On the whole I think I preferred The Illusionist. It had fewer characters and better magic tricks. By contrast, The Prestige had too much of everything: two magicians, two love interests, currents of electricity. However, The Prestige does feature Michael Caine, David Bowie, Ricky Jay, and Andy Serkis in supporting roles.
I liked Edward Norton's performance in The Illusionist very much. It was emotionally nuanced and his accent was not distracting (unfortunately I can't say the same for Rufus Sewell). In addition, according to IMDB, Norton did many of his own tricks in the film.
The Slate review of The Prestige compares Hugh Jackman to Cary Grant - an interesting and apt comparison. Certainly after this movie I will think of Jackman as more than Wolverine. Don't get me wrong - I like the X-Men movies and think he did a great job portraying Wolvering - but it is nice to know he can, y'know, really act.
| The Illusionist | The Prestige | |
| My expectations | middlin' | high |
| These expectations were | exceeded | fallen short |
| Shot in | Prague | California |
| Hang-dog supporting actor | Paul Giamatti | Ricky Jay |
| Gruesome moment | suicide by pistol | chisel to the fingers |
| plot twist | Romeo and Juliet | Fight Club |
2 comments:
you should see that Woody Allen movie with Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson - not only is it good eye candy, but it convinced me that both actors can actually act (to use 3 words with the root "act" in a row...), and? it's funny as fuck. seriously, go see.
Scoop.
you have been warned.
peace
I saw this based on your comment and I wasn't as crazy about it as you were. Woody Allen needs to stop casting himsef. Hugh Jackman is TEH BOMB though. I read something recently that compared him to Cary Grant which seems apt.
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