Anza Khan I genuinely didn't realize it was bowie till I saw the casting list. it really wasn't cause he looked different but it was the way he carried the character. now whenever I imagine tesla bowie is the go to image in my head. he was just so good
I was hesitant when I first saw him in the movie, like "Oh no, they cast him for marketing purposes. His acting is gonna be poor", but I was completely drawn in to his performance and character the rest of the film.
Supposedly, Christopher Nolan wanted Bowie for the role so badly that he flew himself out to Bowie's home to personally pitch the movie to him in hopes of signing him and practically begged to get him for the role unknowing of what he would do if Bowie ultimately said no. www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Christopher-Nolan-Begged-David-Bowie-Star-Prestige-106927.html
This movie's twist could have come across as really, really dumb, but it doesn't, because the movie doesn't cheat with it. The twist isn't just the end of the movie, it's the whole movie. Every scene is crafted with the twist in mind, and it's absolutely airtight.
The Tesla machine was a pretty weird element, so I wouldn't be surprised if some people thought putting in the real twist after that was a bit much, but the twist itself is really well executed, especially, as Chris says, when you watch the movie twice.
flmvdvsrg dude I totally agree with everything you're saying. I was on board the whole movie even though I basically guessed the twist pretty early on until the Tesla machine came into play. It's a magic duplicating machine and there's no explanation for it and we as an audience are just supposed to except that when the whole movie is about magic tricks and deceit? He rubs it in Bale's characters face in prison that his trick is better when it's not even a trick! He resorted to literal magic to pull this off! How is that a better trick? That's literal magic, there's no illusion; and I thought the whole point of this was to outsmart eachother. That's like turning on god mode when you're losing to your friend in a game, you didn't REALLY win. And why should we root for Bale's character again? He did unintentionally kill his wife (I think the implication was that his twin brother didn't know which knot to tie for the act, thus tying the wrong one and killing her. You'd think after that Hugh Jackman would deserve and explanation and to know he's working with twins). And we're supposed to believe that Tesla created this priceless piece of machinery and gave it to a magician to do whatever he wants with it and to use it for his act? There's a ton wrong with this film, the twin twist falls flat considering that Hugh Jackman was literally murdering himself/his duplicate every night just frame Bale's character for murder, and considering that was literal magic. Yes there was a lot of interesting elements added to the film with the twin angle, especially rewatching the scenes, but there's also a lot of unanswered questions with that too (like when Bale and Jackman were still working together, why not let Bale in on the secret and they could have had a huge act together?). But really I was done after the magic duplication device Tesla made. That ruined the film for me. There's sooooo many things wrong with the movie when that comes in.
For me, part of the brilliance of the twist is that Jackman's character went to SO much effort and expense to try to duplicate Bale's character's trick that he practically invented magic to do it. But pretty much in the beginning of the movie we are told by Cain's character that the trick is simple, he just uses a double. It's Jackman's unwillingness to accept such a simple explanation that drives him to create something so fantastic, when it wasn't really necessary at all. It sort of underlines the basic premise of all magic acts: the explanation is right there in front of you, but you often don't (or in this case won't) see it.
@@nikhilpatil9337 If you have seen the movie it's the scene where Hugh Jackman's character talks to Tesla (David Bowie) about making him a machine that duplicates him,and Tesla asks him if he had considered the cost that machine would have on his life and Hugh Jackman thinks he is talking about the price,It's a very profound scene in my opinion,that scene is so great in context I don't think I explained it that well!
