Monday, November 06, 2006
The Prestige
Last night I got to catch a late show of "The Prestige" after waiting quite a while for the chance to do so. I'd say, overall, I enjoyed watching this film. I love Christopher Nolan's filmmaking style, he truely has a talent for coming up with a crafty, well-thought plot and telling it in a completly non-linear fashion. For example, Memento was awesome because we learned things after they had already happened since the story is told backwards, and the very first thing that happens was so simple and yet it totally messes with your head.
That being said, "The Prestige" certainly kept me guessing and enaged in this magician's rivalry, but in the end I felt we didn't quite get the payoff we had been waiting for. Figuring out the riddles along the way was neat and as captivating as ever, but by the time the BIG mystery came to an answer I felt like it was way too simple, and somewhat easy to tell if you had been paying attention. But the film is definatly worth checking out. The story is pretty neat, the acting is top notch and Christian Bale amazes me yet again with an all new accent. This man does not get enough work.
That being said, "The Prestige" certainly kept me guessing and enaged in this magician's rivalry, but in the end I felt we didn't quite get the payoff we had been waiting for. Figuring out the riddles along the way was neat and as captivating as ever, but by the time the BIG mystery came to an answer I felt like it was way too simple, and somewhat easy to tell if you had been paying attention. But the film is definatly worth checking out. The story is pretty neat, the acting is top notch and Christian Bale amazes me yet again with an all new accent. This man does not get enough work.
# posted by Darth Reidy @ 5:17 PM 
