Finally getting caught up with movie seeing and recently I finally saw two films getting critical praise, Martin Scorsese's, "Hugo" and the revival of the popular puppets, "The Muppets." I loved both of these films so much and I need to talk about why, especially because this is a film making blog. I'll start off with Hugo.
Hugo 5 out of 5
Hugo is a film about a boy who lives in a train station in Paris in 1931. He steals parts from the toy shop to try to fix a broken automaton which is like a wind up figure. We find out later in the movie that his father has passed away in a fire, him and his father had been working on the broken automaton which his father had found in the museum. The toy shop has parts that Hugo needs, but he is caught trying to steal by the shop owner. The shop owner takes Hugo's blueprints for the automaton and tells him that he must earn it back by fixing things in the shop. Hugo agrees and also meets the shop owners goddaughter, Isabelle.
I don't want to give away to much because the ending of the film is what really counts. What is so great about it is that it is a giant homage to the silent film era. My favorite quote from the film was, "Time hasn't been kind to old movies." This is still relevant today. People do not appreciate movies as an art as they should be. And people do not appreciate old movies. This movie is definitely for film nerds and film lovers. Its all about the preservation of art, and life itself. A friend of mine who attended a press screening of this film said he was almost in tears when he heard a child in the audience as his/her parents if they could watch silent movies and they wanted to know more about silent movies. Wow, the film nerd in me just wept tears of joy. Great film, go see it.
The Muppets - 4.5 out of 5
They're finally back. Kermit and the gang that we all loved as children. This time they are back with their best film since the first Muppets film. This time the film was written by comedian and all around puppet enthusiast, Jason Segal. In my opinion he was perfect for this movie. A fun, self aware, and emotionally impacting Muppet movie is just what I needed. All the same Muppet gags are back, celebrity cameos, and a lot of jokes about previous movies. They like to reference the 70s and 80s a lot which was the hay day of the Muppets. Kermit even has an "80's Robot." The fact is, everyone has kind of forgotten about the Muppets for quite a long time. And boy do they make you feel awful for doing that. The gang has been broken up for many many years and they really lay it on thick that people have forgotten about them, yeah they lay it on thick, but it makes you feel awful. Those poor Muppets. Anyways, this was a great film for the entire family and hopefully gets a new generation of kids to want to see the previous Muppets films and learn more about them. The Muppets rock.
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