Post by Neverending on Nov 15, 2014 21:39:33 GMT -5
Road Warrior
It's not exactly great but definitely really good. It really gets you involved. I know most people will go into the movie saying, "it's batman vs. wolverine" but Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are so awesome that you actually forget they're Batman and Wolverine. For 2 hours that info escapes your brain. I can see Oscar nominations for these two just for accomplishing that. I can imagine it must have been tough and very risky casting these two in a movie where they play rivals.
It's not exactly great but definitely really good. It really gets you involved. I know most people will go into the movie saying, "it's batman vs. wolverine" but Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman are so awesome that you actually forget they're Batman and Wolverine. For 2 hours that info escapes your brain. I can see Oscar nominations for these two just for accomplishing that. I can imagine it must have been tough and very risky casting these two in a movie where they play rivals.
Drizzt240
This film was amazing. Every single performance was brillant. I would have to say Bale steals the show with his intensity but everyone was great. The plot was genius. I loved the structure of the film, it went so smooth. Both characters are great and that's what ultimately makes the film. I also enjoyed the fact that neither one of them was the singled out protagonist, rather the audience sympathizes with both characters.
Bottom line: I loved this film. I think Nolan is starting to become one of the best directors in Hollywood.
9/10
This film was amazing. Every single performance was brillant. I would have to say Bale steals the show with his intensity but everyone was great. The plot was genius. I loved the structure of the film, it went so smooth. Both characters are great and that's what ultimately makes the film. I also enjoyed the fact that neither one of them was the singled out protagonist, rather the audience sympathizes with both characters.
Bottom line: I loved this film. I think Nolan is starting to become one of the best directors in Hollywood.
9/10
PsYkOoOoO
It's a great great great great movie. All round brilliant.
9.5/10
It's a great great great great movie. All round brilliant.
9.5/10
MovieBuff801
My Review:
Are You Watching Closely?
"Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called The Pledge; the magician shows you something ordinary. But of course, it probably isn't. The second act is called The Turn; the magician makes his ordinary something do something extraordinary. Now, you're looking for the secret, but you won't find it. That's why there's a third act called The Prestige; it's the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you've never seen before."
Director Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" is a work of magic. Right from the opening shot, the film is shrouded in mystery. It lets us know that there will be a major plot twist at the end from just four simple words: "Are you watching closely?" And to say the least, the twist or twists are quite impressive. "The Prestige" is one brilliant brainfeeder, and it's also one of the year's best films.
Having been cleverly dubbed "Batman vs. Wolverine" all over Internet movie discussion boards, "The Prestige" stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as two up and coming magicians in turn-of-the-century London whose harmless competition soon transforms into a bitter rivalry in which each one sabotages the other's act. Jackman stars as Robert Angier and Bale as Alfred Borden; both were young learners of magic under the eye of Cutter (Michael Caine), an expert on the techniques used by each magician to accomplish his trick. Borden complains that these techniques are too obvious and a real magician tries to accomplish something original. And as it so happens, he has cooked up such a trick called "The Transported Man". The act involves a man disappearing from one place and reappearing in another within a matter of seconds.
Angier soon pours his sweat and blood into discovering Borden's secret so that he can try to outdo Borden. Angier's demeanor toward Borden is bitter, since Borden was involved in a magic trick gone awry that caused the death of Angier's wife. But before Borden introduces his act, Angier sabotages one of his others, which jumpstarts a rivalry between the two that soon starts to affect the people around them, including Borden's wife Sarah, who just wants to be able to communicate with her seemingly on-and-off husband.
I won't divulge any more about the plot because I fear that I may say too much. And that's something I certainly don't want to do.
Jackman and Bale give top-notch performances that get you even more involved in the movie. The film is told from both their points of view as it alternates between each other's personal memoirs recorded in their journals. Michael Caine is as great as always in his role and provides bits of narration throughout the story. But Bale really stands out as Alfred Borden. Bale gives his character a dark and mysterious quality that entices us to try to figure out what thoughts are going through his head. Neither Borden nor Angier are really the protagonist, so we have to decide on our own who to root for and who to boo.
Christopher Nolan helped his brother Johnathan pen the script, and with "The Prestige", Nolan proves that he is becoming one of the greatest directors of our time. Nolan sprinkles clues about the ending here and there, and we have to recognize them. I personally adore movies that both have a twist ending and make you think, so imagine my delight in trying to figure out this film's Prestige before it was revealed.
"The Prestige" also provides us with a view into what transpires backstage during a magic act. It shows us how underhanded and slimy magicians can be when trying to achieve perfection. Angier says that magicians have a circle of trust, but we wonder, how solid is that circle during times like these. "The Prestige" has many twists to it and even the very final shot of the film is intriguing; it makes you wonder if everything's really over.
