I loved it!
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, January 21, 2012 10:12:56 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] RECOMMENDED: HUGO Saw it in 3-D a few weeks ago. Brilliant. It's too bad so many people think it's a "kids movie" when it's not. I agree thata lot must be lost in viewing it in 2-D rather than 3-D... Rick In a message dated 1/21/2012 9:34:58 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Finally I saw this Christmas release. > >I was a little underwhelmed in some respects and quite overwhelmed in >others. >It's a 3D film that must be seen in 3D. Scorsese uses 3D in an intelligent >way to >try to capture some of the magic at the birth of cinema. The art >direction, >set decoration, photography, >movement, blocking, staging, and >production values are at once grand and astonishing. It's worth seeing for >that alone. > >As a kids' film, it is a little too grown-up, I think. For age 10 and >above. >Not that there is anything objectionable in it; I just wonder if it can >hold the attention of a young kid. It is not short. In fact, it may be a >little >too long for someone who is not absolutely enthralled with the subject, but >that would not include me. > >The movie is Professor Scorsese's ticket to impart his rapturous love >of early cinema. He tries, with remarkable success, to dramatize the >mechanical world of the early 20th century using 3D to make it all come >alive and to lionize the tinkerers, chemists, cameramen and directors who >literally invented >moving pictures. > >As a testament to Scorsese's abilities as a director especially his power >to harness vision within an enormous production, the film is impressive. > >Seeing this movie on TV in 2D will be almost like missing it. >It's a movie-lovers movie and it is large. > >How was I perhaps a little underwhelmed? The Cinema is >the star of this movie. This is not a star-turn picture. The acting is >good, >but Scorsese never lets these actors, with the exception of Sacha >Baron-Cohen, whom >he doesn't seem able to control entirely, >get anywhere near stealing this picture. In this sense, the film is the >polar opposite >of a movie like TREE OF LIFE where the actors are unleashed to carry the >film >or >MONEYBALL which is old fashioned Brad Pitt movie star stuff cooked to >perfection. > >K. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
