The Prestige is a movie that will have viewer’s heads spinning continuously. Moviegoers are left with bits and pieces of the story scattered about, only to find out the biggest piece was left out until the end. But when one reaches the end, the piece is no longer needed.
The movie focuses on the three parts of a magic act: The pledge, turn and prestige. The pledge is the centerpiece of the act, which is the subject. The turn is the extraordinary act that ensues. Subsequently, the prestige is the conclusion with the subject reappearing.
The movie surrounds the prestige as many would assume. Hugh Jackman’s character, Robert Angier becomes enthralled with an astonishing trick that Christian Bale’s character Alfred Burden performs. It is a trick that is so flawless, that Angier believes there is more to it.
It becomes a cat-and mouse game between the two with Burden being the witty magician, who has it all – family, talent, Et al. Angier clearly plays on the strings of Burden throughout the movie.
Angier becomes so obsessed he slips these words out of his mouth, “I don’t care about my wife I care about his secret.” Viewers will find a bit of irony that what he loves most is the audience’s reaction.
Bale’s role as the confident performer, who is an everyman works well in the movie. His boyish charm resonates when he is in jail and does a trick that handcuffs a guard to a post. That is met with an orchestra of laughs from the prisoners, which resembles a class of students joyfully hollering because of the class comedian’s antics. Michael Caine returned to the set with Bale immediately after Batman Begins. He performed solidly as the engineer of the magic acts for both Angier and Burden.
The magic and the twists and turns are the lone concepts that resemble The Illusionist. This film showcases two people with dyeing enthusiasm for their profession. Maybe the movie would be better the second time around, but my only time watching it amounts to an average two out of four stars.
The movie focuses on the three parts of a magic act: The pledge, turn and prestige. The pledge is the centerpiece of the act, which is the subject. The turn is the extraordinary act that ensues. Subsequently, the prestige is the conclusion with the subject reappearing.
The movie surrounds the prestige as many would assume. Hugh Jackman’s character, Robert Angier becomes enthralled with an astonishing trick that Christian Bale’s character Alfred Burden performs. It is a trick that is so flawless, that Angier believes there is more to it.
It becomes a cat-and mouse game between the two with Burden being the witty magician, who has it all – family, talent, Et al. Angier clearly plays on the strings of Burden throughout the movie.
Angier becomes so obsessed he slips these words out of his mouth, “I don’t care about my wife I care about his secret.” Viewers will find a bit of irony that what he loves most is the audience’s reaction.
Bale’s role as the confident performer, who is an everyman works well in the movie. His boyish charm resonates when he is in jail and does a trick that handcuffs a guard to a post. That is met with an orchestra of laughs from the prisoners, which resembles a class of students joyfully hollering because of the class comedian’s antics. Michael Caine returned to the set with Bale immediately after Batman Begins. He performed solidly as the engineer of the magic acts for both Angier and Burden.
The magic and the twists and turns are the lone concepts that resemble The Illusionist. This film showcases two people with dyeing enthusiasm for their profession. Maybe the movie would be better the second time around, but my only time watching it amounts to an average two out of four stars.
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