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Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

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29 Comments for Hugo - Audio Review

  • Salty the Beast

    December 04, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Salty the Beast said ...

    My reviüü: http://saltythebeastblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/movie-review-hugo.html

  • December 02, 2011 at 5:12 AM, said ...

    I liked this movie very much.  The bits with the two budding romances within the station felt like they should have been trimmed until I heard Scorcese say the movie was about making connections and in that context, those scenes worked.  In the end -- and not to give away the ending -- I loved how one person's quest enabled those connections.  I'm seeing this again with two friends who haven't seen the movie (and who wouldn't have based on the trailer).  Again, great review.  And believe it or not, I still can't get co-host's "fuck Walter" out of my head since seeing The Muppets tonight.

  • Reza Zanjani

    November 28, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Reza Zanjani said ...

    god dammit co-host you need to do something about that attention span :P

  • November 28, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Avenger said ...

    It's so rare that I agree fully with the crew, great job on the review! The only issue that wasn't brought up was how disconcerting it is that supposedly French characters in an American film have British accents.

    Avenger
  • Dustin Chandler

    November 25, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Dustin Chandler said ...

    id certainly go see this movie if there was aleast ONE screening at my theatre (seriously, they have every other 3D movie out, but not this one?) which makes me beg the question: how well will this do at the box office? i know with passion projects like this that money is kind of an afterthought, but something like Ed Wood could afford to bomb because it was on a small budget anyways, wheras this is a $170 million blockbuster.

  • November 24, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Jack68 said ...

    I thought the movie was okay. Very pretty.....

    Jack68
  • Thomas Mariani

    November 24, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Thomas Mariani said ...

    I loved this movie. Some stuff in the first twenty minutes felt like obvious and bland pandering for the kids (ie the slapstick& the dogs stuff), but it's so ends up being so beautiful by the ending.

  • November 24, 2011 at 8:07 AM, Justin Via said ...

    B. Kinglsey in Shutter Island: no love?

    Justin Via
  • Reid Larsen

    November 24, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Reid Larsen said ...

    Interesting review, one of my favorite films this year!

  • November 24, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Jason McNorton said ...

    This looks great, but why did they use that song on the trailer.  Talk about pre-mature dating.

    Jason McNorton
  • EriksBlue

    November 24, 2011 at 2:26 AM, EriksBlue said ...

    Oh my god . . . *runs in the opposite direction of this movie*

  • November 24, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Jon said ...

    wow

    really engaging

    a huge surprise from Scorsese

    he did state he wanted to make a film for his kids and he suceeded; he managed to make a movie that appeals to both children and adults holding a complex storyline, great child actors, beautiful cinematography, and wonderful acting

    Chloe Moretz can still act and I applaud her so much

    it sucks Jude Law only enters for 5 min in flashbacks

    I did dig Sascha Baron Cohen as the Inspector, looked goofy and was fun

    I really thought this movie was going in one path but then it turned around and became very engrossing

    it made me feel very nostalgic about the good ol' fashioned era of cinema and kept me smiling

    Scorsese really gets the imaginative side of things nailed down while reminding the audience why things start out in our minds and eventually make their way to the public eye

    some people may be bored to death, me I wasnt

    Jon

  • November 24, 2011 at 1:54 AM, said ...

    remember orphans back in the old days in movies they where treated like shit.

  • November 24, 2011 at 1:33 AM, said ...

    I saw this in a double feature with The Muppets, and I have to say-this was so much better. I enjoyed The Muppets, but I love the crap out of this movie. This is not a kid's film. This is a movie for the people who love art. And I love art, and the art of film, and this is the second best film of the year for me, behind Midnight in Paris. Please go see this movie. Stop trowing cash at The Muppets and go see Hugo, and get your friends to go see Hugo. Message to America ended.

  • Haron Dick

    November 24, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Haron Dick said ...

    The movie industry needs 3D films like this one, that go beyond just gimmicky and shows that the technology can be used to tell good stories with some deeper meaning not just action. No matter what the 3D movement needs this. I got to check this shit out.

  • November 24, 2011 at 12:03 AM, Lewis Morris said ...

    @Rocket Joe!, DRIVE is really the only better than sex movie I've seen this year.  Friggin love that movie.

    Lewis Morris

  • November 24, 2011 at 12:00 AM, said ...

    Great review guys, completely understand where Co-Host is coming from because there are some friends of mine I would really warn against seeing this film.

    Really want to see this film but I can't seem to find a day of release for Australia. Hopefully it comes out soon.

  • November 23, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Kenneth Logan Jr. said ...

    Do not take Cohost to any slow moving films, for some reason he just does not like them.

    Kenneth Logan Jr.
  • James G

    November 23, 2011 at 10:18 PM, James G said ...

    wasn't ben kingsley in shutter island that was a good movie

  • November 23, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Lewis Morris said ...

    I really don't think the side characters were a problem in the slightest. I don't feel like the first half was slow or a chore at all, and it had me wrapped in the film the entire time......  I really don't see how any of it was slow, or how it was boring, because it was in total service to the entire feel and the entire intent of the movie itself.  So, I gotta disagree strongly with some of the points in this review.  Besides, I saw it with an audience that was about 40% kids, and they were loving it...  So, yeah...  It's a high full price for me.

    Lewis Morris

  • November 23, 2011 at 9:58 PM, said ...

    Red eye'd robots make me think of 2 things:

    Hal

    and

    http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Rampancy

  • November 23, 2011 at 9:42 PM, dvd6441 said ...

    I am going to see this in theatres. 

    dvd6441
  • Samuel Gelber

    November 23, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Samuel Gelber said ...

    Hector, You will totally love this movie.

  • November 23, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Hector Fernando Andrade JR. II said ...

    Cool review guys.

     

    I decided I will see Hugo by myself this week since Jean Marco does not want to see it. Plus if I go by myself the prices will be cheaper.

    Hector Fernando Andrade JR. II

  • November 23, 2011 at 9:07 PM, said ...

    I knew that Scorsese would own 3D.

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Synopsis:  Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's award-winning novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret stars Asa Butterfield, as an orphan boy who lives in a Parisian train station. Sent to live with his drunken uncle after his father's death in a fire, Hugo learned how to wind the massive clocks that run throughout the station. When the uncle disappear...  Continue Reading

Starring:  Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloë Grace Moretz

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