Hugo and the Magic of the Reel
Earlier today, I went to see Martin Scorsese's Hugo. I heard many good things about it and since I am a huge movie buff, especially movies for younger audiences, I was really pumped to go. I was not happy to see that Hugo was under the 3D plague that many movies have been suffering from, but I put the glasses on and moved forward.
It was worth it. The movie was not action pack or filled with witty dialogue or filled with edgy subjects like sex or drugs. It was a movie that was a bit of Oliver Twist mixed in with the magic of film. In many ways it was a quiet film about people and the wonderful things around us that we see but don't notice.
The way I described it to my sister was that it was a movie about remembering what we already know. She looked at me in confusion when I said that, so I went on to explain.
You drink water all the time. You have to in order to survive. It's normal. Now if you ever been running or been walking in a hot amusement park You'll understand this example. You're almost finished up and you've started to get thirsty. You're keep delaying, because you have to finish up this mile or visit one more attraction. By time you're done, you're dying for water. You go to get water, but forgotten it. So you have to either drive home or stop in a shop to grab it and you realize that your car or the shop is a long way off, at least 50 steps away and the noon day sun is rising up.
Anyway, you walk those 50 steps and finally manage to get your bottle water. Twisting off the cap, you take a gulp. The water splashes across your tongue and for a moment you remember just how good it tastes, how refreshing, and how much you need it.
That's what Hugo does. It reminds people why they are sitting in the theater. It's a magical thing having our stories come to life in front of our eyes. It makes us remember how amazing it is to seeing a moving picture. Especially it makes us remember how we have taken fantasy and made it reality. Throughout the film, a part of me sat in wonder that everything in the film were things that are actually real.
As a YA author that mainly writes fantasy, science fiction and paranormal, sometimes I forget to appreciate the magic in the everyday. Thank you, Hugo, for helping me to remember.
Hugo is based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Seinznick. I am planning to buy the book as soon as I can make it to the bookstore.
It was worth it. The movie was not action pack or filled with witty dialogue or filled with edgy subjects like sex or drugs. It was a movie that was a bit of Oliver Twist mixed in with the magic of film. In many ways it was a quiet film about people and the wonderful things around us that we see but don't notice.
The way I described it to my sister was that it was a movie about remembering what we already know. She looked at me in confusion when I said that, so I went on to explain.
You drink water all the time. You have to in order to survive. It's normal. Now if you ever been running or been walking in a hot amusement park You'll understand this example. You're almost finished up and you've started to get thirsty. You're keep delaying, because you have to finish up this mile or visit one more attraction. By time you're done, you're dying for water. You go to get water, but forgotten it. So you have to either drive home or stop in a shop to grab it and you realize that your car or the shop is a long way off, at least 50 steps away and the noon day sun is rising up.
Anyway, you walk those 50 steps and finally manage to get your bottle water. Twisting off the cap, you take a gulp. The water splashes across your tongue and for a moment you remember just how good it tastes, how refreshing, and how much you need it.
That's what Hugo does. It reminds people why they are sitting in the theater. It's a magical thing having our stories come to life in front of our eyes. It makes us remember how amazing it is to seeing a moving picture. Especially it makes us remember how we have taken fantasy and made it reality. Throughout the film, a part of me sat in wonder that everything in the film were things that are actually real.
As a YA author that mainly writes fantasy, science fiction and paranormal, sometimes I forget to appreciate the magic in the everyday. Thank you, Hugo, for helping me to remember.
Hugo is based on the book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Seinznick. I am planning to buy the book as soon as I can make it to the bookstore.
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