@@eliana3589 This was my initial understanding of this dialogue as well, but after watching the film again, I think Tesla at this point in the film did not in fact know the machine would function this way - Angier actually wanted a machine that would simply teleport him and that was what Tesla was trying to make. This is why Tesla believes the machine is not working when testing it on Angier's hat and Alley's cat (nice pun there, Mr. Nolan); he only realizes the machine makes copies when they find the pile of hats and the two cats outside. So what I believe Tesla was referring to in the above dialogue was actually a more personal view - that having a machine that performs an unbelievable function would put Angier in the same position that Tesla was in relation to the rest of the scientific world and especially Edison, i.e. they would turn on him and try to destroy him, forcing him into the same kind of secluded existence that Tesla has. It is a great little exchange delivered perfectly by Bowie and Jackman and, when combined to the multiple references by Tesla to Angier's "obsession", which he recognizes all too well, hints that Tesla and Edison had virtually the same kind of antagonism as Borden and Angier.
This is one of the darkest movie i have seen. Suiciding every night for some cheers and handclaps by suffocation is pure horror. The determination, the desperation is just so dreadful.
I totally agree, but I also think that that is the brilliance of Hugh Jackmans character. He starts out unwilling to kill even a dove, something that I actually liked about his character at the beginning, and then, by the end, he's literally murdering himself during every performance. Its hard to tell how unethical that is when you think about it. Did one of the clones consent to being in the box? Or was it, "surprise! You are now going to die." Throughout the entire movie I thought that Jackman was a better guy than Christian Bale. He wouldn't get his hands dirty the same way Bale does. But by the end, you have no idea who is the better man.
Did the Tesla machine even work though? Many people believe it was all BS and all for show, and he was just using the double the entire time. But I don't think so
@@MandleRoss yes we saw all the top hats, but we only saw ONE dead Jackman in the box at the end, all the other boxes were covered up, I believe Borden didn't care to uncover the other boxes because he knew it was BS, the dead Jackman at the end very well could have been his double that he used earlier on
fazeel ashraf IT'S ON THE TOP 50 OF ALL TIME ON IMDB, FOR GOD'S SAKE. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT UNDERRATED MEANS? (I aparently turned into the Hulk meanwhile)
It has 76% on RT. I just don't understand that. Sorry, but Wonder Woman is not better than The Prestige. Or Iron Man. Or Thor??? WTF? According to RT, critics would suggest you watch Thor over The Prestige. Madness.
Dude. Think about it. That was probably Borden's double at the funeral (Fallon), not Borden himself. He couldn't know what knot was tied; he didn't do the tying. The complete line after, "Which knot did you tie?", goes, "I keep asking myself that and...I'm sorry I just don't know." If that was Fallon at the funeral, maybe Borden legitimately wouldn't tell him which knot he tied. Here I was thinking Borden was being a smuggy-obsessed, heartless magician in this scene, when it really could've been Fallon just being sincere.
I remember watching this movie with my family..and i told them "hey that's david bowie..you know the goblin king from the labyrinth?" and they didn't believe me until i looked it up on my phone and showed them
@@alphatrion4365 that's just not true heath stole the show in the dark knight but bale in general is better and hugh is great too but Bale is much more diverse and dedicated than hugh
@@alphatrion4365 Yo..he plays the part as necessary and not Flashy every time like Leo. He was supposed to be the less Flashier role in all those Movies. He is the best of this Generation.
About god damn time you reviewed this movie. This is one of the few time where the film surpassed the books in almost every possible way. I rated it 5 out of 5 potatoes.
The ending blew my mind. I never saw any of it coming. Christopher Nolan made one of the most underrated modern day classics ever. It deserves to be praised extremely. Especially the ending
I have only heard large amounts of high praise. So much for underrated. While I see the great points about it, I saw a lot of it coming. I did not see the thing coming which is the main spoiler in this video and didn't expect the totally unrealistic science fiction (also a bad thing if you are surprised with something unrealistic). But I expected almost everything else and that annoyed me throughout the entire movie. I gave the movie a break for several weeks at the "knot scene" because so much seemed obvious to me.
honestly. it really sold you on the only possible way the trick could be done. yet it wasnt the only possible way and we were told that by the elder magician from the beginning.
