![]() It's often a breathtaking visual spectacle, full of delightful flights of imagination, large and small: a view of Paris from a railroad clock tower, drawings that come alive, an adorable little clockwork mouse. It's a heartwarming, old-fashioned yarn about an orphan who finds love by giving love, who finds a purpose in life by restoring purpose to a wounded and bitter old man. No doubt "Hugo" has enormous potential when it comes to the box office and the upcoming awards season. If you were bewildered by the news that Scorsese was apparently blundering into Steven Spielberg’s territory and making a 3-D family spectacle for the holidays, wonder no longer. ![]() I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if "Hugo," Scorsese's gorgeous and meticulous 1930s fantasy re-creating life in a Parisian railway station in extraordinary detail, is the best movie anyone will make in the current post-"Avatar" 3-D wave (which has already ebbed considerably). In this case, of course, the future may also be the past. I will repeat what I said after watching an unfinished version of "Hugo" a few weeks ago: I have seen the future of 3-D moviemaking, and it belongs to Martin Scorsese, unlikely as that may sound.
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