Cinematic

Hugo ★★★★
Scorsese's tribute to early cinema wrapped up in a fairly simple kids story about a boy who lives in the Paris train station fixing the clocks.
Not that the story is all that important, this is all about the visuals, from the seamless extended opening sequence (like in Goodfellas but with less pen stabbing), through the frequent references to other films, events and techniques (Harold Lloyd, the derailment of the Granville-Paris Express in 1895, stop motion animation) to the painstakingly recreated Méliès films.
Technically this seems unbelievably complicated and well constructed, although it is a bit let down by a fairly straightforward story and some odd choices of actors.
Still it's one of the more interesting Oscar contenders and must be a cert for best Director.