[RATINGS:
Claire: Netflix: 2.6/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10.
Carolyn: Netflix: 3.6/5 stars. IMDB: 7/10.
The native public rating for this movie is: Netflix: 4.0/5 stars, IMDB: 8.5/10.
After watching Interstellar, we decided to check out this Christopher Nolan movie. We had previously passed over this as being about a subject that we are not necessarily interested in. But since we love all of the other Christopher Nolan movies, and The Prestige was in the top #250 on IMDB (it’s #52 as of 20150801), we decided to go ahead and check it out.
CAROLYN’S THOUGHTS: I definitely liked this one better than Claire. I found that even though the subject wasn’t something that I would seek out, this movie got me interested in it, and it held my interest and I enjoyed the ride. It was no Memento or Interstellar, but I thought it was worth watching.
CLAIRE’S THOUGHTS: Yea, this was just another “Black Swan“. It seems Nolan wants to try to make interesting movies out of non-interesting subjects, and it seems like this actually works for most people. It didn’t work for me. Less informative than a documentary, and less interesting than a movie about something I cared about… This is just a movie about rivaly, with gross un-modern clothes and sets.
AND THE FUCKING MOVIE BLEW OUR PolkAudio cs400i CENTER SPEAKER. We’re talking an MSRP $300+ speaker. Fortunatley I had a spare to bring up, but the $70 Tweeter is blown. All during Tesla’s bullshit. Nikalai Tesla and Christopher Nolan blew my fucking speaker. I’ve never blown a speaker so decisively in my life. FUCK MAGIC, FUCK THIS MOVIE, and FUCK whover it was who recommended this to me. It wasn’t worth reconfiguring home theatre setups in 2 rooms just to watch this disappointment of a movie.
PEOPLE:
Directed by Christopher Nolan (Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Memento, Following).
Written by Jonathan Nolan (Memento, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises) and Christopher Nolan (Inception, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Memento, Following, Man Of Steel).
Based on a novel by Christopher Priest.
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine in the Marvel movies, Chappie, Movie 43, Rise Of The Guardians, Van Helsing, Kate & Leopold) as Robert Angier, the magician.
Christian Bale (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Terminator Salvation, Howl in the English version of Howl’s Moving Castle, Equilibrium, American Psycho, American Hustle) as Alfred Borden, the other magician.
Michael Caine (Alfred in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight movies, Inception, Interstellar, Austin Powers 3, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Without A Clue, Jaws 4) as Cutter, the illusion designer.
Piper Perabo (Looper, Coyote Ugly, Carriers) as Julia McCullough, Robert’s girlfriend.
Rebecca Hall (Vicky in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Iron Man 3, Dorian Gray, Transcendence) as Sarah Borden, Alfred’s wife.
Scarlett Johansson as Olivia Wenscombe, Robert’s assistant.
David Bowie as Nikola Tesla.
Andy Serkis (Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings movies, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, Inkheart, Clueless) as Alley.Music: The Church – Pearls
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