Hugo BD

[j_garcia]

Solid film from Scorsese. Very well done visuals, excellent use of surrounds on the dts-HD MA track, and solid performances. It is an odd one in that it almost seems like a kids movie, but it is fairly heavy and very melancholy (signature Scorsese?). The story is interesting and well presented and had a lot of good concepts and nice nods to the beginnings of the film industry. I found the brooding nature of the story almost outweighed the hope of the main character though, leaving a sort of unsettled feeling through the whole thing. If I had to compare, I'd say something like the feel and tone of Sweeny Todd without the music. It manages to set itself apart though, with the story being the most interesting part IMO. Definitely worth a rent, probably won't make it to my collection.

 

[DTS]

It arrived today from Netflix, never saw it in the theater, been wondering what all the hoopla was about awards wise. Curious to see it, but previews just never seem to draw me to it. Not sure if we'll get to it tonight or not.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

Solid film from Scorsese. Very well done visuals, excellent use of surrounds on the dts-HD MA track, and solid performances. It is an odd one in that it almost seems like a kids movie, but it is fairly heavy and very melancholy (signature Scorsese?). The story is interesting and well presented and had a lot of good concepts and nice nods to the beginnings of the film industry. I found the brooding nature of the story almost outweighed the hope of the main character though, leaving a sort of unsettled feeling through the whole thing. If I had to compare, I'd say something like the feel and tone of Sweeny Todd without the music. It manages to set itself apart though, with the story being the most interesting part IMO. Definitely worth a rent, probably won't make it to my collection.

Very good summary, except I'd have to add since this is mostly kids movie - it doesn't have any of Sweeny Todd violent scenes, but yea - I could see the angle of theme - early 20th century europe big city - Paris and London looked similar

 

[j_garcia]

I rented it because of the ton of awards it won as well.

Very good summary, except I'd have to add since this is mostly kids movie - it doesn't have any of Sweeny Todd violent scenes, but yea - I could see the angle of theme - early 20th century europe big city - Paris and London looked similar

Yeah, just the look and feel, not so much the events. They kept this one kid friendly. Sweeny Todd definitely not geared toward kids.

One of the things I found odd was most of the main characters seemed to be British (Hugo and his dad were British), or at least spoke with more British accents than French?

 

[tattoo_Dan]

I saw this a few nights ago and really liked the entire movie.

loved the way it was shot. really had a sense of fantasy to it.