The Prestige
01/02/2025:
This was hyped up for me by a lot of reviewers I follow and I gladly say it lived up to the hype! I will say I still have a few problems though, those being that it's actually a bit predicable and a few weird editing choices surrounding the later reveals. I felt like a lot of this film was trying too hard, I will say though, that I did love the last several minutes of this film!
12/06/2025:
I am watching this again and it's even better the second time. The first time, I complained about some of the editing and I am not sure what the issue really was, because it's all a part of the trick and none of it was done in a way that I thought it was manipulative.
My only real issue this time is that Rebecca Halls character kind of brings the movie down. It's not that she's a bad access (she's fantastic) but her character is rather annoying and I would have liked to see more. I guess that's a good complaint to have.
I still can't beleive Scarlett Johansson is in this, the entire cast is stacked. Everyone is bringing their A+ game and David Bowie is even in this. What can I say? The Prestige is legendary.
This was hyped up for me by a lot of reviewers I follow and I gladly say it lived up to the hype! I will say I still have a few problems though, those being that it's actually a bit predicable and a few weird editing choices surrounding the later reveals. I felt like a lot of this film was trying too hard, I will say though, that I did love the last several minutes of this film!
12/06/2025:
I am watching this again and it's even better the second time. The first time, I complained about some of the editing and I am not sure what the issue really was, because it's all a part of the trick and none of it was done in a way that I thought it was manipulative.
My only real issue this time is that Rebecca Halls character kind of brings the movie down. It's not that she's a bad access (she's fantastic) but her character is rather annoying and I would have liked to see more. I guess that's a good complaint to have.
I still can't beleive Scarlett Johansson is in this, the entire cast is stacked. Everyone is bringing their A+ game and David Bowie is even in this. What can I say? The Prestige is legendary.
Mini Review: This was hyped up for me by a lot of reviewers I follow and I gladly say it lived up to the hype! I will say I still have a few problems though, those being that it's actually a bit predicable and a few weird editing choices surrounding the later reveals. I felt like a lot of this film was trying too hard, I will say though, that I did love the last several minutes of this film!
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