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lsutiger2011 
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Georgia
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537 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 11:58 pm to Matisyeezy)
Just watched this movie about a week ago. It was a great movie. I plan on watching again.
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Carson123987
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Middle Court at The Rec
Member since Jul 2011
23194 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:41 am to Qwerty)
You're better off not having watched Armageddon. shite movie
I'm gonna rent Illusionist. It was a very well-done movie
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Carson123987
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Middle Court at The Rec
Member since Jul 2011
23194 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 12:45 am to TulaneTigerFan)
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:lol
Not even close
Must be pretty close considering several in this thread preferred Illusionist and the 2 are separated by only 2 percentage points on RottenTomatoes
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smash williams
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San Diego via Marksville
Member since Apr 2009
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 1:02 am to CollegeFBRules)
I also thought the score by Philip Glass was amazing. The music enhances almost every significant scene.
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davesdawgs 
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Georgia
Member since Oct 2008
10999 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 10:10 am to CollegeFBRules)
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I really enjoyed this movie, perhaps even more than The Prestige.
Likewise. One of our family's favorite re-watchable movies.
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TulaneTigerFan 
Tulane Fan
Seattle
Member since Sep 2005
32141 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 1:26 pm to Carson123987)
The Illusionist is a contrived love story with a predictable twist and inferior writing. Seems like mainly chicks and uneducated movie viewers would prefer it
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19
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Watson, LA
Member since Nov 2007
2441 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 2:37 pm to Carson123987)
Whichever one had Tesla in it, I liked the other one better, but they are both well recommendable.
I need to watch both over again, only seen each once. Good call mentioning this, OP.
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CollegeFBRules
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Member since Oct 2008
18112 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 6:05 pm to 19)
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Whichever one had Tesla in it, I liked the other one better, but they are both well recommendable.
Tesla was in The Prestige.
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Tiger n Miami AU83 
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Miami
Member since Oct 2007
25215 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 6:51 pm to CollegeFBRules)
Like the Illusionist. Preferred it to The Prestige.
Spoiler (Prestige)....
The way the guy performed the trick in the Prestige was easy to figure out. After seeing the other guy a few times, I figured out pretty quickly it was a twin brother situation. Because I thought the Prestige was grounded in reality (hence it HAD to be a twin brother) I didn't like the cloning machine angle. Either the movie is grounded in reality where you don't have to suspend belief or it isn't. I like sci-fy so I wouldn't mind the Tesla angle and cloning machine. But one guy is playing by the rules of reality and the other is operating in fantasyland. That part I didn't like, kinda a double standard where one illusion is real (and pretty easily figured out early on) and I kept thinking the other was going to be grounded in reality as well.
Still like the Prestige. Just had an issue with what I just laid out.
This post was edited on 2/17 at 6:52 pm
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THRILLHO 
New Orleans Saints Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Apr 2006
25408 posts
| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/17/13 at 6:55 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83)
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Like the Illusionist. Preferred it to The Prestige.
Says all you need to know about which is the better film. The Illusionist was a solid way to spend an hour and a half. I enjoyed it and forgot about it within a few weeks. The Prestige is a top 5 film of the 2000's.
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I figured out pretty quickly it was a twin brother situation.
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the Prestige was grounded in reality (hence it HAD to be a twin brother) I didn't like the cloning machine angle.
"It was grounded in reality except for the ~1890's electric cloning machine."
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