Comments on: More Nineteenth-Century Magicians: The Prestige http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/ "If an otter can't have fun doing something, it just simply won't do it." Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: theottery http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-633 theottery Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:13:13 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-633 Thanks to you both, K and Ben! Thanks to you both, K and Ben!

]]> By: Ben Petty http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-631 Ben Petty Wed, 20 Jun 2007 02:34:29 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-631 just heard about your publicity success and checked out your blog in order to get hip to the newest fad in movie reviewers. I think it's great. Keep us thinking! just heard about your publicity success and checked out your blog in order to get hip to the newest fad in movie reviewers. I think it’s great. Keep us thinking!

]]> By: K http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-625 K Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:44:45 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2007/04/more-nineteenth-century-magicians-the-prestige/#comment-625 I'm doing some of my catching up on movies from the past year now that exams are done. Watched "The Prestige" last night and have to agree with the overall negative reviews... The movie wove an intricate plot, but the obsessiveness of both characters (mostly Angier, with whom the narrative seems to remain for the majority of the time) as they seek to discover/uncover the secret behind each other's performances also destroys any sense of magic in the film. At its conclusion, I'm left w/ the grossed-out and empty feeling of seeing the dead bird revealed to the viewers at the beginning of the storyline. Didn't see much deeper meaning to the 'sacrifice' of Angier's replicated self. Or even the lived duplicity of Bordon's character. I’m doing some of my catching up on movies from the past year now that exams are done. Watched “The Prestige” last night and have to agree with the overall negative reviews…

The movie wove an intricate plot, but the obsessiveness of both characters (mostly Angier, with whom the narrative seems to remain for the majority of the time) as they seek to discover/uncover the secret behind each other’s performances also destroys any sense of magic in the film. At its conclusion, I’m left w/ the grossed-out and empty feeling of seeing the dead bird revealed to the viewers at the beginning of the storyline. Didn’t see much deeper meaning to the ’sacrifice’ of Angier’s replicated self. Or even the lived duplicity of Bordon’s character.

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