@@aidanlastname0187 The true twist is it's not really a twist; Nolan had clearly alluded to it several times pretty much from the beginning of the movie. One scene halfway through is a true giveaway as well! "Are you watching closely?"
One of my favorite parts about the Prestige is the theme of the "man in the box". They first bring this up when Borden has to kill one bird in order to make the other one reappear. Then it becomes a problem for Angier when his drunk double gets the applause and he has to bow to no one under the stage. Then Angier has to kill the double every time he does the real transported man, just like Borden was doing with the birds. And in the end we find out that Borden has dealt with this problem by having two men live one life, and all of the problems that has caused him throughout the movie. For any magician the question is, what do you do about the man in the box? Or are you the one who is stuck becoming the man in the box?
another dimension: each time angier did the trick, he wasnt sure if he woudl be the man in the box or the prestige. borden switched it up, angier had it switched for him
It shows that Borden is not selfish because they take turns in being the man getting applauded or the man unground, because he lives his whole life as a magician. Angier on the other hand wants the fame and attention, which let him on this crazy path of killing his double after every single trick.
Same here, I was on a date and I forget now what the original movie was we were supposed to see but it was over crowded. We heard some people talking how it was good, so we took a chance to see it and we were blown away. After the movie, we had no awkward conversation because all we could do was talk about how fantastic this movie was and we were piecing together all the little things we missed. That's what makes movies great.
THE most underrated movie of all time. And my favorite Christopher Nolan movie of all time. Every time you watch this movie you pick up new things to the point where only true fans will understand. Very hard to show to a person for the first time but if you commit and give it more watches it's an absolute masterpiece.
Definitely the most underrated film in his filmography. More people need to see this masterpiece. Obviously one of my all time favorite films by my favorite director of all time 🙌🏾.
Freaking finally reviewed The Prestige, the best Nolan film ever (imo). I remember this came out when I was about 11, and my parents loved this movie, but were never quite able to explain why. I watched it soon after they bought the DVD, and also enjoyed it because I knew instinctually that this wasn't like other films, because it tricked me. But at that age, I didn't understand the trick, the character motivations, or the ending at all. Watched it again when I was 15, and loved it. Watched it again a year ago when I was 19, and have since pretty much seen this as a perfect film. The direction by Nolan is masterful. He truly is a magician.
This is in my all time top ten favorite movies. I saw it shortly after it came out on DVD when I was in high school. I watched it at like 10 PM. When I finished my jaw hit the floor. Absolutely shocked by the ending. So i re-watched the whole movie ten minutes later... and enjoyed it just as much the second time. Only movie i've ever done that with
"The Prestige" has been my favorite Nolan film for years. I first saw it in 2010 either right before or after "Inception" and none of his movies have topped it for me yet.
Afat shams let me be honest I predicted unbreakable twist. Spoilers: I already knew Elijah was the true mastermind in the train crash. But I didn’t predict the prestige twist.
Best movie about magicians by far! Christopher Nolan directed this movie magnificiently. Directors and Magicians are very similiar to another. Both have to play with the attention of the audience and direct them in the way you want. You give them a frame work and you play with it, only then to destroy their espectation. Just a brilliant movie and a passionate director. Thumbs Up :D
My 2nd favorite Nolan movie behind The Dark Knight/my 6th favorite film Pros: The shocking plot twist, brilliant structre, the all star cast, rich, deep themes, the fun pacing, the interesting plot, the mix of dark and fun tone, the unbelievably good acting performances, I love the characters Cons: Nothing, it's literally a perfect masterpiece
To me it’s near perfect for the only reason that the movie could’ve had better visuals, I understand that it was supposed to have that old feel to it and that this was before Chris used imax cameras but if it had visuals on the same level as inception or interstellar then it would be a 10/10 for me and probably In my top 10 films of all time, still as it is a 9.5/10 is fantastic. This is just my opinion tho and I fully respect yours.
