... for a moment I thought it was gonna be about this
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the trailer looks kinda stale
and i cant imagine why they need 3d
though it looks like there's Clock Punk which is cool
I dunno why everyone is getting that weirded out by Scorsese directing a more family oriented/kid's film. I mean, come on, plenty of authors/directors/actors/etc who were known creating stuff targeted at an older audience have made children targeted media before (Neil Gaiman, for example). So, it's not that bizarre that he's doing a kid's film.
That being said, watching the trailer, I have mixed feelings about it. Looks like a cool premise, but, to be honest, that trailer doesn't seem put together very well.
Early word: it's a great movie.
The reaction at the New York Film Festival (where it screened as a work-in-progress) was good but the first two Academy screenings (with a 99.9% complete edit) went extremely well. James Cameron and Slash attended the screenings and loved it while Oscar buzz is beginning (a Best Picture nomination is possible).
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/I'm expecting of massive amount of Getting Crap Past the Radar.
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.Perhaps the entire movie is treatment for the main character's madness.
"Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person that doesn't get it."I don't remember The Invention Of Hugo Cabaret very well, but I remember enjoying it a lot, so I'll definitely be looking out for this.
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!Exactly. This is an adaptation of The Invention Of Hugo Cabaret, so if you're confused as to the story, that's worth looking at.
This seems to be Playing Against Type-O-Rama here.
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~MadrugadaBased on what I've read about Martin Scorsese, I can imagine how he got the job:
Agent: Scorsese, I got the perfect film for you. It is based on an award-winning all ages book about a kid living in a train station in the 1930s trying to fix the only thing that was left by his father.
Scorsese: I don't know...
Agent: It is also about silent films and Georges Meleis.
Scorsese: I'LL TAKE IT!
Anyway, I want to see the film myself.

Martin Scorsese plays against type... I have mixed feelings.