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The Prestige: a trick or a treat?

* The Amazing Crapini, a lame birthday party magician	1 votes
** Doug Henning; well meaning but fairly lame	0 votes
*** David Copperfield: Vegas flash with no substance; takes itself way too seriously	2 votes
**** Penn & Teller: Magic with an attitude; cool dudes.	2 votes
***** The Great Houdini: The real deal, man.	1 votes

Vic Sage Nov 03 2006 09:50 AM

2 magicians in a life-long struggle to the death, with Hugh Jackman (wolverine) and Christian Bale (batman). I saw the two plot twists revealed at the end a mile off, which made it less than satisfyingly compelling and dramatic tale. Still, it was a well-acted and beautifully shot movie, and relatively engaging. If you don't see it coming, i reckon its even better than that.

sharpie Mar 07 2007 09:51 AM

Saw it last night. I'm denser than Vic, I guess, 'cause I didn't see the twists coming. Plus I was tired last night. I would've gone 3.5 stars but since it was more 3.51 than 3.49 I rounded up. I saw The Illusionist a couple of nights before to complete the '06 magician movies. I liked that one better until its really unsatisfying conclusion which moved The Prestige into the lead as the best magician movie of 2006.

Edgy DC Mar 07 2007 09:54 AM

See, we've got to go with ten gradations.

RealityChuck Jun 12 2007 01:16 PM

The plot twists were pretty easy to spot (and, really, the fact that Robert Angier didn't catch on is fairly unbelievable -- the key bit of information is something he should have learned when he first worked with Borden), but overall it was a good movie -- the twists were just good enough.

Batty31 Jun 12 2007 05:06 PM

I just rented it recently and loved it! I didn't see the last twist at the end coming...though I guess I should have since there was a passing mention earlier in the movie. Plus when the showed the flashbacks, the hand bit made more sense. I gave it a higher rating than the rest of you due to the eye candy factor via Hugh Jackman. :)