This is the first movie that made me think: "I think this is the best movie I've seen in my whole life." That feeling still inhabits me to this day, despite seeing possibly better movies.
Yeah The Prestige is a masterpiece, I re-watched it a few months ago when I noticed it was on Netflix, I still think is on Netflix for those wanting an easy way to view it.
I teach a high school level, analyzing film class and I showed this in my class this year. At the beginning of the year I was searching for your review of this movie and no dice. Thank you for doing this! You rock!
I love the cockiness of the first line "are you watching closely?" and the reality that, while we paid such fine attention to the tricks the characters performed, we didn't pay nearly enough attention to Alfred's fairly visible clues of him being a twin. I love how Nolan builds his films fundamentally from fascinating concepts that dominate the puzzles of his stories (ie: what is a dream and what is reality? or is our idea of objective reality totally controlled by ourselves and others?).
It's so good how Bale pulled off those performances. The nuanced yet simple task of making one role chatty and boisterous then stern and quiet the next so naturally is what kept the BIG BIG twist of the movie.
By far my favorite movie (next to The Lion King of course). No matter how many times you watch it you notice something new! As a matter of fact, the movie is better the second time! This movie is full of absolutely fantastic performances from Christian Bale to Andy Serkis. I was blown away however by Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Hall and David Bowie, their portrayals of these characters was truly mesmerizing to watch as their stories unfold. This in my eyes, this is the most underrated film of all time. Christopher Nolan is an absolute genius and fully blew me away.
I took a film and literature elective junior year of high school. We read/watched this for the gothic elements section. Everyone loved it, and even though we knew the plot twist we were all amazed and taken aback at the end when it happened. And this is one of the exceptions to the "book is better" rule, Nolan executed everything much better and interesting than the book
I love this movie so much. I couldn't stop thinking about it after seeing it and wanted to see it again almost immediately. I love how the structure of the film fits the story, just like in Memento. It is an awesome way to tell a story.
I absolutely loved this movie. I love how they left all these subtle bread crumbs building up to the final twist at the very end. Genius filmmaking and this movie solidified Chris Nolan as one of my favorite directors ever.
The Prestige is a brilliant Nolan film, and one of my favorites of his!! The Positives: The acting, the story, the suspense, the twists, the effects, the story, the writing, and ending. This movie is so suspenseful, and it’s absolutely blew me away with it’s surprise ending!! I’d give The Prestige an A+.
This is one of my all time favorite movies!!! So glad you finally did a review on this movie... totally underrated! I'll admit, I've seen the movie a few more than 5 times, but I still find new little details when I watch this movie. Another movie in this same genre that I think was completely underrated (and I've watched a dozen times) is The Illusionist with Edward Norton and Jessica Biel. I just love these movies... Also, like your change of background!
I watched this again earlier today and I'm amazed as to how many new things I've noticed after seeing this numerous times already before. Layers upon layers of symbols and paralels between the characters and events. And yes, everyone is top notch here. Even David Bowie! This movie is definitely my favorite non-batman Nolan movie.
Chris, I'm not sure where to say this, so here will do. Anytime I get excited about a movie, anime, etc. I immediately look to see if you have covered it. You are great at what you do. I share your channel every chance I get. Thank you!
I completely agree. The way that Nolan hid major plot points in plain sight was masterful. The dramatic reveal at the end felt well deserved and made perfect sense! The way that Nolan was able to make the audience side with Angier and then suddenly make them doubt themselves! Definitely one of my favourite movies ever made. Also, David Bowie kicked ass in this movie in my opinion one of his best performances
I’ve seen this film at least 10 times. Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors (probably second favorite) but definitely the director whose work I rewatch the most.
Hey Chris you should review some Stephen King movies before Dark Tower comes out. I'd especially love to hear your thoughts on Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
What you said about appreciating it more as an adult is so true. Watching it as an 18 y/o I thought "eh it was fine". I didn't get half as much as I should have. I never really did weed, but I must have watched films as if I was baked. As a 30y/o it's now among my top 20. Holy shit what a mind-spectacle.
