Just watched Hugo...

[imbecamiel]

Oh. Oh. 

That was beautiful. Sweet and lovely and all the gorgeous clockwork, and the whole atmosphere of it, just... so much love.

And I adore the way that it took the analogy of the world as a giant machine, and each of us just a part in it, and through the whole feel of the movie successfully turned it from something cold and impersonal and presenting individuals as insignificant into something beautiful and creative and meaningful. 

This movie is my happy place. I am going to be watching it so many times.

Now I wish that I'd seen it in theaters. We'd talked about it... but never got to it. ;_;

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[scarvenartist.livejournal.com]

Heh, I just watched this other day too, and man, I wish I could have seen it with you, and not with such a...less than enthusiastic audience. XD (My mom and brother, alack, have this tendency toward extremely vocal cynicism....) I did insist to them, without much avail, that it was an incredibly symbolic movie...clockwork and keys and automatons, all having some relevance to the individual characters, which all fit together like interlocking gears....

'Twas a very pretty movie, and I did rather wish I'd been able to see it in 3D, actually.

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Wah, I wish you'd been able to watch it with us too! *clings* Hehe, certain members of our family varied in how much they "got" it, but at the end even Dad (who tends to be the voice of cynicism here regarding movies) said that he'd really liked it. And we had excellent family discussion over dinner on the Christian vs. Humanistic potential symbolism and messages. And Neffie and I stood around in our bathroom and had an enthusiastic flailing discussion afterward. And it was very reminiscent of similar late-night-getting-ready-for-bed discussions that we've had with you, and I so wanted you to actually be here. <3

And, randomly, it's a movie I just couldn't help thinking that C.S. Lewis would've loved. :)

[ebeneezerdark.livejournal.com]

We saw it last month via Netflix, and loved it too. If I see it in the DVD racks at CostCo, it'll end up in our shopping cart, I think...

I've also now got an AU plotbunny hopping around in my brain, combining the "Hugo"-verse with Neal Caffrey et al. from "White Collar". (C'mon: tell me you can't see a young!Neal being the kid slipping into the secret passages in the walls of the old train station, using stealth, speed, and agility to keep one step ahead of the law?)

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Isn't it just lovely? There's something just unexpectedly wonderful about it. *happy sigh*

Oooo. Oh yes. I can totally see Neal in a situation like that. (And possibly striking up a friendship with an older Mozzie, who'd teach him some of the mechanical-art-related stuff?) That sounds like such a great story idea. *feeds carrots to the plotbunny*

[ebeneezerdark.livejournal.com]

YES!!! You're feeding the PlotBunny: it's YOURS now!!! (chortle)

See, PlotBunnies are sorta like feral cats: once you put those dishes of food on the porch for 'em, that's IT. :-)

::passes over more carrots and some Purina Growing-Rabbit Formula PlotBunny Chow::

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

XD

Heh heh, I only wish that a plotbunny would latch on to me like that and demand to be written right now. Sadly, my fiction writing of all kinds has been slooooow and difficult for months now. :/