Sunday, February 6, 2011

The Prestige vs The Illusionist // Part 2

For those who haven't checked out the first part of this, here is the link! prestige-vs-illusionist-part-1

Today I'll be doing The Illusionist.


plot:
"A young boy falls in love with a girl that is way above his social standards along with the art of magic. Although the parents forbid them of seeing each other they cannot be split apart. Until one day they were found together and the boy was sent off. He became a magician and traveled the world. She fell in love with another man, the Crown Prince. The two got engaged but the boy, Eisenheim, finally meets back up with the girl and uses his powers to free her from the royal house in Vienna."

Directed by Neil Burger, this movie is a quite well told story involving mystery and magic. Somewhat in the movie it practically intrigues the audience and if not hypnotizes. Similar to The Prestige it has quite good actors. Maybe a bit less than it but still quite good. Edward Norton, Jessica Biel and especially Paul Giamatti do a great job portraying there actors.

Paul Giamatti
Yet again, same as with the previous movie, it is not worth giving any spoilers because they ruin the movie. All I can say is that it has quite an interesting ending, with a twist most people wouldn't expect. Some people like it some not.


I'll cite an interesting comment from a writter for The Guadian named Peter Bradshaw:
"In its unassuming way, the film shows that reality is more mystifying than illusion."



In the end, even though The Illusionist might contain some qualities The Prestige doesn't have, I still think that the second mentioned is better. The prestige is my choice out of these two. However similar they might be, in the same way they are different. What is your choice?

P.S. I have given up on morning coffee(HELL NO when it comes to real coffee, HELL YES when it comes to the firefox addon), When i press the magical button it opens 165 tabs and raised all my quad core threads to 70% and ram usage to 3.4GB. It's just a mess and too much to do at once. Ill just return back to the feed and commenting on who comments me =]
Posted by Doo at 7:10 PM

37 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    I liked prestige more than illusionist though more are magician stories with unexpected twist. Illusionist was taken pretty well and every magic act was quite different and pretty mindblowing. Orange tree?
    Movie not to be missed ;)

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  2. DEZMONDFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Biel definitely didn't fit this kind of role, while Rufus really was amazing as always. I generally didn't like the way they portrayed these parts of the world in the film. Norton is interesting as usually.

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  3. ChrisFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:21 PM

    Great film, might just re-watch it again tonight

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  4. Alex J. CavanaughFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    Illusionist gets the edge for me. The two main characters in the Prestige were each despicable in their own fashion, which made the film darker. And the love story here was actually quite sweet.

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  5. Master ManiacalFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    How do these people grow perfect mustaches? I probably spent 90% of that youtube clip thinking about :P Also this movie looks pretty good like a dark mystery, gonna have to go check it out.
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  6. ZakkFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:20 PM

    This movie looks awesome!

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  7. The Angry LurkerFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    I prefer the prestige to the illusionist but not by a lot, two good movies.

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  8. JordanFebruary 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    loved this movie i remember watching it like 3 years ago

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  9. Ray RousellFebruary 6, 2011 at 9:05 PM

    Still gotta go with the Prestige, Paul Giamatta, steals the show for me in this film.

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  10. temptationFebruary 6, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    nice. I love film with a unexpected ending.

    i will watch this too.

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  11. cooperlifeFebruary 6, 2011 at 9:49 PM

    very nice breakdown of this movie.

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  12. FilmMatticFebruary 6, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    I've never seen The Illusionist, but The Prestige is phenomenal!

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  13. TastyFebruary 6, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Haven't seen either to be honest.. but they're both on my list now. Thanks :).

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  14. GFebruary 6, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    I must hire the illusionist, looks a good film

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  15. Body1February 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    I like film

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  16. RawrFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    great movie :D

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  17. Gamerman's Gaming BlogFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    I'll have to watch 'em both but I'll have to watch The Illusionist first :)

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  18. Mr. BloggityFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:45 PM

    The prestige all the way!

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  19. SamFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:14 AM

    Great movie!!

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  20. Mary@GigglesandGunsFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:17 AM

    I own the Illusionist but now I want to see Prestige.

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  21. Candlej-February 7, 2011 at 12:39 AM

    i thought they were both good, but i can watch the Prestige over and over again, back to back. Bale was awesome in his role, and David Bowie and Nikola Tesla? genius.

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  22. BrutFebruary 7, 2011 at 12:44 AM

    I loooove the Illusionist...

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  23. RabidmooseFebruary 7, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    Awesome movie!

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  24. Das Auto!February 7, 2011 at 1:14 AM

    The illusionist was a great movie, I used to have a good BRrip, i've gotta hit up my external hd and find it

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  25. Julie FergusonFebruary 7, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    I enjoyed this one too.... Paul Giamatti was very good.

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  26. thegoldenchildFebruary 7, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    great exposition bro.

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  27. HydraxFebruary 7, 2011 at 5:34 AM

    both movies look good, i wanna see them both!

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  28. A Beer for the ShowerFebruary 7, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    As said before, I loved this movie, and Paul Giamatti did such a great job in this film. Great review!

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  29. Clarence MillerFebruary 7, 2011 at 6:52 AM

    still need to watch both

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  30. M. von RohmyFebruary 7, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    I´ve only seen Prestige so far and not yet the Illusionist so i need to do that before knowing which one i like more ;)
    Have a great week, D.!
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  31. mrecanFebruary 7, 2011 at 7:36 AM

    oh awesome movies continued.
    keep on man

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  32. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2011 at 11:09 AM

    still need to check this movie out sometime

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  33. StyronFebruary 7, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel

    awesome

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  34. loveblogginFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:49 AM

    awesome movies!

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  35. Natural Peanut ButterFebruary 8, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    the illusionist is the poor man's prestige. fact.

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  36. ZodiacApril 5, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    considering I remember the ending to the prestige and not the illusionist Id have to defer to the prestige as the better film. I haven't watched them since they came out so my mind might be a little hazy on the subject. But having read some of your posts I have to say Id like to read more. come read mine at http://zodiacsword.blogspot.com cuz i'm your newest follower.

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  37. Xman indiaAugust 6, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    the illusionist is on my list.

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