I certainly think "The Prestige" has real Oscar potential behind it, and the real magic trick would be if it were nominated for any, and actually won.
MY RATING: **** (out of four stars.)
My Review:
Are You Watching Closely?
"Every great magic trick consists of three acts. The first act is called The Pledge; the magician shows you something ordinary. But of course, it probably isn't. The second act is called The Turn; the magician makes his ordinary something do something extraordinary. Now, you're looking for the secret, but you won't find it. That's why there's a third act called The Prestige; it's the part with the twists and turns, where lives hang in the balance, and you see something shocking you've never seen before."
Director Christopher Nolan's "The Prestige" is a work of magic. Right from the opening shot, the film is shrouded in mystery. It lets us know that there will be a major plot twist at the end from just four simple words: "Are you watching closely?" And to say the least, the twist or twists are quite impressive. "The Prestige" is one brilliant brainfeeder, and it's also one of the year's best films.
Having been cleverly dubbed "Batman vs. Wolverine" all over Internet movie discussion boards, "The Prestige" stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as two up and coming magicians in turn-of-the-century London whose harmless competition soon transforms into a bitter rivalry in which each one sabotages the other's act. Jackman stars as Robert Angier and Bale as Alfred Borden; both were young learners of magic under the eye of Cutter (Michael Caine), an expert on the techniques used by each magician to accomplish his trick. Borden complains that these techniques are too obvious and a real magician tries to accomplish something original. And as it so happens, he has cooked up such a trick called "The Transported Man". The act involves a man disappearing from one place and reappearing in another within a matter of seconds.
Angier soon pours his sweat and blood into discovering Borden's secret so that he can try to outdo Borden. Angier's demeanor toward Borden is bitter, since Borden was involved in a magic trick gone awry that caused the death of Angier's wife. But before Borden introduces his act, Angier sabotages one of his others, which jumpstarts a rivalry between the two that soon starts to affect the people around them, including Borden's wife Sarah, who just wants to be able to communicate with her seemingly on-and-off husband.
I won't divulge any more about the plot because I fear that I may say too much. And that's something I certainly don't want to do.
Jackman and Bale give top-notch performances that get you even more involved in the movie. The film is told from both their points of view as it alternates between each other's personal memoirs recorded in their journals. Michael Caine is as great as always in his role and provides bits of narration throughout the story. But Bale really stands out as Alfred Borden. Bale gives his character a dark and mysterious quality that entices us to try to figure out what thoughts are going through his head. Neither Borden nor Angier are really the protagonist, so we have to decide on our own who to root for and who to boo.
Christopher Nolan helped his brother Johnathan pen the script, and with "The Prestige", Nolan proves that he is becoming one of the greatest directors of our time. Nolan sprinkles clues about the ending here and there, and we have to recognize them. I personally adore movies that both have a twist ending and make you think, so imagine my delight in trying to figure out this film's Prestige before it was revealed.
"The Prestige" also provides us with a view into what transpires backstage during a magic act. It shows us how underhanded and slimy magicians can be when trying to achieve perfection. Angier says that magicians have a circle of trust, but we wonder, how solid is that circle during times like these. "The Prestige" has many twists to it and even the very final shot of the film is intriguing; it makes you wonder if everything's really over.
I certainly think "The Prestige" has real Oscar potential behind it, and the real magic trick would be if it were nominated for any, and actually won.
MY RATING: **** (out of four stars.)
Ewok Droppings
Meh. It was decent I guess.
7/10
Meh. It was decent I guess.
7/10
Daniel
It's probably the best movie I saw in 2006.
It's probably the best movie I saw in 2006.
Question:
Christian Bale plays twin brothers. One of them was married with a daughter. The other had a romance with Scarlett Johansson. So which of the two was responsible for the death of Hugh Jackman's wife? I'm asking because I wonder if the one who died at the end deserved it.
MovieBuff801
I think the one who killed Jackman's wife was the one who loved Johannsen's character. I think it was made clear he was the one twin more obsessed with magic, so it would make sense he'd be the one who'd go the extra mile and tie the harder knot. That character trait was made clear when that twin was more interested in showing Sarah the bullet trick after she told him she was pregnant.
I think the one who killed Jackman's wife was the one who loved Johannsen's character. I think it was made clear he was the one twin more obsessed with magic, so it would make sense he'd be the one who'd go the extra mile and tie the harder knot. That character trait was made clear when that twin was more interested in showing Sarah the bullet trick after she told him she was pregnant.
