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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Airscrew on October 23, 2006, 10:35:37 AM
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I saw “The Prestige” (Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Cain) this last weekend. Good movie, good story. I’m a little disappointed in how the “story” was presented, I think it could have been done better, but to tell any more would ruin the movie in case any of you planned to see it.
David Bowie was excellent
I will get the DvD when it comes out.
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I just saw it this weekend. I give it a C+. It had some really good moments, but was a bit too convoluted, IMO. It works towards some "6th Sense" type of stuff but it could have used some tighter editing. I caught most of the twists, but then I had to spend 15 minutes explaining it to my wife and her friends after the movie. Some real direct plot metaphors that become apparent at the end, and a lot of foreshadowing.
Bowie was so good I didn't even know it was him :)
Charon
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If you havent seen the movie and you plan too, then I wouldnt read any further....
really.... I wouldnt....
Originally posted by Charon
I just saw it this weekend. I give it a C+. It had some really good moments, but was a bit too convoluted, IMO. It works towards some "6th Sense" type of stuff but it could have used some tighter editing. I caught most of the twists, but then I had to spend 15 minutes explaining it to my wife and her friends after the movie. Some real direct plot metaphors that become apparent at the end, and a lot of foreshadowing.
Bowie was so good I didn't even know it was him :)
Charon
one last chance to turn back... :cool:
I think I'd go with a B-. I agree the editing or the story could have used some help in the middle and the end. I had pretty much figured out how Bordon was performing his Transported Man act as soon as he did it. And Fallon was no suprise, I had guessed that after the second or third time he was on the screen.
I liked the way that in the beginning of the movie Hugh Jackman was protrayed as the victim needing revenge and Christian Bale was seen as the bad man with no morals willing to do anything, but in the end the roles appear reversed and Bale became the victim was seeking to right a wrong and possibly revenge and Jackman was a man that allowed an obsession to corupt him and become the bad man.
And yes David Bowie was great, I actually had to watch the credits to make sure it was him.
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Continued SPOILER Alert
I really hope that bird trick was a contrivance for the movie. Pretty brutal otherwise.
Charon
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(well if you've read this far you might as well read this ,.. :t )
although I haven't really looked any turn of the century magic tricks, I suspect that was accurate.
And now that I think about it, that is another one of those subtle clues leading to the end of the movie,...:t
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It took me awhile, got distracted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing_bird_cage
not exactly the same trick, but I need to think about how I want to narrow my search results.