In Reply to: Inception... posted by slapshot on July 17, 2010 at 13:45:31:
...makes me recall the thrill of seeing Memento, Dark City and the Matrix when they first came out.
Except this one has a director at the top of his form, A-list actors and very high production values. It looks as if no expense was spared.
Except maybe to capture the dialogue in a few scenes.
It has so many great ideas and pulls them all off in a very effective way.
Kept the audience at the edge of their seats not wanting to miss a thing so they could figure out what was going on and be in on the final payoff.
Middle aged couple coming out of the theater behind us - the man said "I feel like I've just taken an intelligence test." The woman, "I failed."
I loved it. Amazing film. I'll see again.
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- This is the most challenging and intelligent film I've seen in a while... - mkuller 11:35:48 07/18/10 (16)
- The Prestige was better but most people failed that intelligence test too NT - Jazz Inmate 11:45:42 07/18/10 (15)
- The Prestige... - slapshot 20:17:25 07/23/10 (0)
- RE: The Prestige was better but most people failed that intelligence test too NT - Dalton 19:26:28 07/18/10 (12)
- The cloning machine wasn't real. Angiers had rounded up body doubles that he murdered NT - Jazz Inmate 21:33:56 07/18/10 (11)
- You are wrong. Angiers initially used a double but switched to a working cloning/teleportation device. - Tony D. 18:37:19 07/20/10 (10)
- Nope. Cutter tells you at the beginning you want to believe the illusion but there's a rational explanation - Jazz Inmate 06:54:56 07/21/10 (9)
- Posting insults at you? Not so. - Tony D. 16:50:49 07/25/10 (0)
- Nope. Go to the imdb message board for "The Prestige". - Dalton 11:17:22 07/21/10 (7)
- Consensus by idiots on IMDB? - Jazz Inmate 11:49:22 07/21/10 (6)
- RE: Consensus by idiots on IMDB? - ASHRA 16:03:39 07/21/10 (1)
- Exactly. Angier had the method, motive, means and madness NT - Jazz Inmate 18:20:58 07/21/10 (0)
- Nope. The movie is a jape. - Dalton 12:23:59 07/21/10 (3)
- it's not cloning - Jazz Inmate 18:30:19 07/21/10 (2)
- You are wrong. BTW, how about saving the cursing and insults for a forum other than Films. - Tony D. 16:17:11 07/25/10 (1)
- Sorry. You lose NT - Jazz Inmate 14:51:03 07/26/10 (0)
- Agreed ... - reelsmith. 15:37:10 07/18/10 (0)