Magic itself is nothing special, it is only the magician's means that is powerful.
Rating: 7.57丨Library Chart: 109
Synopsis
Edward (Edward Norton), who was born into a family of carpenters , met a magician traveller as a child.
Magical magic tricks made him very fond of, so he began to learn magic.
Along the way, he also meets Lady Sophie (Jessica Biel) , and the two quickly fall in love.
But class differences, they can not be together.
During one of the escapes, Sophie was captured and barred from seeing Edward.
Edward swears that he must learn more advanced magic, and one day let her disappear with him, the ends of the earth.
Fifteen years later, Edward changed his name to Eisenheim and began performing magic in public.
He won the house with his stunning performance and caught the attention of Detective Ur (Paul Giamatti) , who works for the royal family in the audience .
After Ur told the prince about it, the prince also decided to watch Eisenhan's magic.
This time the performance was even more shocking, Eisenhan actually began to summon the soul.
Just when the audience was stunned, the prince thought that his performance was a trick to tease people .
So he invited Eisenhan to the palace, trying to debunk his magic in person .
However, the sophistication of the magic made the prince unable to find a flaw for a while, and he almost couldn't come down from the stage.
Indignant, he ordered Ur to stop Eisenhan's magic show.
At the same time, Ur discovered that Eisenhan had another purpose. Everything he did was actually for the prince's fiancée, Lady Sophie...
Video Analysis
When it comes to movies related to magic, most people may immediately think of Nolan's "Deadly Magic" . This film cannot be compared with the former from any angle, but it still has a strong sense of mystery and enough suspense. Atmosphere, after all, magic itself is a mystery, and the decryption process is enough to make the audience reverie.
Like "Deadly Magic", the film also presents several wonderful magic tricks for you, but I prefer "Deadly Magic" because magic is not magic, whether it is a trick or a trick, it should be reasonably explained , and still can be very exciting. But some of the magic in "The Magician" has gone beyond normal and reasonable phenomena , and I personally don't like to use this method to deceive the audience.
Careful friends can easily find that several magic tricks in the film have their meaning and are gradual. The first magic, Eisenhan conjured the orange tree, which symbolizes the beginning of life. The second magic, Eisenhan, kills Sophie in the mirror, which symbolizes the end of life. The third magic, Eisenhan conjures the human soul, it symbolizes the rebirth of life. And I think these magic tricks are a brainwashing process for Ur.
Ur's birth is similar to that of Eisenhan, and he has come to this point with his own efforts. I believe he is also very confused, whether to be loyal to the prince or to justice, but Eisenhan's arrival tells him to be loyal to himself. soul . After a strong inner struggle, Ur made his choice. This is also the most important part of Eisenhan's layout. Otherwise, with the prince's power, where can Eisenhan escape? So this line of Ur is the one that I think is the most important in the film, because he is both a bystander like us and a participant.
At the end of the film, Ur laughed happily after learning that he was fooled. I couldn't understand it at first. According to the character logic, he should be angry. But after thinking about it, I think this laugh is his genuine admiration for Eisenhan and self-deprecating self-deprecating himself.
Because Ur has always been a magic fan, from the way he applauded the first time he watched Eisenhan, and the reluctance on his face when the prince asked him to stop the Eisenhan show, he could see that he was Inwardly, he wanted to stand on Eisenhan's side. He told the prince about Eisenhan because of duty, and reminded Eisenhan privately from the heart.
But he didn't expect that the people he admired would use him severely. He laughed at his stupidity and admitted Eisenhan's power. After all, everything Eisenhan did was under his own eyes, so he was deceived. Who can be blamed? Perhaps his laughter is also a portrayal of our audience. What else can we say besides saying "beautiful"?
A magic trick, no matter how beautifully crafted or how incredible it looks, is always fake.
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