This movie is visually very stunning and easily captivates its audience. At the onset of the film, I was a bit weary because I thought it would another orphan story done ad nauseum in Hollywood today. Further into the film, however, I began to admire it and enjoy it.
The first 'moment' that I had within this film was in the opening sequence. When Hugo was descending the staircase within the clock room, the shot used was an incredibly well executed tracking shot. Once I saw this shot I immediately checked to see if 'Hugo' won the Oscar for cinematography - which it did. The shot was so fluid and well constructed, it really engaged the audience well.
Another 'moment' that I had in the movie was when Hugo had his dream about going down onto the train tracks and finding the key. A train was approaching, and in order to miss hitting our main character, the train went off the tracks and into the station. Aside from being very neat in effect, when the train was approaching Hugo, I was reminded of the film 'A Train Arriving at a Station'. But here, instead of the audience being afraid of the the train in 2d as was when the Lumiere brothers showed there film, director Scorsese made it appear in 3d to scare the audience. This is a direct commentary of the innovation that Scorsese and other directors wish to take in the new 3d world of film.
A third 'moment' I had was when the Inspector had a romantic moment with his love interest. He built up the courage to go talk to her, and was bumbling over his words and didn't really know what to say, but it worked out well regardless. Aside from the way this scene plays into the plot, I thought it was very interesting being the audience is encouraged to take sides with the Inspector; up to this point he had been a sort of antagonist or enemy. This event and the connection the viewer had with the Station Inspector foreshadows the humanity of his character and makes it more believable that he would allow Hugo to go.
Overall, a really enjoyable movie!
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