What Your Favourite Martin Scorsese Movie Says About You
Hugo
The Movie: In Hugo, the titular orphan living within a 1930s Paris train station copes with the loss of his father as he pieces together the mystery of his father's automaton machine. However, Hugo is not the only one who needs new hope and new friends to get out of a rut. Hugo joins Isabelle, the god-daughter of shopkeeper George Méliès, on adventures to eventually help other train station affiliates get back on their feet (all while trying to avoid being caught in the station by the uptight station inspector). What It Says About You: You are nostalgic, family-oriented, and optimistic. After all, your favorite Scorsese film, amongst all his psychological pieces, thrillers, mob movies, and the like, is his heartening child protagonist piece. You may consider yourself a francophile without actually being French, having been to France, or having disaffiliated French culture from its icons and stereotypes like Chloe Moretz's beret. The same goes for your love of classic film, which term you likely substitute with "cinema" no matter what the movie or the context. You likely do have somewhat of a versed background with film and a cultivated fondness for Scorsese if you recognize and appreciate Hugo as Scorsese's reflection on both the history of film and his own filmmaking career. Favorite Movies: If you know the directorial work of the real Mélis, or if you enjoyed what you saw of his projects and history in Hugo, then you are assumedly a fan or a fan-to-be of his films. As for another heartwarming family-friendly movie in a foreign locale, Ratatouille would surely win big by you. On the mature side of similar appeals, Midnight in Paris will appeal as well to all the nostalgia you loved from Hugo. Another film with a precocious young boy dealing with the loss of his father and the mysteries his father leaves behind is Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, which is more of a tear-jerker than Hugo but equal the love to be had. The "precocious young boy + mysterious passed father + Mèliés-type 'magic'" combination also works for the Harry Potter movies, too, though. Who are we kidding? Hugo is an utterly relatable movie; there lies Scorsese's genius at work. Soundbite: "I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine," is one of Hugo's lines that sets the movie's premise. If you empathize with Hugo's vision, and if you could detect this machine motif creatively engrained in the settings and character interactions put before you, it's no wonder you're a big fan of the film.