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CollegeFBRules 
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| What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:24 pm)
I really enjoyed this movie, perhaps even more than The Prestige.
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Azazello 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:27 pm to CollegeFBRules)
I really liked it, even though the "twist" was quite obvious from the beginning.
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Wooly 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:29 pm to CollegeFBRules)
hate it when two similar movies come.out at the same time.... can never tell them apart
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:33 pm to Azazello)
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I really liked it, even though the "twist" was quite obvious from the beginning.
True, but I think the plot execution was first rate.
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beaverfever 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:37 pm to CollegeFBRules)
I've somehow never seen it. Been meaning to forever.
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WG_Dawg 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:37 pm to CollegeFBRules)
Liked it a lot. I feel like it's the little runt brother of the Prestige in terms of how people remember them, but I thought it was great.
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:40 pm to beaverfever)
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I've somehow never seen it. Been meaning to forever.
You should, it's really well done.
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:40 pm to WG_Dawg)
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Liked it a lot. I feel like it's the little runt brother of the Prestige in terms of how people remember them, but I thought it was great.
Agreed.
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Bryon Bojengles III
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:42 pm to CollegeFBRules)
Love it because Norton is the man but The Prestige is the better film.
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kingbob
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:44 pm to CollegeFBRules)
good movie, but not nearly as good as "The Prestige"
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EventHorizon
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 2:45 pm to CollegeFBRules)
I really enjoyed the movie and end up watching it every now and then. I also liked Prestige but enjoyed The Illusionist more. When talking to friends about those two movies, it seems that everybody prefers the movie that they happened to see first.
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smash williams
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 3:35 pm to CollegeFBRules)
I also enjoyed it more than The Prestige.
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 3:42 pm to smash williams)
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I also enjoyed it more than The Prestige.
I appreciated that it left the mystery in place, whereas The Prestige was interested in answering everything. Well, except how in the hell Tesla's invention was a human xerox machine. 
This post was edited on 2/16 at 3:43 pm
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harmonics 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 5:17 pm to CollegeFBRules)
My girlfriend got the Illusionist and The Prestige mixed up. At the time, I hadn't heard of either of them, so she told me the plot line of The Prestige thinking it was the Illusionist. So, we go to the theater to see the Illusionist and as we are watching the previews, they show the trailer for The Prestige. I was one confused mother fricker...... She leans over and says, "I think I got the movies mixed up, I'm not sure what this one is going to be about". Nevertheless, I enjoyed The Illusionist and eventually watched The Prestige, enjoyed it as well.
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 6:27 pm to harmonics)
They were both excellent, and I definitely understand how that could happen.
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Carson123987
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 6:56 pm to CollegeFBRules)
Better than Prestige
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TulaneTigerFan 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 7:17 pm to Carson123987)
Not even close
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Qwerty
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 8:08 pm to TulaneTigerFan)
I couldn't watch it because I had just seen the prestige. I ended up sending it back unwatched. The same thing happened when I saw deep impact and then got bored watching Armageddon.
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CollegeFBRules
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 9:37 pm to Qwerty)
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I couldn't watch it because I had just seen the prestige. I ended up sending it back unwatched. The same thing happened when I saw deep impact and then got bored watching Armageddon.
Man, you suck.
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Matisyeezy 
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| re: What is this boards opinion on The Illusionist? (Posted on 2/16/13 at 9:56 pm to CollegeFBRules)
I think it's inevitable that the two aforementioned films would be compared. I feel The Illusionist was better. But I still really liked The Prestige.
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