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Summary: Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness.
"This PG-Rated Jerry Bruckheimer production is slick as an oiled weasel: larded with fancy special effects, canned romance, corny humor and a general lack of sophistication."
not a bad movie at all, has enough action in it to keep you engaged the entire time, and the eye candy was made well enough to not put you off. might be a bit on the kiddie side of things, but that never stopped me from liking a movie before.
Perhaps buried somewhere inside its script there is a decent idea that could then be professionally fleshed out into an actual film, but no amount of mop and broom live action referencing and shiny electric bubbles can justify this junk. It's a family popcorn movie but nothing more. It's forgettable and has plenty of holes.
A film that tries very hard not to exceed any expectations. It's exactly what it looks like in the trailer, and that's not much. Very hand-holding and generally just watered down from what could've been a modern day children's classic like Disney's last venture with the source material. The special effects are just okay, and the characters are all pretty flat.
From a very (very, VERY) shaky opening sequence, the film grows to be an irritatingly enjoyable popcorn movie. It's clear that everyone involved is having fun with the material, and while Baruchel's nerdery seems massively over the top at times, Cage's performance -- and the often jaw-dropping special effects sequences -- make this well worth a watch.
Goes seriously downhill whenever Cage is not on screen. Baruchel is incredibly irritating and his voice sounds like someone doing a caricature of a nerd.
There's something instinctly likeable about Baruchel, but he's given nothing but a bland repetitive script to work with. The effects are pretty though, and so is Monica Belluci. Mmm. Pretty.
*yawn* ... I guess Cage is slightly amusing. Otherwise it's a pretty uninteresting movie. I used to think Jay Baruchel had some potential, but he is quickly becoming the new Michael Cera.
This film has what the Harry Potter series was missing: wizards battling it out in truly spectacular fashion. Worth seeing for that reason alone (and a few glimpses of Monica Bellucci in all her glory). Baruchel is quite good in the lead role. The Transformers films could have been much better with Baruchel in the lead role rather than the ever-irritating Shia Laboeuf.
For a movie like this pacing is everything, but we're forced through back story and exposition for nearly half the film with both heroes and villains lacking basic urgency or competence. The saddest thing of all is in a role seemingly built for a manic Nicolas Cage, we get instead a tortuously subdued performance amongst a sea of actors who couldn't be more bored with their roles.
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