I just watched this film recently since it became available on Prime Video. Being that Nolan is one of my favorite directors, I want to watch all of his films, and The Prestige was one I heard so much about. I watched it, and I was blown away by the twist ending. Plus Chris is right, the actors really draw you in and keep your attention the whole time so much, that you miss little details. Movies like this are why Christopher Nolan is one of the best living directors today, and one of the best directors of all time.
The only thing thought was brought up to me that made me think was: Why/how does a court convict Bale as Jackman's murderer when he was simply standing by the water tank when Jackman drowned?
I love these retro reviews! There are films I wouldn't even think about watching but now I'm going out to buy the Prestige based on the first part of this review. Chris you're reviews are honest, interesting and almost gospel to the point if you say it's good then I'll know it's good. Keep up the awesome work man!
I could see so much of this film from a mile away, but there are so many layers that made it exciting even when I was sure what would happen. I can’t say that for many movies. Absolutely brilliant this is why Nolan is one of the greatest.
I have watched almost all movies from imdb top 10 and still the best movie I ever watched is this movie. nothing has given me the feeling of completeness regarding what i want from a movie like the prestige. criminally underrated.
I honestly believe that Nolan's The Prestige will go the way of Hitchcock's Vertigo. Years from now, it'll be up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey and Citizen Kane. The more years go by, the more this film will be celebrated, appreciated, and analyzed, as the ultimate film about the art of filmmaking itself. You mark my words...
You simply have an uncanny ability of putting into words the little things that makes cinema so fantastic. Completely reinvigorated my love for movies since finding your channel about a year ago! Thankyou so much for your incredibly indepth and consistent work and congrats on 1 millions subs, you deserve it more than anybody.
Nolan's best movies so far - 1)The Dark Knight 2)Memento 3)The Prestige 4)Inception 5)Batman Begins 6)Insomnia 7)Interstellar 8)The Dark Knight Rises 9)Following
Dexter Morgan for me it goes 1 Following 2 Prestige 3 Insomnia 4 Batman Begins 5 Memento 6 Inception 7 The Dark Knight 8 The Dark Knight Rises I still haven't seen Interstellar
I've been WAITING since I started watching your reviews for you to touch on this film. I was wondering what your take on it would be. The Prestige is my all-time FAVORITE movie of all time. I saw it the first time and had been tracking with the film as well as the plot twist at the end but I was still dumbfounded when the credits started rolling because of how masterfully it's handled. The script, organic acting, camerawork, disorienting plot, cinematography, sets and overall world of this film completely engross me every time I watch it. I look for a new detail each time because the power of motif (i.e. the bird trick, which is my favorite one) in this film is what makes it great every time I watch it again. I've seen it numerous times, don't watch it for a while and then think, "Maybe it's not that great..." And then I put it in, watch it again and think, "Nope, still amazing." Part of the reason why it was underrated it because The Illusionist came out the same year, which is a good movie, too, but I don't believe it's as good. This one is a masterpiece and I'm proud to have it in the #1 slot in my top favorite movies of all time.
Christian Bale's performance in this movie is the best I have ever seen from any actor, and it is only after 3-4 times of watching this movie that you realize that Bale has a slightly different persona depending on which twin he is playing. When he plays the twin that loves Rebecca Hall, he is fucking convincing the way he conveys love, and the scene where it is the other twin, even when he says "I love you" with a smile to Rebecca Hall, you know he does not really mean it. You as a viewer know it before Rebecca Hall's character says "you don't mean it". I do not know why Nolan does not work with Bale anymore. But the Prestige exponentially grew on me because of Bale's genius. There are other amazing performances in this movie that I acknowledged on first viewing itself. But Bale makes it so much amazing with every movie.
