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Date  Helpful Rating 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  best of the bestPosted: 7/6/2009A review of The Prestige by moviesb4bed one of the best movies in my lifetime - must buy for your home collection. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 1 users found this helpful Good MoviePosted: 9/23/2007A review of The Prestige by ANTHONYg125 I thought The Prestige was a good movie. Was this review helpful? Sign In 1 out of 1 users found this helpful I love this film, a total masterpiece!!!Posted: 5/6/2007A review of The Prestige by Jdawg3913 Hello, I couldnt wait until I write my reviews down about this film. Ive been wanting to see this since it first came out in theaters. Picked it up the day it came out on dvd. After I veiwed the film it made me scratch my head and trying to figure out on what really happened. After the second time I watched it I totally got it. I loved every minute of it. I watched it four times already! Very addictive storyline.It became my favorite movie of all time!!! I really wished that film could get a golden globe award but it didnt. Usually the idiotic morons give the golden globes to stupid, senseless films. Also Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors. To me hes a very good director from all the films hes made. I give this film two thumbs way up! Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 1 users found this helpful I dont useally like movies.Posted: 4/18/2007A review of The Prestige by SillySkinnyMini This movie was really good. there were so many twists and turns it made me car sick. lol It was one of those types of movies that have you guessing untill the very end. I guessed one and it turned out to be the other. I thought it had very good acting, and the story line was good too. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 1 users found this helpful  Subtext is the Key to MagicPosted: 3/21/2007A review of The Prestige by Mant2811 Nolan even explains his primary interest and the passion the movie is based on in the brief interview on the DVD. The key is Tesla. His name and then character appear at the center of the film as does Edisons. A quick review of the history of the competition between these two men and their inventions (especially Tesla, who seemed the most inquisitive and intelligent of the two though taken advantage of by Edison and numerous men of power throughout his life) takes one back to the beginning of the film and reveals the metaphorical magic laced through to the end. A sleight of hand that Im sure Tesla would have appreciated, rather than one more tedious, chronological bio of a famed figure in history. Enjoyed it immensely! Was this review helpful? Sign In 1 out of 1 users found this helpful  GOOD MOVIE, BY NO MEANS GREATPosted: 3/8/2007A review of The Prestige by Morpheus29 Okay, heard tons about this movie for many weeks...and eventually really got excited to rent the DVD, since I saw SO many good to great reviews by critics and movie-goers alike. Simply put, this movie is good. It is not great, just a good movie. The special effects werent anything to rave about, the plot wasnt outstanding, the ending wasnt totally unexpected..there was nothing amazing or outstanding about this movie...it was just good, meaning not bad. Im actually glad I didnt rush to see it back when it was in the theaters..this is an okay choice to rent, but dont go expecting to be blown away. I still have to rent The Illusionist, and will have to compare the two. Hugh Jackman is a good actor, in fact...they all did rather well, its just that I expected either better visuals and effects, or to be totally surprised by the plot twists and ending....and was not. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful  The PrestigePosted: 3/4/2007A review of The Prestige by chhus5 This movie was very slow, lacked plot, and we took it out 3 times due to boring movie. Thvie is highly overarated. I dont understand whtat movie the reveiwers watched but it wasnt the same movie we watched. Not worth renting until not a new release. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful its pretty good mvoie worth buyingPosted: 3/2/2007A review of The Prestige by JCaldwell704 bought this movie, it was pretty good movie. it has a alot of twist and turns and you have to really pay attention, i mean i hit the rewind button a couple times. its def worthing renting or watching.
if you seen the illustionist and you like the illustionist. this movie is kinda like the illustionist but not as good. it seems to drag out longer than the illustionist and not as many magic tricks as the illusionist.
prestige is a good movie for a rainy day.
but in all the movie is def worth renting, but if you havent seen the illusionist def rent or buy that first. you wont regret it.
just my opinion, more reviews comming. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful FantasticPosted: 2/19/2007A review of The Prestige by Anony1045 This movie was an exciting thrill ride all the way through. I was wondering what would happen all the way up to the end, when they revealed the secret of the movie that tied all of the loose ends together. This is not a movie for those not willing to think, and there are metaphors in throughout the entire thing I had fun discovering. This is one of the cleverest movies I have seen in a while, and in my opinion, it shows a bit of Alfred Hitchcock-like very creative directing. I loved it! Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful The PrestigePosted: 1/16/2007A review of The Prestige by zipcodia this movie is a mix of things. it was incredibly done, yet so hard to understand. i would need a paper and pencil to keep track of whats happening and who did what and all that. i mustve annoyed the crap out of the people behind us (me and my mom) cuz every 5 minutes id turn to her and go, huh?. plus the screen kept messing up during the movie so that didnt help much. sadly, i didnt get the ending till we were home and my whole family explained what i had failed to see. quite frankly i still dont get it and want to see it again just so i can understand it. but nonetheless a good movie. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful The Prestige is an intense chiller...Posted: 1/3/2007A review of The Prestige by Anonymous Director writer, Christopher Nolan strikes again with his new film, The Prestige. Based on the book by Christopher Priest, The Prestige opened on October 20th nationwide.
