'Hugo' 3D wins, in my house

By Jonathan Takiff

While denied the best picture/director Oscars, I'd argue that "Hugo" will be the 2011 motion picture that time and film historians remember best - as an homage to cinema magic old and new. 

"Hugo" did wipe the plate clean at the Academy Awards with technical achievement honors - for cinematography, best visual effects,  art direction, best sound editing and sound mixing. And  when this ripe-for-all-ages film goes on sale tomorrow i(Tuesday) in home video versions (good timing, Paramount) I urge that you splurge for the "Limited Edition" 3D package, which also holds old-school 2D Blu-Ray, DVD and digital copy versions.


 
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I loved this movie. It was just a nice story and well presented in every way. For me it seemed to stray from the standard formula for the big Hollywood movies with a subdued climax and not constantly having overpowering music right throughout, which I found refreshing.
3D was well done. I'm giving up saying that it could have been more depth. In this case, while there could have been more depth for most of the movie, I wasn't sitting there the whole time asking myself if it was actually 3D or 2D.

Hugo was really well done, maybe the best use of 3D so far (even though Avatar may have been more entertaining). They did push the depth at times, like in the clock tower scene.