andres
1Mar12
was the kid retarded or something? or just the embodiment of lack of sexual drive and purity?
andres: Filmography
i thought it was honest, but im really tired of gay people giving the same speeches everywhere, i just cant handle gay rights stuff anymore, it was kind of cheesy and cliche, maybe i thought it was a bit stereotypical since im used to that kind of talk around my gay friends. idk...
epicness, i felt like being cheesy.
ugh FINE.
wow.
the movie is just acting really...
this looks bad... but well see.
battle royal... im not into the whole hunger games craze. its a rip off.
so i was incredibly skeptical about watching this, i hate HATE war movies, i put this in my dvd with my judgmental "ill hate this" face. 10 min in i was swallowing my own thoughts. in the end it was not a war movie, it was just beautiful and like any other terry malick film it felt complete, i was more than satisfied and got more for what i bargained for. i love that feeling of nourishment after a movie.
this movie made me so horny when i was younger.
i kinda liked it...
a meh movie. but michelle was fantastic in it.
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though exploitative of the 9/11 thing, i cant help myself when it comes to cute movies, i did have a problem with the kid, he overreacted the whole aspergers thing as much as the stupid bitch in glee, being diagnosed with aspergers myself i still find it a little offensive that people still dont take it seriously. but as whole i loved the movie, melodramatic and an excellent tear jerker.
oh jesus u.u
im forcing myself to give it 5 stars. even though she was FANTASTIC, i just couldn't picture her in that time, so that made me be a little uncomfortable the whole movie. jean dujardin i blew a kiss to you at the end of the film.
where is everyones sense of humor?
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EVERYTHING was fine, until the whole cheesy georges melies shit came up.
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Bret Bynum
30Jan12
The Melies stuff is what the movie was all about! On the surface of the second half, the film is about how Hugo was the cause of rediscovering Melies, Melies' films, and Melies' greatness. But deeper than that, the Melies stuff is what solidifies the whole theme of the movie: people and their purpose; people finding where they belong in the world and doing what they were meant to do; mending their broken lives. I personally say that the Melies stuff is what the movie is really about, and is the best part.
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andres
30Jan12
ok... look, im usually hard on directors that have potential, martin scorsese is obsessed with movies to the point where with each movie i find myself telling to myself (im not surprised that his making a movie about movies or about NY) so seeing the trailer for hugo i was actually exited that hed do a kids film, a completely innocent one, about a boy and his father and a robot. that sounded great, but pushing in the whole movie thing i thought it was not a surprise, it did nothing for me. i did teared up in the whole movies are the factory of dreams etc. but i thought it was just over the top.
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Bret Bynum
30Jan12
Scorsese's movies are about their themes. Since most of them don't really have plots, what drives them are his abilities to make a movie, editing, performances, and themes. With Hugo, he's making a movie that's unlike anything he has ever done. Most of his films are about characters who are unable to to express feelings, sexual insecurity, religious guilt, and so on. But with Hugo, it's about finding your purpose; doing what you were meant to do. And at the same time, it's like everyone says: "A love letter to the cinema." I don't blame you if the movie didn't work for you as much as it did for me (not every movie is for everybody), but you have to think of the movie on its own terms. For being "a love letter to the cinema" it's one of the best contemporary films. My favorite line in the whole movie, which perfectly expresses why I love the movies so much is "The movies are our special place. A place where we can go and watch something."
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Bret Bynum
31Jan12
Basically, it's a big response to your last comment. Essentially I'm saying that I think this is one of his best movies. He has rarely done better than this.
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Bret Bynum
5Feb12
I have the feeling that you thought that my comments were more aggressive than I intended them.
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Seth Farmer
5Feb12
Personally, I would have found the movie really boring if not for the Melies stuff. The story of a little boy who lives in a train station is not enough to entertain me for two hours. I mean, the whole idea of what Scorsese is insinuating, that 3-D, like early motion pictures, isn't just some gimmick, but rather a brand new storytelling device with amazing potential, really fascinated me. Did you see it in 3-D?
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Elliot Kern
8Feb12
does anyone ever hear me? The Melies stuff is what the movie was all about! On the surface of the second half, the film is about how Hugo was the cause of rediscovering Melies, Melies' films, and Melies' greatness. But deeper than that, the Melies stuff is what solidifies the whole theme of the movie: people and their purpose; people finding where they belong in the world and doing what they were meant to do; mending their broken lives. I personally say that the Melies stuff is what the movie is really about, and is the best part. Scorsese's movies are about their themes. Since most of them don't really have plots, what drives them are his abilities to make a movie, editing, performances, and themes. With Hugo, he's making a movie that's unlike anything he has ever done. Most of his films are about characters who are unable to to express feelings, sexual insecurity, religious guilt, and so on. But with Hugo, it's about finding your purpose; doing what you were meant to do. And at the same time, it's like everyone says: "A love letter to the cinema." I don't blame you if the movie didn't work for you as much as it did for me (not every movie is for everybody), but you have to think of the movie on its own terms. For being "a love letter to the cinema" it's one of the best contemporary films. My favorite line in the whole movie, which perfectly expresses why I love the movies so much is "The movies are our special place. A place where we can go and watch something." Basically, it's a big response to your last comment. Essentially I'm saying that I think this is one of his best movies. He has rarely done better than this. Personally, I would have found the movie really boring if not for the Melies stuff. The story of a little boy who lives in a train station is not enough to entertain me for two hours. I mean, the whole idea of what Scorsese is insinuating, that 3-D, like early motion pictures, isn't just some gimmick, but rather a brand new storytelling device with amazing potential, really fascinated me. Did you see it in 3-D?
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Seth Farmer
8Feb12
@ Andres: We hear you loud and clear--we just think your argument is weak. That's why I wondered if you had seen the film in 3-D or not, but you avoided this question.
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andres
9Feb12
my argument is mine. im not trying to shove my points of view down someones throat. i am no one to do that, if you love movies so much, then you must understand that for each person theres a different experience of the movie. so dont insult the filmakers by being pretentious. movies are for everyone and everyone is entitled to judge it according to their own experiences.
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Seth Farmer
9Feb12
I never shoved anything down your throat. You asked two questions ("why?" and "does anyone ever hear me?") questions; I answered them.. I asked one question (did you see the film in 3-D) and you've now avoided it twice. No one is being pretentious. People who hide behind "it's just my opinion" without explaining how they feel are the pretentious ones.
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darn awful, and rooney mara is not the great thing everyone says she is. everyone can do accents.
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he dies.
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Seth Farmer
8May12
Your reason doesn't make any sense. The only protagonist that Wes Anderson has ever killed off is Royal Tenenbaum. Hardly a precedent.
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this was baaad...
brilliant.
laughed my ass off.
i laughed...mostly at the zac efron inside jokes i have with my friend... so
i thought it kinda went down when the murder happened.
read the book its way better. tilda swinton was amazing, though her character is way more weak mentally than in the book, she reminded me of kate winslets mildred pierce. her sporadic bursts of rage seem more like an accident than built up anger.
i hate kristen stewart.
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i love the concept of anthology films and vignettes, but this just went on and on and on, it wouldve been better if all of them were the same length.
im so proud of david lynch.
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