【電影簡介】

電影講述了在20世紀30年代的巴黎，在父親死后，12歲的孤兒雨果被交給他的叔叔照顧，他的工作是維護火車站的27座時鐘工作正常。雨果住在火車站的高墻內，在熙攘的人群中穿梭，藏身于大鐘后方，冷眼觀察來往過客，藏著滿腦子秘密。他那死去的父親給他留下的唯一遺產，就是一個壞掉的機器人，要修好它，雨果必須找到一把心形的鑰匙，他相信這是父親給他留下的信息。

雨果在火車站里偷取零件時，被火車站的玩具店老板喬治抓了個正著，因此結識了喬治的教女伊莎貝拉。出人意料的是，伊莎貝拉剛好有一把心形鑰匙，靠著這把鑰匙，雨果發現了機器人中藏著的秘密，更讓他驚訝的是，原來玩具店老板就是當時已被人遺忘的電影先驅喬治·梅里埃，他的電影曾讓雨果和他的父親深深癡迷。

【音頻文本】

When the 69 year old film director Martin Scorsese decided that he needed a break from violence and pain, the world took note. His 2011 family film 'Hugo' sent many critics head over heels as they cheered its technical triumph. However, as we'll see, not everyone was intoxicated by the stunning visual display.

Firstly, let's unveil the mysterious glamour that charmed the critics and the Academy. Scorsese was inspired by his 12 year old daughter who presented him with a copy of Brian Selnick's novel 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret' and suggested that he make it into a 3D movie. This is the back story to Scorsese's first PG rated film in 18 years. Regardless of whether he was trying to please his daughter or not, Martin is pretty serious about the use of 3D visual effects, and his exercise using the Fusion Camera technique drew the admiration of James Cameron, who referred to it as a "masterpiece."

But his emphasis on visual effects did not stop with the 3D aspect of the film; he also utilized the best Arri Alexa camera, which, combined with the ingenuity of Robert Richardson and intense editing, created the most spectacular visuals that eventually secured the Award for Best Visual Effects at the 84th Academy Awards. The digitally enhanced recreation of Gare Montparnasse and the occasional rooftop overviews of Paris' streets, all of which dated back to the 1930s, provided more than enough for the eyes to explore, and instantly took audiences back to Charles Dickens' London of hungry orphans, runaway wives and courtly dialogue with big words.

However, the story is problematic, especially when you care to look closely. I believe the majority of Martin Scorsese's focus was placed on producing this mysterious ambience of a children's story, and in doing so he neglected logic. At the beginning of this piece, when the automaton appeared, I expected a steampunkscience fiction presentation; similar to that of Bicentennial Man by Chris Columbus. But halfway into the film, the idea of cinema and adventure took charge, and it was only after the last voiceover that I realized Hugo was actually a family film. I'm not blaming Scorsese for causing me to fail my favorite guessing game, but YES, look how confused I was.

The story is confusing because Scorsese tries to achieve too much within 126 minutes. Aside from telling achildren's story, he has also tried to pay tribute to movie pioneer George Melies. Other insignificant additions, such as bemoaning the loss of the war and recreating a train derailment, contributed nothing to the main theme of family.

So, as you see, Martin Scorsese's success with visual effects was remarkable, but the unattended storylinecould bore even the least critical of children. Ultimately, Hugo could give you the perfect night with your kids: you take them to the cinema; you observe the excitement in their eyes when the story begins; and when they are sound asleep, you take them home straight to the bed.

On my scale from one to ten, Hugo gets a six, including bonus points due to the visuals.

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