When you've seen a lot of movies and someone asks what your favorite film is, sometimes it's quite hard to answer since you'll have favorites from several different genres. For me, without a shadow of a doubt, I answer with The Prestige every time. I love this film and the first time i saw it I literally had to sit down and come to terms with the fact that I may have just watched (in my opinion) the best film I'll ever see. So good, more people need to see this.
The only bad part about this movie is ScarJo's accent isn't very good. But that's a really small thing that barely affects it. This might be my favorite movie.
Rubber Ducky It always felt weird. Kinda sounded like she was doing a Boston accent at times lol. Even when it sounded kind of ok you could just tell it was unnatural. I think she was fine in the role, I just don’t think she does a very good English accent. Also, I literally just got done watching Jeremy Jahns review of this film, so either you did too and then ended up here or this is a crazy coincidence
I just watched this movie only a half hour ago as of writing this comment. And I just have to say, good lord! That plot twist just left me floored, and my mind is still reeling. This pretty much solidified Christopher Nolan as my favorite director.
This is my favourite Nolan movie. I really love movies whose central focus is the rivalry of two enemies, when done in a subtle way, and the rule of the fight is uniquely established in the movie. (Not something generic like a series of fights between arch-enemies in a superhero movie, or a match between boxers.) Few movies do this well (many movies do it badly), but when it's done well, it's exquisite. Another recent example is The Favourite by Yorgos Lathimos.
Thank you for reviewing my all time favorite movie!! Great atmosphere, great actors and ooooh the twists and reveals. Watch it. Again and again aaaaand again. Love you Chris!!
David Bowie as Nikola Tesla was such great casting. Incredible movie, absolutely incredible.
That was a stroke of genius casting for sure
Anza Khan I genuinely didn't realize it was bowie till I saw the casting list. it really wasn't cause he looked different but it was the way he carried the character. now whenever I imagine tesla bowie is the go to image in my head. he was just so good
I was hesitant when I first saw him in the movie, like "Oh no, they cast him for marketing purposes. His acting is gonna be poor", but I was completely drawn in to his performance and character the rest of the film.
Anza Khan i didn't even know that that was David Bowie in the role. I was pleasantly surprised.
Supposedly, Christopher Nolan wanted Bowie for the role so badly that he flew himself out to Bowie's home to personally pitch the movie to him in hopes of signing him and practically begged to get him for the role unknowing of what he would do if Bowie ultimately said no. www.cinemablend.com/new/Why-Christopher-Nolan-Begged-David-Bowie-Star-Prestige-106927.html
paused this video once he gave a spoiler warning... came back 2 hours later and finished it lmao
Did you like the movie?
Arkadeus who in the world wouldn't?
Same
me too
ME TOO
This movie's twist could have come across as really, really dumb, but it doesn't, because the movie doesn't cheat with it. The twist isn't just the end of the movie, it's the whole movie. Every scene is crafted with the twist in mind, and it's absolutely airtight.
Oddly enough, the twist was the biggest point of contention from critics when the film came out because they felt that it was a cheat.
The Tesla machine was a pretty weird element, so I wouldn't be surprised if some people thought putting in the real twist after that was a bit much, but the twist itself is really well executed, especially, as Chris says, when you watch the movie twice.
