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I wanted to rent

The Prestige (2006)

because it got good reviews, was written by the Nolan Brothers and has Christian Bale.

Get ready for a Christian Bale film festival.

It is not a 'best' film and probably will not ever be.

I liked a some of it and got annoyed at some pieces as well as the ending.

It seems that is not enough now to just tell a story well.

There have to be whoof whoom sound effects in an echo chamber and loud music.

This is not an action film; not outer space. It is fucking 19th Century England.

It is hard to hear the dialogue.

It is also annoying to have to be queued for one's emotional reactions.

We also have Hugh Jackman, who I can take or leave alone, and Michael Caine, who I like very much.

Scarlett Johanssen (two t's, two s's) rolls her eyes and purses her lips and delivers her lines like a valley girl.

It is all too much. Or, rather, not enough.

The ending is preposterous.

Just as we were getting into hand made, 'real' illusions, they pop us into a gimmick that is way out there in fantasy land.

And so on.

A 3 out of Netflix5 and maybe a 2 if I get any more sore about it.

Labels: films