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Thursday, January 12, 2012

"Hugo"

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The most stunning 3-D drama ever filmed.  From the mesmerizing opening scene of a snowy France in 1930s, it zooms into the rows of building windows, passing through people on the platform of a train station, capturing the vibrancy of a marketplace with bustling cafe and shops, jazz music and colorful flowers. The sweeping view of wintry Paris from the clock tower is truly wondrous.  One caveat - don't expect an action-packed adventure or epic fantasy.  It's an imaginative fable, but it's a full-length drama, told from the eyes of a lonely orphan facing the harsh reality to survive and trying to piece together clues left by the untimely death of his father.  Surprisingly, it's a dual-story, interconnected to a piece of cinematic history.  "Hugo" is a love note to cinema.