Member review

Alone and with no relatives around, Hugo Cabret lives in the chocolate coloured walls of a bustling train station in Paris in the 1930s. His job is to oil and keep the station clocks working but Hugo finds his top priority task is to fix a broken automaton discovered in an old museum by himself and his late father.

Throughout the duration of the film, Georges Méliès' character was hidden behind a mask which I liked. The mask showed a compassionless man but near the end of the film he revealed his true character which was caring and kind. I thought that the unsmiling station inspector was too serious about his work which was to capture orphans and send them to the orphanage and whatever he tried he just couldn't catch Hugo. Isabelle was a very friendly girl who helped Hugo fix his automaton since she had the heart-shaped key. I liked her because she loved adventures just like me and would do anything to embark on one! I found Hugo very mysterious at the beginning when there was no speech to tell the story so you could only guess his personality by his actions. I liked the way he thought that every person had a special role in the world and was always trying to find his part to play - it made me give an afterthought of what my role is, if he is true.

Even though this film was not at all about Easter I found a connection to it. The flower lady's flowers had daffodils and daffodils are a sign of Easter and new life ( for plants ).

When Hugo had those "dreams" I found the automaton instantly creepy. They way it always looked at Hugo gave me shivers down my spine. Although it was a scary robot on one side, it was actually unique as well because you would have to be a very patient and intelligent person to build such a model and make it work!! When the automaton first drew the moon landing picture I thought that where the rocket landed and there was that drooping bit, that it looked like the yeast of a cracked egg hanging.

Factual this film was indeed because it was a film about films and that is really rare! When Hugo had that dream of the train flying out of the station, that is also a part of history in France which occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895.

Altogether, I extremely enjoyed watching this film as it was eggcelent and suitable, I would think, for all ages!!