Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Jazz Inmate (R) on September 16, 2007 at 23:06:29

In Reply to: RE: Alright, The Prestige has been out long enough. Let's talk ending SPOILERS posted by Jazz Inmate on September 12, 2007 at 02:20:47

And now I'm more convinced than ever of Tesla's device being a scam. All the clues are there. Algier didn't murder anywhere near 100 body doubles. More like a dozen. He was gone for two years and easily coulda rounded up and trained that many look-alikes. He just needed the show to run until he could frame Borden. At the end, Michael Cane's voiceover is basically telling you that you don't want to solve the trick. And he's right. Every person who watches this switches off and thinks it's really "cloning" even though we never see one person, hat or cat actually materialize out of thin air (because it's impossible and the movie is about what is possible).

The Prestige is a really amazing story, and captivating film. The real message once you distill everything down, is that the people close to us are important, not the reactions of strangers.
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