The Prestige

In a film, the thing I care most about is not knowing what’s going to happen.  If the ending is predictable, which it is in a huge majority of films, I just don’t care.  I’m not interested in how the hero is going to outwit and beat the villain – I know that he’s going to beat him, so I’m bored.

Due to this the genre which I’m most likely to enjoy a random film in is the heist genre – not my favorite genre per se, but the one I’ll enjoy even bad members of.  The entire point of heist films is to keep the watcher guessing.

The Prestige – the new Christian Bale film from the crew who did Batman Begins – isn’t a heist film, but there’s no point during the film where you know what’s going to happen.  Even if that’s not your tipple of choice, The Prestige is a fantastic film, almost perfect in my opinion.  A solid five stars and I’d recommend going to see it absolutely as soon as possible.
Here are my (incredibly minor) complaints.  No spoilers:

• Near the beginning of the film Hugh Jackman’s character finds a double, someone who’s meant to by chance look very much like him.  If I’m not very much mistaken, his double is also played by Jackman.  It’s difficult to explain why, but that’s actually a real dissapointment given the context of the film… I think you’ll understand if you see it.
• The final, final scene (not a particularly important one) was a little bit over-played.

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One Response to “The Prestige”

1. James:

   § October 27th, 2006 at 9:54 am

   Another two weeks until it’s out here, but from what you and other people have said it is a must-see film.

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