Hugo: Blu Ray Review

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Hugo: Blu Ray Review

Rating: MReleased by Universal Home Entertainment
Asa Butterfield (who many will remember from the Boy Withthe Striped Pyjamas) stars as orphan Hugo Cabret. Cabret lives in the wallsaround the station of Paris in the world of the1930s; after his clock maker father (Jude Law) died in a fire at the museumwhere he worked, Cabret was an orphan.
But Cabret spends his day stealingfood and clockwork pieces from Ben Kingsley's toy shop owner, Papa Georges, ashe has a secret. Hugo is trying to rebuild an automaton left to him by hisfather as he believes the machine has a message from his departed dad.
But, Hugo's missing a heart shaped key for it - and itappears Isabelle, Georges' granddaughter, may be able to help unlock themystery.
Martin Scorsese's film is a passionate piece about a love ofcinema - even though it doesn't start out like that. Initially, it appears tobe a tale about an orphan boy, avoiding the clutches of Sacha Baron Cohen'sstation master.
However, it soon switches to a mesmerizing andbreathtakingly beautiful tale which celebrates the wonder of cinema and theinfluence of early film makers - specifically, one by the name of GeorgesMelies.
It's also a stunning use of 3D as well and it finally makesthe technology feel magical and wondrous.
Opening with a shot of a clockwork mechanism, it fades into a Paris landscape and then swoopsmajestically into the train station - it's a bold and stupendous opening shotwhich shows the scope of Scorsese's ambition for this film.

Cinephiles will love this film - it's bound to be a classiccelebration of the pioneering cinematic forefathers - but Hugo is not just forfilm fans.
It's a beautifully crafted, passionately heartfelt andspellbinding, enigmatic film which is a captivating and magical watch frombeginning to end. 

Extras: A Making of - a little disappointing

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