The Prestige

[pistonpete]

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I watched it on dvd tonight, and i have to say it was very entertaining. i figured out the "secret" about midway thru, but even so it still was shrouded enough in mystery that it made me wonder if i was right in my guess. it sorta had a feel like "the illusionist" but it was more suspenseful. my wife watched it the night before and she was surprised i got it so quickly. btw, from what you guys picked up, who do you think was the father of the little girl, alfred or fallon? i say alfred because of his willingness to give up his secrets to protect her; i think that fallon loved her like his own because he loved her mother so much, but i could be wrong. what are your thoughts?

pete

[dagger55]

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phenomenial movie

[aukevin]

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I liked the movie pretty good. The revelation of Jackman's trick was a bit of a disappointment to me and kind of dampered the movie for me, but everything else was just great.

[Blzer]

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I watched it on dvd tonight, and i have to say it was very entertaining. i figured out the "secret" about midway thru, but even so it still was shrouded enough in mystery that it made me wonder if i was right in my guess. it sorta had a feel like "the illusionist" but it was more suspenseful. my wife watched it the night before and she was surprised i got it so quickly. btw, from what you guys picked up, who do you think was the father of the little girl, alfred or fallon? i say alfred because of his willingness to give up his secrets to protect her; i think that fallon loved her like his own because he loved her mother so much, but i could be wrong. what are your thoughts?

pete

I'm not quite sure if that question can exactly be answered.

[Blzer]

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I liked the movie pretty good. The revelation of Jackman's trick was a bit of a disappointment to me and kind of dampered the movie for me, but everything else was just great.

Yeah, that seems to be the only real letdown.

[thelwig14]

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I watched it on dvd tonight, and i have to say it was very entertaining. i figured out the "secret" about midway thru, but even so it still was shrouded enough in mystery that it made me wonder if i was right in my guess. it sorta had a feel like "the illusionist" but it was more suspenseful. my wife watched it the night before and she was surprised i got it so quickly. btw, from what you guys picked up, who do you think was the father of the little girl, alfred or fallon? i say alfred because of his willingness to give up his secrets to protect her; i think that fallon loved her like his own because he loved her mother so much, but i could be wrong. what are your thoughts?

pete

There was no Fallon of Alfred as you can not identify which one was which as they constantly changed roles. So whenever the wife said she believed that version of Alfred loved her, that was the father of the little girl. Because both brothers loved the little girl, there are no signs at the end on which version of Alfred died.

I thought the movie was good, but highly overrated. Everything was pretty easy to call and the whole sci-fi angle was a copout. It would have been much better establishing Root as a bigger character and leaving out the sci-fi angle. Should have kept it grounded in reality.

[neovsmatrix]

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There was no Fallon of Alfred as you can not identify which one was which as they constantly changed roles. So whenever the wife said she believed that version of Alfred loved her, that was the father of the little girl. Because both brothers loved the little girl, there are no signs at the end on which version of Alfred died.

I thought the movie was good, but highly overrated. Everything was pretty easy to call and the whole sci-fi angle was a copout. It would have been much better establishing Root as a bigger character and leaving out the sci-fi angle. Should have kept it grounded in reality.

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I thought it was a good movie, but not great.

[thelwig14]

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The one who loved the wife died at the end. The twin who was free even apologized for having driven the wife to suicide, remember?

I thought it was a good movie, but not great.

I don't remember exactly, but good call, if there was an apology then it was definitely because she never believed him. Thanks for the clearup!

[BGarrett7]

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Absolutely incredible movie.

[neovsmatrix]

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I don't remember exactly, but good call, if there was an apology then it was definitely because she never believed him. Thanks for the clearup!

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[Blzer]

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Guys, make sure you put up spoiler warnings when discussing the movie.

[Beantown]

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Damn good movie. I sorta figured out the twist halfway through...but I, too, thought "that can't be right" and the rest of my movie was spent paying attention and seeing if it truly was right.

Just a fun movie to watch.

[Blzer]

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By the way, how did people like this movie compared to The Illusionist?

[Beantown]

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Plan on seeing the Illusionist next week, so I'll get back to you.

[USF11]

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By the way, how did people like this movie compared to The Illusionist?

Prestige is a better for me because its has better narration and story telling aspects.