A weekend of maaagic.
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thebitterguySo, Cynra & I have taken in a couple of related flicks this weekend.
Friday night we went to see The Illusionist, which was the first of the two Magician Films of the summer. Ed Norton plays a small town magician who goes on a tour of the orient to learn secrets n' stuff, and comes back to find his childhod friend is being played by Jessica Biel (aka Brad Pitt's next wife) and is going to be engaged to the crown prince of crazytown.
Hijinks ensue.
At the end, you are told enough of what happened to understand what occured, but you'll still likely go "but how did he DO that?" which is, I suppose, the effect they were going for. Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, both fine performers. Jessica Biel is hawt.
Today, as a followup, we saw The Prestige. Like The Illusionist, it's a story about magicians, only this time about two feuding magicians. Hugh Jackman's in it as Rupert Angier, which I know the ladies love, as well as Christian Bale as his rival/nemesis Alfred Borden, and it was directed by Christopher Nolan.
Apparently, it's quite different from the original book it's based on. To discuss it in length would ruin many of the sublime delights the film has to offer. But both of tehm are enjoyable.
Oh, yeah. Bowie plays Tesla, which I think fulfills two geek fetishes at once. Huzzah, eh?
What was interesting about both the films is the structure. They both have the big reveal at the end that's normally found in a heist flick. I turned to Cynra at the end of The Illusionist and said "I liked it more the first time I saw it. When it was called The Usual Suspects".
Enjoyed both. The Prestige has moments of heavy distuberation, but is a good flick, even if I did find the explanation at the end a bit difficult to believe. I think I enjoyed The Illusionist more.
Friday night we went to see The Illusionist, which was the first of the two Magician Films of the summer. Ed Norton plays a small town magician who goes on a tour of the orient to learn secrets n' stuff, and comes back to find his childhod friend is being played by Jessica Biel (aka Brad Pitt's next wife) and is going to be engaged to the crown prince of crazytown.
Hijinks ensue.
At the end, you are told enough of what happened to understand what occured, but you'll still likely go "but how did he DO that?" which is, I suppose, the effect they were going for. Ed Norton, Paul Giamatti, both fine performers. Jessica Biel is hawt.
Today, as a followup, we saw The Prestige. Like The Illusionist, it's a story about magicians, only this time about two feuding magicians. Hugh Jackman's in it as Rupert Angier, which I know the ladies love, as well as Christian Bale as his rival/nemesis Alfred Borden, and it was directed by Christopher Nolan.
Apparently, it's quite different from the original book it's based on. To discuss it in length would ruin many of the sublime delights the film has to offer. But both of tehm are enjoyable.
Oh, yeah. Bowie plays Tesla, which I think fulfills two geek fetishes at once. Huzzah, eh?
What was interesting about both the films is the structure. They both have the big reveal at the end that's normally found in a heist flick. I turned to Cynra at the end of The Illusionist and said "I liked it more the first time I saw it. When it was called The Usual Suspects".
Enjoyed both. The Prestige has moments of heavy distuberation, but is a good flick, even if I did find the explanation at the end a bit difficult to believe. I think I enjoyed The Illusionist more.
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Date: 2006-10-22 09:33 am (UTC)I'm going to see The Prestige tomorrow, I'm not expecting it to be as good as The Illusionist, but little is and it should be fun.
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Date: 2006-10-23 03:32 am (UTC)The Prestige, on the other hand, I was looking for stuff. Once they revealed a certain plot device, dominoes fell.
Enjoyable, both of them, in any case. DId you like The Prestige?
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