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The Midnight Sun
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"Something about Insomnia just did not work. I mean, it had the makings of a great movie, and to be honest, it almost was a great movie. But there was just something missing, something lacking from the basic feel of the movie that couldn't really be made up for, no matter how hard Pacino, Williams, and director Chris Nolan tried. The story is pretty obviously a remake of a Norwegian film made in the 90s, which apparently is pretty superior to this; one thing that this film succeeded at was making me put that film on the top of my list of films to see. The general idea of the story is excellent, with the guilt and insanity of the murder case thrown in with Dormer's (Pacino's) own guilt for the accidental murder of his partner and his shady tactics used to put a child murderer behind bars in LA. The insomnia of the midnight sun is absolutely perfect. It seems as though insomnia is a great subject for Nolan to tackle, since in each and every one of his movies to date involves his d ... "
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The Prestige (2006)
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"This review of "The Prestige" will included spoilers regarding the end of the film. Proceed at your own risk. As we´re told in the trailers and several times through "The Prestige", there are three acts to a magic trick: "the pledge", in which the magician makes a promise to the audience about a seemingly ordinary object; "the turn", where that object does something completely unexpected; and "the prestige", or, in other words, the climax. In "The Prestige", two magicians (played by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman) continually try to one-up each other in terms of their performances after the tragic death of Angier´s (Jackman) wife. A series of double-crosses, risks and deaths later, one does emerge victorious. But the question remains: does the result justify everything that came before? Every couple of years, Hollywood unleashes two similarly themed films within weeks of each other. 1998 saw the release of "Armageddon" and the vastly superior "Deep Impact". And thi ... "
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Bale good Bowie bad
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"Good understated 'reveal' movie,this.Christian Bale,good as ever ,lets himself down ,ironically with a forced English accent,that somehow jarrs against Michael Caine's natural London drawl. Why didnt he just do a Michael Caine? ,that would have been fine.Hugh Jackman is superb,Scarlett Johannson doesnt let the side down.Then there is David Bowie,why oh why oh why? He spoils the film with a useless voice,and a dead-eyed performance that any number of quality third-string character actors could have taken.I knocked a whole star off "
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Gripping and Clever
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"Why does it always seem that there are two movies abot the same subject released at the same time? The Prestige was released just after The Illusionist (2006), which is a shame because that sucked away the audience that might have gone to see this. Don't get me wrong, the Illusionist isn't a bad movie, but I find this one so much better. Two young magicians become bitter rivals when one of them may or may not have been instrumental in the death of the other's wife. From that point on, they do what they have to do to steal each other's secrets no matter who it hurts in their lives. A taut and gripping plotline is boosted by great performances of Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. Both performances are filled with envy, jealousy, and anger. Some people say that the end is a bait and switch, but if you are paying attention to the movie, you are lead down to its dark inevitable path. "
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"The Prestige is what the esteemed film critic Roger Ebert calls a Jerk Around Movie. To quote the Rog-man from his review of the modern classic Basic "what it does is jerk you around. It sets up a situation and then does a bait and switch. You never know which walnut the truth is under. You invest your trust and are betrayed." I am not a big fan of movies like this, because they tend to be entirely about plot and nothing else. I know I am in the minority on this. Lots of Jerk Around Movies are really popular- The Sting and The Usual Suspects are two that I can think of, as is, to an extent, The Departed. But I want a movie to be about more than a clever plotline. I want a film about characters I like or ideas I find interesting. The Prestige comes close, mainly due to some compelling lead performances from Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman, but ultimatley misses the mark. The premise sounds like a lot of fun- two magicians try to outwit and out suceed each other. Each has a sp ... "
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Nolan Shines Again
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"An intriguing tale told well. I'm hesitant to go into too much detail here as anyone who hasn't seen it OR heard about it (I went into the film completely fresh and with no expectations) will, I believe, enjoy it that much more. There are a few loose ends that don't seem to tie up at the denouement, but it IS, after all, a movie about magic and illusion and not letting the secret out. I believe it's partially left up to the viewer to decide what they REALLY saw. Great film. Highly recommended. "
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"Don't get me wrong from the title of this entry. I liked the Prestige. I liked the misdirection and twists and turns that director Christopher Nolan visits upon the viewer. It was a great Saturday-afternoon, sit-on-the-couch and eat popcorn rental. I was looking forward to this movie because I'm such a fan of Nolan, but ultimately, I can't say this was his best effort. This movie was slow and predictable, even if the path to the predictable outcome was not as predictable as the outcome itself. That is to say, the movie was one grand illusion with it's setup (the pledge) and its misdirection (the turn). Yet, the inevitable outcome (the prestige) I actually saw coming. It was one of the few movies where I smelled the ending a mile off, and it took such time to get there, I was ultimately unimpressed. What's more, the movie was released at or around the time of the release of the Illusionist, which contained similar plot elements but, I thought, was an ult ... "
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The Prestige
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"In The Prestige director Christopher Nolan returns to the fractured narrative structure he explored in both Following and Memento. The rivalry and obsessions of magicians: Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), and Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman) is developed through a series of flashbacks drawn from the warring illusionists discovery and readings of each other’s diary. Angier scours Borden’s memoir for the secrets to his tricks, and Borden reads through Angier’s account of doing so. This technique works by shifting forwards and backwards in time to add tension and clarity to scenes already past. The two begin as friends and assistants to Milton (played by real life magician and Paul Thomas Anderson alum Ricky Jay). When Borden’s ambitions get the better of him tragedy strikes the act and forces him out. So begins the long and vicious rivalry between him and Angier. While Borden is decidedly more talented, Angier is a supreme showman, and his ability to wow the aud ... "
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The Prestige
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"By Tricia Olszewski Somewhere between obfuscation and contrivance lies Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige, a movie about magic that’s making its appearance a gasp away from the same-themed Illusionist. Nolan and his co-writer/brother, Jonathan Nolan, adapted a novel by Christopher Priest about two late-19th-century London magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), whose friendship turns into a hostile rivalry after an onstage accident. Borden’s got talent, Angier’s got charisma, and when Borden creates an illusion that confounds even those in the biz, Angier goes a bit nuts. Taking into consideration its subject matter and Nolan’s time-reversing puzzler Memento, a few confusing developments are to be expected. But unlike the writer-director’s debut, The Prestige doesn’t offer a conclusion that’s thought-provoking so much as dismissible. All the more so because of the facile links used to get there: Fake ... "
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Chris Nolan does it again!!
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"I have to say I thought Batman Begins was a pretty good movie but The Prestige is spectacular!! Incredibly well written! At first I thought it was going to be a terrible movie with just a lot of talking but it actually kept me on the dge of my seat to the very end! And if you're like me and like the type of movies with an awesome huge plot twist......watch this movie! I personally think that it's on the level of The Sixth Sense! You will not expect the ending! I said it before and I'll say it again......INCREDIBLE!! "
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