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Posted on 4/24/17 at 2:31 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
quote:Oh come on. It wasn't even the best magician movie of 2006.
It might be the best movie of the 2000's.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 3:26 pm to johnnydrama
This thread is great with all of the comic movie references. Can't believe he missed Alfred though. 
Blasphemy.
The Prestige is in my top five favorite movies of all time. And remember this was back when the fact that Chris Nolan directed it was was sort of a sub-note. It was before he was "OMG Chris Nolan!!!1"
It's easy to "figure out," (it beats you over the head with it over and over, for chrissakes) and that's why it's so great IMO. The fun part is watching the truth unfold to the characters in the film. Also, it's really cool seeing each of them struggle with what is real and what isn't.
It's one of the most fun times I've ever had watching a movie in a theater with a group of friends.
There was a poster here (Casty McBoozer I believe) that had differing opinions on the movie. IIRC, he thinks the movie is a trick on the audience, and that all of the corpses in the water tanks at the end proved his point. I don't remember exactly what his point was, but I remember it being an interesting discussion (even though I didn't agree with him). I can't find the thread (thanks, google).
quote:
Oh come on. It wasn't even the best magician movie of 2006.
Blasphemy.
The Prestige is in my top five favorite movies of all time. And remember this was back when the fact that Chris Nolan directed it was was sort of a sub-note. It was before he was "OMG Chris Nolan!!!1"
It's easy to "figure out," (it beats you over the head with it over and over, for chrissakes
) and that's why it's so great IMO. The fun part is watching the truth unfold to the characters in the film. Also, it's really cool seeing each of them struggle with what is real and what isn't. It's one of the most fun times I've ever had watching a movie in a theater with a group of friends.
There was a poster here (Casty McBoozer I believe) that had differing opinions on the movie. IIRC, he thinks the movie is a trick on the audience, and that all of the corpses in the water tanks at the end proved his point. I don't remember exactly what his point was, but I remember it being an interesting discussion (even though I didn't agree with him). I can't find the thread (thanks, google).
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:03 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:
I can't find the thread (thanks, chicken).
quote:
It's easy to "figure out," (it beats you over the head with it over and over, for chrissake
ok, just reassuring myself that i wasn't on some transcendental autistic trip and figuring it all out. it was designed for idiots like me who don't typically figure out movies until the reveal.
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 4:05 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:06 pm to CAD703X
quote:
it was designed for idiots like me who don't typically figure out movies until the reveal.
I wouldn't say that. The movie was a magic trick. They show you all this eye candy, meanwhile the real explanation is right in front of you the whole time.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:07 pm to CocomoLSU
I've seen people argue that the tesla machine never worked. I don't know if it holds up but I like the idea.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:08 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:Idk know, man. The Illusionist was pretty good.
Blasphemy.
The Prestige is in my top five favorite movies of all time. And remember this was back when the fact that Chris Nolan directed it was was sort of a sub-note. It was before he was "OMG Chris Nolan!!!1"
It's easy to "figure out," (it beats you over the head with it over and over, for chrissakes ) and that's why it's so great IMO. The fun part is watching the truth unfold to the characters in the film. Also, it's really cool seeing each of them struggle with what is real and what isn't.
It's one of the most fun times I've ever had watching a movie in a theater with a group of friends.
There was a poster here (Casty McBoozer I believe) that had differing opinions on the movie. IIRC, he thinks the movie is a trick on the audience, and that all of the corpses in the water tanks at the end proved his point. I don't remember exactly what his point was, but I remember it being an interesting discussion (even though I didn't agree with him). I can't find the thread (thanks, google).
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:08 pm to CAD703X
The final shot isn't quite a reveal, as its been revealed earlier in the movie that he didn't know if he'd be the man in the box or the man on the stage, but it is designed to make real the full cost of his decisions. He's committed murder every night (or suicide, depending on your point of view), and died a horrible, agonizing death.
Remember, the opening shot is all of the hats. It shows you the prestige before the pledge or the turn.
Remember, the opening shot is all of the hats. It shows you the prestige before the pledge or the turn.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:18 pm to Baloo
quote:
He's committed murder every night (or suicide, depending on your point of view), and died a horrible, agonizing death.
pretty disturbing when you think about it. so you can never be sure whether he was the 'transported' or the one still on the machine.
i got the impression the first time he killed himself that he was actually the one who transported and his 'clone' was the one next to the pistol who it seems took an extra half-second realizing it was there but still in plenty of time to murder himself.
that was pretty fricked up.
eta and i know edison hated tesla but i don't think it was historically accurate that he sent thugs to tear up his experiments.
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:27 pm to CAD703X
quote:
pretty disturbing when you think about it.
frick, it's horrifying. Committing the most painful and tortuous suicide each night as you hopefully leave a clone behind in your place... No way.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:34 pm to CAD703X
I love how you have 51 downvotes for this thread and 0 upvotes! Lol probly cuz you're the only one in existence who is not impressed with this movie.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:35 pm to CocomoLSU
quote:But how do you explain all of the bodies in the tanks?
Another prevalent theory online states that Tesla’s machine never worked, and that he was stringing the wealthy Angier along so he could fund his next project. When the government got too close to Tesla, the inventor left, leaving Angier with a broken machine. Those who follow that thread point out that Angier’s "clones" should have had the same limp that the Angier Prime had, from a brutal fall earlier in the film. There are a surprising amount of people who believe that the real trick to The Prestige is making the audience believe that a machine capable of cloning another human actually exists.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:46 pm to MontyFranklyn
They're a lot easier to explain than the magical tesla clone machine, and somehow tesla is broke despite this machine.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:48 pm to lagallifrey
quote:
somehow tesla is broke despite this machine.
That't the basic Tesla myth. That he'd unlocked the secrets of the universe but his competitors kept him from success. It works damn well in this movie.
This post was edited on 4/24/17 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 4/24/17 at 4:51 pm to Fewer Kilometers
More myth, more magic. We prefer this story and choose to believe it.
Posted on 4/24/17 at 9:17 pm to mattchewbocca
quote:
love how you have 51 downvotes for this thread and 0 upvotes!
LMFAO I didn't even notice the downvotes.. Up to 61 now.
Why would someone downvote a thread where I was just asking questions? Lol I didn't say I hated the movie.
Posted on 4/25/17 at 6:59 am to CAD703X
I just watched it again and came away much preferring the explanation that the machine never worked. Both are plausible within the context of the movie, but the machine not working fits much better with the rest of the movie.
Posted on 4/25/17 at 10:32 am to CAD703X
quote:
What is the Movieboard's opinion?
i'd say the upvote/downvote ratio pretty well illustrates the board's opinion.
Posted on 4/25/17 at 10:37 am to lagallifrey
quote:expand on this. how does that fit with the drowned people at the end?
preferring the explanation that the machine never worked
Posted on 4/25/17 at 10:57 am to CAD703X
Others beat me to it. The brother that died is the one that loved magic more, he also probably killed the girl.
The brother that lived, left things well enough alone. He loved magic but he loved his family more. You can tell which is which at anytime by how they interact with wife and daughter.
The brother that lived, left things well enough alone. He loved magic but he loved his family more. You can tell which is which at anytime by how they interact with wife and daughter.
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