The most entertaining movie I have watched recently is the movie "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan; the director of "Memento", a heralded film from 2000. The movie captivated me and it was one of the only movies I have ever wanted to watch again, immediately following the initial time I watched it.
The main character, portrayed by Hugh Jackman ( wolverine in "X-Men") is named Robert Angier is a magician who is a very good charasmatic performer, while his opponent Alfred Borden played by Christian Bale ("3:10 to Yuma", "Batman Begins") is exactly the opposite; he is not a very good performer, but instead just an amazing magician. Each of them struggle against the other to try to make money.
Christopher Nolan does an excellent job making the audience thrilled and entertained at the same time. He uses ceratin cameran angles that add to the effect of the magic tricks and gives up interesting point of views from all different characters. Throughout the movie, Jackman, Bale, and even Michael Caine, a magic trick inventor for Jackaman, narrate parts of the film. Each divulging information about their character and the story line.
Scarlett Johansson also plays a fairly large role int the film by being an assistent to both magicians. She transfers sides after Jackman wants her to get some inside information on Bale's tricks, but refuses to return the ugly looks of Hugh Jackman.
Throughout the entire movie, the fued between the two is escalating. Each man somehow slithers onstage of the other ones show as a volunteer and attempts to foil the other ones performance and enrage the crowd, Jackman even shoots Bale in the finger.
David Bowie is also in the movie playing Nikolai Tesla, a real actual life inventor who has a mythical role in this movie, trying to invent machines for the two magicians than will mystify the crowd using electricity.
The acting is top-notch in my oppinion and the plot-line that has so many turns and twists is asstounding to me. I highly suggest that anyone who has not seen this movie (coughcoughmr.Klobucharcoughcough) should see it the nearest weekend. It is indeed my favorite movie of the last three years, hands down.
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This was one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. I really liked how it explained how they did the tricks. It was quite far fetched in most of the tricks but very enjoyable.
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