Best Director, and IMHO they > probably should have given him the award for Best Drama > as well. It's really a masterwork of the cinema art. > > In his acceptance speech, Mr. Scorcese talked about the > genesis of his film. His at-the-time 12-year-old daughter > fell in love with a book called "The Invention of Hugo > Cabret," and infected him with a similar love for it, such > that when his wife said, "Why don't you make a movie our > daughter can see?," he thought of this book. > > "Hugo" is nothing less than one of the master filmmakers > of our time using state-of-the-art cinema techniques to > create a homage to the history of cinema itself. I saw this > film in 2D, but am going to be the first in line when it > comes to my local theater in 3D. James Cameron saw the > film and said that it was the best use of 3D he had ever > seen, including his own film "Avatar." I can only imagine. > The long tracking shot that opens the film left me gasping > in 2D; I can only imagine what it was like in 3D. > > The basic plot revolves around the eponymous Hugo. He, an > orphan, lives in the walls and rafters of the Montparnasse > train station in Paris. He fixes the clocks and keeps them > running, and steals food to live. But he's also working at > fixing an automaton that his father left to him. This > obsession leads him to a man living a lowly life as the > proprietor of a toy repair shop in the station. That man > turns out to be George M�lies, one of the geniuses of early > cinema, fallen on bad times and embittered at having been > rejected by an artform he was one of the first creators of. > > The thing is, that's what really happened in George M�lies' > life. The author of the novel drew upon that story and made > up a remarkable fable about how an orphan boy could have > been instrumental in bringing him back into the public view. > > "Hugo" is as impassioned a homage to cinema and all that it > is as I have ever seen. Scorcese takes us to the world's > first movie studio, built by George M�lies, and described > by him as "the place your dreams come from." > > They're still coming from the same place. If you have any- > thing of the film lover in you, you should see this movie. > And you can even take the kids. >
