Hugo (2011) - 2nd time


Nominated for 11 Academy Awards:

Best Picture
Best Director: Martin Scorsese
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography (WON)
Best Editing
Best Original Score
Best Art Direction (WON)
Best Costume Design
Best Visual Effects (WON)
Best Sound Mixing (WON)
Best Sound Editing (WON)

It would be mean of me to say that, just like any other film featuring her, Hugo works better when Chloë Grace Moretz is not in the scene.😛 But the truth is, while the star of Hugo is the boy, I might have liked it more had the film been only about the grown-ups. There’s something about Scorsese trying so hard to make a cute-sy PG-rated film that lands a bit fake. Especially when you stuff the screenplay with so much information about the history of cinema and Georges Méliès. Who is this film for and what is it trying to say?

Those would be my main issues with Hugo. Other than that, it’s so visually appealing, beautifully scored and Ben Kingsley & Helen McCrory do elevate the film in terms of acting. Gorgeous production design, it didn’t deserve the Visual Effects win, but fine, and while is definitely stole the Cinematography Oscar from The Tree of Life, you can tell the level of difficulty was high.

With big ambitions about 3D, Hugo ended up with a huge overrun budget, that made it a box office flop. It’s by no means a bad film, but it’s hard to be really excited about it.

I give it: 7.5/10


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