Hugo

SRC Have you ever felt a passion for something? Did you ever know the reason for this passion? Has life ever stubborn you in self-realization? Have you lost hope in that passion, and then felt that there is no real point in your existence in this life .. so you decided to live disguised in the daily routine of life? Perhaps this story is not new for millions of people on the face of the globe, as this is the eternal…

Dreams come from cinema. *Hugo* is a family film that manages to celebrate theater while weaving an intriguing tale with a child lead. The film reminded me, in some ways, of *Cinema Paradiso*. The film has a warm story, while celebrating the history of film. In particular, *Hugo* celebrates the life and work of George Melies, an early pioneer in silent films. Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives inside Montparnasse t…

Nothing on the surface of this movie indicates what it is really about and that is an odd choice. Hugo and his surrounding story is an excuse for basically paying tribute to, what should rightly be called, the father of cinema .. Georges Méliès (The Lumiere brothers would be the inventors of cinema). It is a bit of a freak movie. It felt like unpacking a huge gift wrapped in an enormous amount of useless, yet fancy…