re: The Prestige is Nolan’s best film

I liked the Prestige, and it is a great film, however if we’re going by which film is more enjoyable to watch, then I’d have to put The Dark Night above it and Inception at the top of my list.

Objectively Prestige is probably a better film, but I didn’t find it as entertaining as others. It didn’t help that the other magician movie, The Illusionist, came out at about the same time.







I see no one has voted for Interstellar yet.

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Anyone ever watched the movie in chronological order?

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The DVD I have of Memento has a cut of the movie in chronological order. It was a fun watch and helped me wrap my brain around the plot a bit better.

Memento is Nolan's best film, particularly for a first time viewing, but The Prestige (and Inception) are far more rewatchable.

Memento, Inception, and The Prestige are my favorite Nolan movies. Hard to separate the three.

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So In the Prestige is Fallon his birth twin or Clone from Tesla? That was my only question.

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Birth twin. He was pissed cause he couldn’t figure out how Jackmans character was pulling off the transporting man trick. If he knew the clone thing worked he would have known how

Bale's acting is on another level in Prestige.
He knows which twin he is playing in each scene. There are differences in accent, mood of character, and personality.
But they are subtle enough that one cannot obviously tell them apart.

Loved Jackman in this as well.

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Birth twin. He was pissed cause he couldn’t figure out how Jackmans character was pulling off the transporting man trick. If he knew the clone thing worked he would have known how

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Makes sense, which is why he is under the stage and gets hemmed for the murder of the clone. I always wondered bc his key word was Tesla. He basically said it was the key to his trick but he also mentions it’s just the key word in his diary.

The movie is a master piece and I can watch it every time it’s on tv.

Memento
Inception
Dark knight
Interstellar
Insomnia are better but that is not a knock against Chris. He is the second best to do it vs quinton to do it in my life time and I look toward to what he does next.

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always wondered bc his key word was Tesla. He basically said it was the key to his trick

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I’ve never thought of it that way before. You’re suggesting that Tesla had actually cloned Bale’s character and they just kept it secret.

Interesting...

I like it. Going to have to rewatch and see if that’s possible within the confines of movie.

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I've always liked Insommnia. Crazy Robin Williams and So Pachino. Definitely had flaws but the Alaska setting with constant daylight brought a great atmosphere to the film. Actually felt a little of the insomnia Pachino went through. I've always felt it was way underrated as a Nolan film.

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Not disagreeing with OP on Prestige being his best, but damn I love Insomnia.

For me, it was the first look at what an incredible talent he was. Memento could have easily been a Sixth Sense type gimmick had he not been able to follow it up with just straight storytelling, but he knocked it out of the park with Insomnia.

It was also a much better display of the visual masterpieces that we’ve come to know and expect from him. Insomnia is a hauntingly beautiful film, and one of his most visually captivating, which is really saying something.


Love Nolan threads that don’t focus on TDK