the Prestige

Julio 2022-04-22 07:01:02

IMDB Rating: 8.5

This is a film that I regard as a masterpiece. I have never seen such a "smart" movie before. The plot is intertwined, and the final ending is surprising but reasonable, because if you look back and watch it again, you will find that the original film has been alluding to this ending before. This movie directly reminded me that the IQs of film directors are also very different. Movies that are intentional and unintentional are clear at a glance. Looking at Hitchcock's hand-painted storyboards, it's clear that those were calculated. Making a movie is not so casual to make a good movie. Whether it is the pre-buried foreshadowing, the narrative structure divided into three lines, or the Prestige at the end, it is amazing. In addition, I have always felt that the title of the Prestige is too expressive, in fact, this is the first foreshadowing of the film.

The most impressive scene: A hundred "coffins" are placed there at the end, telling you that "he" performed a hundred times and died a hundred times at the same time. Think of a sentence: Science sacrifice needs.

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The Prestige quotes

  • Cutter: Take a minute to consider your achievement. I once told you about a sailor who drowned.

    Robert Angier: Yes, he said it was like going home.

    Cutter: I lied. He said it was agony.

  • Alfred Borden: He's progressive, he's predictable, he's boring. I mean, Milton's got success, whatever that means, and now he's scared, he won't take any risks at all. I mean, he's squandering the goodwill of the audience with these tired, second-rate tricks...

    Robert Angier: They're all favorites, please...

    Alfred Borden: Favorites? Come on, give me something fresh, he wont even try a bloody bullet catch!

    Cutter: A bullet catch is suicide, all it takes is some smart-ass volunteer to put a button in the barrel...

    Alfred Borden: Fine, use a plant!

    Robert Angier: You can't use plants for every trick!

    Julia McCullough: There'll be no seats left for the punters!

    [laughs]

    Alfred Borden: Fine, no bullet catch, whatever, but the point is... a real magician tries to invent something new, that other magicians are gonna scratch their heads over, you know?

    Cutter: Right, then you sell it to him for a small fortune?

    Alfred Borden: All right...

    Cutter: I suppose you have such a trick?

    Alfred Borden: Actually, I do.