The Prestige

One of the chief aspects of The Prestige is, well, the prestige - the point in the magic show where the magician shows the audience something they've never seen before. And, as Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) warns, a good magician should never reveal his secrets, for without his secrets he is nothing. And yet the best part of this show - just as in Memento, the first film written by the Nolan brothers - is the revelation of all its secrets, the part where the audience figures out how everything is pieced together...

A full review will follow when I have the time, but just wanted to note that this was a great film, some fine, solid acting by Hugh Jackman (one does feel sorry for his character in the end) and Christian Bale...

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tscd said…
Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman in one film? This one I must see.
25 October 2006 at 01:52
Anonymous said…
You can do magic
You can have anything that you desire ...
27 October 2006 at 04:32
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