I will take the heat and just say, "I hated it."

Yes, I maybe the only person to say it, I hated Hugo. 
Rage against me, but hear my thoughts. 
In what is an ode to the original film making/filmmaker became a disjointedly long and boring film that is NOT for the young in heart or age. 
Earlier this year Woody Allen released Midnight in Paris, which is an ode to Paris and storytelling through literature. I smiled the entire movie. I left the theater feeling inspired and a need to create and write and move to Paris! It's a refreshing film. 
Hugo did none of this. It made me uncomfortably angry and bored. I ask those who have 'enjoyed' this film if you could actually sit through it again? Could you? COULD you really?
The first half of Hugo is about a boy who fixes clocks. Put me alone in a room with only the ticking of a clock and insanity will consume me. But, I digress. 
The last part of Hugo is about George Melies, one of the original film makers. 
How do the two halves combine? Um. Well, by a robot made of clock pieces that when wound up draws Melies' Trip to the Moon.
example here :

Also, Hugo takes place in Paris. And there's two kids and some dogs. And a train station. My discombobulated sentences and thoughts mirror that of the movie. Hugo was masturbatory and pretentious and again, Boring. I can't imagine a kid actually sitting through this PG rated movie. I could hardly sit through this movie and I LOVE films!


Have you ever been in an Art class room setting where the professor loves an advance student's piece of work so much, but you don't understand the brilliance or beauty what so ever? But, the professor goes on and on about this student's work as a whole, but not about the actual piece that sits in front of you. 
This is how I feel. Reviews about Hugo honor Scorese for his ode to film preservation through 3D and other technical aspects. But I ask this, "Where's the interesting story that moves each scene along and keeps me fascinated by character's choices?"
I mentioned Allen's Midnight in Paris earlier because I think these two film's should be compared to each other for the sole reason that they are both in honor of storytelling; one in literature, one in film.
I believe Allen far exceeded Scorese. 
And I make this statement, "If Hugo wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards, I will Never Ever watch or believe in the merit of the Academy."  
Hugo isn't a bad technical piece of movie making. No. It shows advances, like that of Melies.
I always ask myself, " In ten years, will this movie live up to the hype? Will it still be great? Will it still move me?"
I answered NO. 
Midnight in Paris will be available on DVD December 20. Save your money and just go buy that DVD, I promise that you'll have more fun.