Annnnddd…another trailer. This one for the hotly anticipated “Hugo,” from Martin Scorsese. And a film that really should have had some sort of presence at Comic-Con, I think, especially with folks like Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg making the trip. It just would’ve been a treat. In any case, some have awards doubts on this one due to the children’s movie aspect, but I’m not sure that’s real cause to doubt just yet. One thing we can certainly tell by the trailer, which just hit Apple, is that the design elements are off the chain. I can’t wait to see this one in 3D, and I don’t say that often (if ever). Check out the trailer by clicking the image below or watch an embed after the jump.
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91 responses to “‘Hugo’ trailer”
@ RC- how does box office come into play? Is that part of the rules change? Because so many Oscar nominated films are box office duds i.e. Hurt Locker
Dana: I think Shutter Island is one of his best. Defended it until the end last year.
Right on Kris. The atmosphere and Leo’s performance were extraordinary.
This looks sooooo bad! Is Scorsese entering that late-stage dementia of a filmmaker’s career, whereby we have to suffer through his equivalent of Kurosawa’s “Dreams” or Welles narrating “The Late Great Planet Earth”?
Hmm. I think Marty can do no wrong but I really don’t know what to make of this. I saw absolutely no trace of Scorsese in this trailer. I’m quite underwhelmed and not knowing the story in advance the trailer doesn’t get me more interested in the film. But I will see it of course. It’s Marty :D
Agree entirely with the trailers music, feels like its a parody. In relation to the name change, i believe it was done because the americans dont actually know how to pronounce ‘cabret’… im keeping my fingers tightly crossed, and im sure it will be, better than this trailer!
Maybe this was really not Scorsese?
Can’t he do something out of his comfort zone?
Just see the film first then complain after… A trailer does not justify a whole film, well sometimes I guess….
Well, one thing’s for sure: this hasn’t been an effective trailer (all this response). They need to change it.
That said, I trust Scorsese.
And Shutter Island is one of my favorite Scorsese films.
In just what time period is this taking place??
I’m asking because, at the 1:29 mark in the trailer, Hugo runs by a poster for Cora Madou, a French singer who only started her career in Paris in 1919. I thought that this was supposed to be taking place earlier than that.
stop nit-picking bill
Glenn: I watch movies to experience great art. I have a pretty good idea that Hugo won’t be.
Dana: I think Shutter Island is Scorsese’s worst film, and one of the worst I saw last year.
I’m sure the finished product will be fine, looks like bad marketing to me more than anything.
Has Jude Law done anything good since A.I./Cold Mountain/Closer?
Haven’t watched the trailer, as is my new custom, but I’m perplexed by the number of people referring to Scorsese’s “comfort zone.” Can the director whose oeuvre includes The Age of Innocence, Cape Fear, Kundun, The Last Temptation of Christ and New York, New York be said to have a comfort zone?
Gotta love, Guy. Right on.
I’m probably a bit late to be adding a second thought here, but….
FWIW, I think this trailer would look bad no matter who directed it, and the only reason I’m taking it seriously AT ALL is because Martin Scorsese is attached, so, speaking for myself, I’m not actually holding it against his other movies, it’s actually benefiting from his great body of work.
If this movie had ANY other name attached, I definitely wouldn’t go watch it. Maybe Spielberg, but he already has a movie strikingly similar to this one in demographic appeal that I’m not looking forward to, so… yeah.
I don’t think there is anything “strikingly similar” about these films, SJG.
It seems to me that in addition to not being able to get past the demographics (is every movie aimed at older demographic “strikingly similar”?) which may actually be much broader for one of them (or at least not overlap completely) to see the real differences, you have already made up your mind what you are and aren’t interested in.
So saying things like something looking bad no matter what may mean less for someone who is biased.
“Has Jude Law done anything good since A.I./Cold Mountain/Closer?”
Sure, he’s had a few nice roles beyond these films.
He has.
“You try to paint my argument as being against kids’ films, which is not the truth at all. They are not as good as great adult works, to be sure, but they can have their charms.”
James, see, that right there is what I’m talking about it. My argument isn’t that you are against them but that you think of them as being “lesser”, which you clearly are (which is, admitedly different from being altogether against kids films). A slight is still a slight and that’s what you and I disagree on.
At the very least, I am arguing against a notion of complaining about Scorsese, Spielberg, whoever doing such films and it seems that at least a few posters on here made that kinds of distate clear. I say, go see the films and understand what attracted them to the material. In both cases, I think, there is more than meets the eys there.
Maxim:
All I meant is that the demographic they are appealing to is strikingly similar, not that the movies themselves are strikingly similar.
The intended audiences clearly overlap substantially.
Obviously I think the trailer is targeting family audiences, and as that goes it seems fairly successful.
BTW about the 3D, I saw the trailer in 3D with Harry Potter and only some of the effects near the end of the trailer made really big use of the format, for the most part it looked fine but fairly subtle, probably won’t be as big a part of the experience as it is for a movie like Dark of the Moon.
Oh, goodness. Such cynicism in this thread. Consider me charmed. Of course, I’ll be interested to see the reviews before buying a ticket, but I’m very curious to see how Scorsese approaches such a unique genre, at least, in the context of his career. He can only bring intelligence and supreme craft to the project. And if it is a kids film, what of it? Young viewers don’t deserve intelligence and quality? Some of the most beloved and cherished of American films are “kids” films. I just see this as one of our great artists exploring another genre and one more facet of his imagination. It’s not like he needs to prove anything or make any more money.
