Memories are made to be remembered

Hugo (2011)
A family themed movie set in the 1920s Paris which seem to be teaming with orphans (probably because their parents might have been killed in the Great War), so much so that a goofy policeman (Sacha Baron Cohen, Yes! Borat) with leg braces and an expression full Rottweiler make it their full time duty to hunt them down, often with comical sequel!
Hugo, an orphan, stays alone in a clock tower in a Paris railway station without bothering anybody but maintaining the clock and occasionally pilfering to satisfy his hunger. His father, a curator in a museum had earlier died suddenly and Hugo was cared for by his drunkard uncle in the tower before he also dies.
Papa George (Ben Kingsley), a toy shop owner, accuses Hugo of stealing his things but hires him to help around when Hugo managed to impress him with his skills of repairing mechanical toys. George had earlier confiscated a mysterious note book that was found on Hugo.
The book contained notes about a mechanical man that Hugo and his father were working on before his untimely demise.
Hugo spends a lot of time watching regular attendees at the railway station - the policeman and his keen interest with the florist, the elderly gentleman and a lonely lady with a dog.
Hugo befriends George's god daughter who introduces him to books. Through a pendant that she wears, Hugo manages to activate the mechanical man his father had been working on, who draws a caricature of a primitive spaceship hitting an eye of the moon signed off as Papa George. When viewed by George and his wife, they get upset.
Whilst researching on the subject, the kids meet an author of a book who states that George was a famous movie maker before calling it quits suddenly.
The author brings home a movie reel just to bring nostalgia to George's heart. He starts telling his side of the story....
Starting as a magician, he ventured into to films and was successful at it. The Great War came and demand for his film faded and had to sell off his property off.
George is delighted that someone still appreciates his work. Hugo gets him the mechanical man (automaton) which George invented and Hugo is adopted. In the final scene, George's pioneering work is feted and everybody is happy.
In summary, this is a film about a boy who is greatly attached to his father and did not have enough time to say good bye for his sudden death. As is to continue his attachment to his father, he continues with his father's obsession.
A Martin Scorsese direction but nothing to shout about, highly predictable story line, yawn....