{"id":23203,"date":"2006-10-26T10:56:01","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T16:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/%e2%80%98the-prestige%e2%80%99-ends-up-as-a-cinematic-parlor-trick\/"},"modified":"2006-10-26T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T16:56:01","slug":"the-prestige-ends-up-as-a-cinematic-parlor-trick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=23203","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Prestige\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Ends Up As A Cinematic Parlor Trick"},"content":{"rendered":"

BY MAGGIE SCOTT <\/p>\n

As with a good relationship, having an exciting, fulfilling experience with a magic act takes an engaged mind. And, fully enjoying a movie takes an engaged mind. <\/p>\n

The trouble with The Prestige is that it takes too much mind to satisfyingly follow what ultimately is a cinematic parlor trick by director Christopher Nolan and his brother\/co-screenwriter Jonathan Nolan. <\/p>\n

The first few words of the film ask, “Are you watching closely?” But the mind becomes exhausted closely watching the Nolans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 sleight of hand. Not just full of “now you see it, now you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t” moments, this story is full of “now you get it, now you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t” as you struggle to mentally make the correct moves in the maze of plot turns and point-of-view shifts.<\/p>\n

Magicians Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) discover that their shared passion for prestidigitation transcends a near blood feud that develops after the death of Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wife. <\/p>\n

Alfred used a different knot to tie her hands, and she drowned in the magicians\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 water tank. Alfred claims he can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t remember changing the knot. Robert is sure Alfred killed his wife, but his idea of justice is to decisively surpass Alfred in magic skills (“he stole my life, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll steal his trick”). <\/p>\n

Over the years, the men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s paths cross as they compete for the adulation of Victorian London\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spectacle-hungry people. Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s showmanship is continually upstaged by the superior illusions of Alfred. Robert is the better magician, but Alfred has the better tricks, especially something called the “transporting man.” Robert\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s obsession with besting Alfred takes him to an innovative genius named Tesla (David Bowie) who, some claim, “can really do what magicians pretend to do.” <\/p>\n

And, there is a machine, Robert believes, that Tesla has created, that can help him achieve that power; power that will vanquish Alfred once and for all. Alfred\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s defeat will involve making people believe that Robert has been murdered. And, it will involve threatening to take something Alfred values almost as much as his magic—his daughter. <\/p>\n

As amazing scientific discoveries and their applications begin to supplant the hold illusionists have over their audiences, Robert realizes that he will have to use reality to achieve his ultimate triumph over Alfred. Nolans\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 adaptation of the Christopher Priest novel effectively keeps the illusive transformations of the rivals front and center, never upstaged by the magic. <\/p>\n

This Touchstone Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures release is rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.
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