How can movies for children not be considered inferior? There are a lot of children’s movies that I enjoy as an adult, but it is ultimately trapped in a fairly narrow box. A film that is appealing to children can never reach the heights that Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Andrei Rublev, Persona, or 8 1/2 aspire to. Is the best children’s film even close to any of the classic film canon?
James, if you are assuming the cinematic experience is just for adult, intellectual, cinephiles, then I guess you’re right. No film can compete with the likes of the ones you list. But I have never been under the impression that filmmakers only want to reach that narrow of a group. I consider myself to be a pretty avid lover of film, but I don’t expect or anticipate that all film artists will conform to my personal tastes and standards. I try to take a work of art on its own merits and reasonably predicted goals. I digress, but yes, I think a children’s film can absolutely be as perfect and as profound as Fellini or Bergman or Wells or Coppola.
All these trailers to high-profile films are coming out and Apple’s website won’t stream them in HD to anyone with a Windows Operating system.
Those fascists have been doing this for years and yet the studios still give them exclusive trailers even though Yahoo Movies never has a problem.
Maybe you should try to narrow down the problem before you start coming to such conclusions. I use Windows and I’ve never had a problem with the Apple trailers.
I don’t think that a “children’s film” can’t also reach great cinematic heights. For instance I believe Wall-E is one of the two or three best films of the last decade, and despite being appealing to children also it is more mature in its storytelling than the vast majority of R-rated films; and my favorite film, The Bicycle Thief, while not really a “children’s film” is appropriate for all ages.
This will be a major movie this holiday. Book it.
Speaking English, than try watching a trailer on the Apple website in 1080p HD. I guarantee you that you will get a message that says “Error 47” has occurred.
bobmcbob, I got that error too. It is an intermittent problem that only occurs on some trailers (I last saw it on the trailer 2 for Immortals). Like I just streamed a the John Carter trailer in 1080, and that played fine but I got the Error 47 Error on Hugo. It is apparently some kind of language configuration issue.
The workaround to that is pretty easy and more valuable actually. There in a link on the Apple Trailers homepage which says ‘Trailers in iTunes’. Click on that and through it, you will actually be able to download any trailer you want on your hard disk in 1080 and play it as many times as wanted.
Another is go this trailer website called movie-list(dot)com. And go to their trailer page for Hugo or any other movie trailer. They have all sorts of versions available for direct download like the Yahoo encodes, official site encodes, Disney (or the parent company encodes), you can have your pick and download any one of them.
James D, it in condescending to ghetto movies into age groups according to their appeal. A movie which appeals to kids is not automatically inferior and its not that it will offer nothing to adults.
E.T. is a children’s classic and to be very sure one of the great American classics and landmarks. And yet it is one of my favorite films and regularly makes the list of the greatest films ever made. Its appeal is not just restricted to children and I am not even sure children can appreciate the immense film-making craft at display in that movie.
It lost the Oscar to Gandhi due precisely the same condescension in voters mind I think, even leading Gandhi’s director to comment that E.T. was by far the better film.
The Wizard of OZ is also a children’s film but you could hardly be more acclaimed as a world classic than that.
The modern Pixar films, like some said are epoch making works and solid gold modern classics and will last around after their adult and live action contemporaries have faded away.
Ben: Scorsese wants his 3d to pop out at the audience. The film will make use of it a lot more than the depth DOTM did.
For anyone who thinks that the people dismissing this trailer must be uniformly kid-movie haters, I just have to say….
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is IMHO the best movie ever made, I love the Wizard of Oz, I cry at Pixar movies, and about half of my DVD collection is children / family videos (and I don’t have children).
So when I say that this movie looks like a crappy kids’ movie…. it’s only because I know kids’ movies. This one, based on the trailer, looks kind of crappy. I’m hoping it surprises me.
ha!! SJG, THAT I will totally not dismiss. Your assessment is reasonable. How I could I argue with that?
E.T. is a perfect film. That is all.
***Speaking English, than try watching a trailer on the Apple website in 1080p HD***
Why would I do that? Simply press the arrow next to “Watch Now” and pick “Large – 480p” and it will pop up right on your computer. No need to download the whole thing.
Sweet, I always wanted to see Scorsese’s take on Bicentennial Man meets Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.
Honestly, looks like complete shit.
I simply love this!! i can´t wait to see the movie…the actors are perfect!!! I love you Asa Butterfield!! xD
Odette
Bill_the_Bear, most of the film takes place in 1931. BTW, did anyone notice that Asa Butterfield linked to this page on his Twitter account?
You know, I honestly think people should give this film a chance. Judging it by the trailer really isn’t fair (that said, I quite like this trailer). I mean, this is CHLOE MORETZ and MARTIN SCORCESE. What could be a better combination? I’m not going to miss this film :)
You know, I honestly think people should give this film a chance. Judging it by the trailer really isn’t fair (that said, I quite like this trailer). I mean, this is CHLOE MORETZ and MARTIN SCORCESE. What could be a better combination? I’m not going to miss this film.
this film looks great
i wanna watch the film!!
Yeah, the more I think about it (and see the trailer), Oscar talk or not, this looks like it’ll be a fun film to literally watch (what with Scorsese, the tech team, etc.).