The movie takes place during Victorian times in London, when illusionists and magicians were very popular entertainers. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play rival magicians, each striving to be the best in London. These two men are both insanely obsessed with their lifes work and give up their familys, their friends and almost everything they have for it. Michael Caine also stars in the picture as the wise Cutter, the mentor and agent of Robert Angier, (Jackman). Cutter realizes that the ambition and revenge these two men seek will only lead to misery and despair, and so tries desperately but in vain to stop them.
A real magician tries to invent something new, something other magicians are gonna scratch their heads over. Says Alfred Borden, (Bale). I think this is exactly what the cast and crew of The Prestige have achieved. They have taken this novel and have turned it into a movie unlike any youve ever seen before. Filled with plot twists and perfectly written and delivered lines, The Prestige is bound to be an Oscar winning film. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Dont miss this moviePosted: 1/3/2007A review of The Prestige by ApricotRiceball I believe this movie was very well done, despite some of the things I have read others say. For those who didnt know, this movie was based on a book and like any book made to film, there are going to be changes and whatnot not everyone is going to be satisfied.
I found the movie very entertaining and suspenseful. I have always loved watching magic shows and trying to learn magic tricks myself so this movie was right up my alley. I loved the part with Tesla and I loved seeing David Bowie in a film again. I havent seen him act since Labyrinth and it was about time he did it again. I feel that all the actors and actresses performed very well, and very believably. I will be buying this movie as soon as its available. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Unique IntriguingPosted: 12/16/2006A review of The Prestige by Dev_il4evr I enjoyed the movie very much.. It definalty keeps you thinking wondering. Afterwards you may find yourself trying to figure m-a-n-y things out. So if your looking for a more serious intelligent movie go see The Prestige!
It definatly has five stars from me. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful historically correctPosted: 11/20/2006A review of The Prestige by swan621 I read no reviews prior to seeing this movie. Glad I did not. Regardless if any other viewers enjoyed this on the edge of your seat thriller, of if they obliviously fell asleep as one reviewer did, it is the historical accuracy that impressed me. The character of Nikola Tesla was a real figure working as an engineer for Thomas Edison who attemped to develope direct current for industry. It failed. Tesla is the inventor of alternating current, a product we all pay the Edison Co. for. The scene at Colorado Springs where the town was lit up in wirelessly in the 1800s , as well as the light bulbs in the earth scene all actually took place and is accurately depicted. Teslas accomplisments and the records of that mysterious technology died with him. What is amazing to me is that this movie, as mind boggling as it was, depicted Tesla as a fictional charachter. His life and story alone would make a great biographical movie. Alternatively, I recommend the book Prodigal Genius, The Life of Nikola Tesla by John J. ONeill. Morally, Tesla deserves at the least to be as revered a household name as Edison...and even more so. Was this review helpful? Sign In 0 out of 0 users found this helpful Not for the unintellegentPosted: 11/18/2006A review of The Prestige by ChoochsBuddy The first words heard, as the movie begins are ARE YOU WATCHING CLOSELY? Therein lays the key. I have now seen it four times and am still amazed and delighted at the power of illusion this wonderfully engaging movie exerts over an audience of intelligent viewers. I am referring to those who didnt come to see one more banal slice of life flick, or cutie pie chick flick, or ridiculous slow motion martial arts flick. or filthy language T and A flick, or sick puppy voyerism sex flick, or glorify the ganstas violence flick , or Japanese animation. This one is for those of us with brains and a life, who appreciate good writing and love a great movie, well acted, beautifully filmed and demanding of your attention. If you are one of those who found it boring, you either fell asleep for a minute, checked you stupid text message, dulled your brain with drugs in the sixties or are the brain damaged offspring off such morons or too young or some other brand of unthinking creature. Yes. its requires thought and attention. The big surprise is not so much what the movie reveals about the story and its characters and the dramatic outcome of their twists and turns, but what it reveals about what it has done to you, the viewer, for 2 hours and 20 minutes. It is humbling, and entertaining - unless you are a bad sport or incapable of subtleties of thought. If youre a pop culture lover - stay home, But if know the difference between I love you and you please me, go see it. Then see it again - theres the real fun! A couple idiots give too much away in the following revews. Dont let them spoil it for you - READ NO MORE REVIEWS - JUST GO SEE IT! AND WATCH CLOSELY! Was this review helpful? Sign In | ||
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