Putting the plot aside (which really took a while to develop), the movie featured an amazing example of colour corrections with literally every frame featuring mesmerizing contrasting gradients.
Hard to describe as such but to compare with photography processing one can easily adjust the temperature of the image. This feature made it look like every shot had both hot and cold schemes adjusted to it in different positions.
Wow!
For this purpose alone the film is worth the time.
I also liked the steam-punk feel to it as the whole film revolved around the clockwork machines. Warm gradients for this part are a perfect choice. It featured (not packed with, which is pretty rare these days) some amazing CGI.
Scorsese, who often devoted himself to analysing the most influental moviemakers this time takes it to a different level. The beauty of the 'film about filming' was the Hugo's nightmare sequence where a train has drove off the rail and wreaked havoc at the station. This obviously is a parallel to the first movie sequence ever made and how the audience was frightened at the idea of an advancing train running them over. Apparently, people actually screamed and left their seats for a brief moment.
Martin Scorsese did a lot of justice for the film-making, but I still can't wait for the new Boardwalk Empire to come out.
Good watch though!
Lessons Learnt: Thou shalt not give discounts to your services. They won't appreciate it anyway.
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