"The movie itself is a well-lubricated machine, a trick entertainment and a wind-up toy, and it springs to life instantly in a series of sweeping opening aerial shots that plunge you into the choreographed bustle of the train station."
Really interesting and eloquent way to put it; I hadn't thought of Hugo being a machine in itself. Presented like this, it's fantastical quirks don't matter so much, because they are meant to be there. They breathe life into the film and make all it's plots, sub-plots, and characters work together. It mentions the opening as the cog that makes the movie work too; didn't we mention that in class?
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