Blog#3 Review of the movie

In the film Hugo I like the significance behind some of the tracking shots. In the beginning scene we see a tracking shot with Hugo's face behind the train stations clock. To me this shot can signify Hugo's relationship towards the idea of a functioning machine with a purpose or the representation of him being stuck in time. In the film I understand that Hugo lost his father to a museum fire, and the only thing he feels he has left in life is this automaton machine that he and his father were trying to fix together. Hugo's sole purpose in life in most of the film is to fix the machine and discover anything he can in relation to his father; this is how Hugo seems to be stuck in time. He doesn't try to communicate with anyone, or even try to discover the location of his missing drunk uncle. To me he is stuck in time because he is not moving forward with his life at all, all he wants to do is try and fix a broken machine. In relation to Hugo looking out through the clock, we see that he  has an interest in the same people and their relationship with the other train stations employees. To me this shows that Hugo wants to be have friendly relationships with others and is curious to how the outside life is.  
Another shot I liked was when we are first introduced to Papa George at his workshop. We see him looking around as the camera then takes a closeup shot of his eye, then we see a reflection of the clock that Hugo is peeking out of in Papa George's eye. This scene gave me the idea that Papa George understood that Hugo (known as a thief) was ready to try and make a move on his shop belongings again; almost as if he new that Hugo was watching him through the clock. Another reason I felt this way is because little after that shot we see Papa George pretending to sleep in order to catch Hugo's stealing attempt. I don't like how the movie never goes into the death of Hugo's father. It leaves us with a big question mark. What started the fire in the museum? Was his father the only one there during the incident?