The Prestige Spoilers being the cut and all through the comments

[puppetmaker]

Since I know at least one other person who would love to discuss the film I am putting up this entry. Don't click if you don't want to know


We both thought that Christian Bale's accent went in and out and that was bad action UNTIL the reveal that it was two people and then both the accent and the lines like "I love you but not today" made a hell of a lot more sense.

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[eilonwy.livejournal.com]

I think that Angier *did* care about committing 'suicide' every night-- he says as much, says that that's his sacrifice right before Borden explains all the sacrifice he and his brother did ("It was simple but never easy.") He just didn't care as much as he cared about getting at Borden.

I was never sure who was 'supposed' to be the hero or the villian, and didn't see it that way, really. I was with Borden from the start, although as soon as I figured out that Borden was two Bordens I did want to kick him for not telling the truth to Sarah. I guess maybe we were supposed to be with Angiers because (one of the) Borden(s) killed Angier's wife, but she nodded and told him to go ahead with the other kind of knot.

And since both Bordens were both, um, Borden I'm not sure that you can say that his brother did most of the bad stuff. Maybe I'll have to watch it all again to see if I can figure out which Borden is which. (Darn, more staring at Christian Bale, oh woe is me. How ever will I manage it? ::grin::)

One of the friends I went to see the movie with made a good point-- that fire at the end wasn't exactly racing out of control, and Borden had just lost his twin brother, the 'thing' that made his most amazing magic possible, and there's that machine there that makes exact duplicates... And then the movie ends.

I immediately (and I do mean immediately, racing to Borders with only 10 minutes to spare before closing) bought the book and plan to read it just as soon as I get through some schoolwork, and will undoubtedly talk about it in my LJ, if you're curious.

I didn't see the Illusionist, but you say you liked it better?

Um, oh, hi! By the way. :) I followed you here from Shadesong's journal. ::Waves::