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- First reviewMay 21, 2010
- Last reviewDecember 27, 2011
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Deeper than you expect
PostedDecember 27, 2011
mountman
from Mountainhome, PA
Although promoted as a movie for children -- and many children will enjoy it -- it doesn't have the overwhelming continual visual/auditory excitement that dominates most non-Pixar kid films. So if you take young people, warn them that it builds slowly and is more committed to character than to wham-bam plotting. And adventure action addicted adults, too, will need to slow down and watch the meaning grow.
Scorsese started with the brilliant book by Brian Selznick which is more pictures than text, and so it is not surprising that his movie, too, has more pictures than words and is, in part at least, a powerful homage to the beginning of movies which were silent. But for all the pictorial brilliance of the film, what finally gets you are the people and their aspirations and needs for connection, for family, and for understanding of how the world works.
Go prepared for magic not for fireworks.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Great movie ruined by glitch
PostedMay 21, 2010
mountman
from White Plains, NY
It was a wonderful experience until -- close to the end just before the dramatic final aria, the theater wasn't paying attention and the screen went dead followed by a lot of technical gobbledy gook.
Inexcusable.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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