flmvdvsrg dude I totally agree with everything you're saying. I was on board the whole movie even though I basically guessed the twist pretty early on until the Tesla machine came into play. It's a magic duplicating machine and there's no explanation for it and we as an audience are just supposed to except that when the whole movie is about magic tricks and deceit? He rubs it in Bale's characters face in prison that his trick is better when it's not even a trick! He resorted to literal magic to pull this off! How is that a better trick? That's literal magic, there's no illusion; and I thought the whole point of this was to outsmart eachother. That's like turning on god mode when you're losing to your friend in a game, you didn't REALLY win. And why should we root for Bale's character again? He did unintentionally kill his wife (I think the implication was that his twin brother didn't know which knot to tie for the act, thus tying the wrong one and killing her. You'd think after that Hugh Jackman would deserve and explanation and to know he's working with twins). And we're supposed to believe that Tesla created this priceless piece of machinery and gave it to a magician to do whatever he wants with it and to use it for his act? There's a ton wrong with this film, the twin twist falls flat considering that Hugh Jackman was literally murdering himself/his duplicate every night just frame Bale's character for murder, and considering that was literal magic. Yes there was a lot of interesting elements added to the film with the twin angle, especially rewatching the scenes, but there's also a lot of unanswered questions with that too (like when Bale and Jackman were still working together, why not let Bale in on the secret and they could have had a huge act together?). But really I was done after the magic duplication device Tesla made. That ruined the film for me. There's sooooo many things wrong with the movie when that comes in.
For me, part of the brilliance of the twist is that Jackman's character went to SO much effort and expense to try to duplicate Bale's character's trick that he practically invented magic to do it. But pretty much in the beginning of the movie we are told by Cain's character that the trick is simple, he just uses a double. It's Jackman's unwillingness to accept such a simple explanation that drives him to create something so fantastic, when it wasn't really necessary at all. It sort of underlines the basic premise of all magic acts: the explanation is right there in front of you, but you often don't (or in this case won't) see it.
flmvdvsrg Not all movies have the good guy winning in the end.
-Have you considered the cost?
-The price is not a problem
-Perhaps not,but have you considered the cost?
Brilliant movie!!
Can u explain
I don't understand and now I want to...
@@nikhilpatil9337 If you have seen the movie it's the scene where Hugh Jackman's character talks to Tesla (David Bowie) about making him a machine that duplicates him,and Tesla asks him if he had considered the cost that machine would have on his life and Hugh Jackman thinks he is talking about the price,It's a very profound scene in my opinion,that scene is so great in context I don't think I explained it that well!
Nikhil Patil he assumed he was talking about money but the cost is instead himself since he dies for the trick and is replaced by a clone
@@eliana3589 This was my initial understanding of this dialogue as well, but after watching the film again, I think Tesla at this point in the film did not in fact know the machine would function this way - Angier actually wanted a machine that would simply teleport him and that was what Tesla was trying to make. This is why Tesla believes the machine is not working when testing it on Angier's hat and Alley's cat (nice pun there, Mr. Nolan); he only realizes the machine makes copies when they find the pile of hats and the two cats outside.
So what I believe Tesla was referring to in the above dialogue was actually a more personal view - that having a machine that performs an unbelievable function would put Angier in the same position that Tesla was in relation to the rest of the scientific world and especially Edison, i.e. they would turn on him and try to destroy him, forcing him into the same kind of secluded existence that Tesla has. It is a great little exchange delivered perfectly by Bowie and Jackman and, when combined to the multiple references by Tesla to Angier's "obsession", which he recognizes all too well, hints that Tesla and Edison had virtually the same kind of antagonism as Borden and Angier.
@@FutureAlien also, the risks. See Cronenberg's "The Fly" which is actually about a teleportation gone wrong.
This is one of the darkest movie i have seen. Suiciding every night for some cheers and handclaps by suffocation is pure horror. The determination, the desperation is just so dreadful.
I totally agree, but I also think that that is the brilliance of Hugh Jackmans character. He starts out unwilling to kill even a dove, something that I actually liked about his character at the beginning, and then, by the end, he's literally murdering himself during every performance. Its hard to tell how unethical that is when you think about it. Did one of the clones consent to being in the box? Or was it, "surprise! You are now going to die."
Throughout the entire movie I thought that Jackman was a better guy than Christian Bale. He wouldn't get his hands dirty the same way Bale does. But by the end, you have no idea who is the better man.
Did the Tesla machine even work though? Many people believe it was all BS and all for show, and he was just using the double the entire time. But I don't think so
@@YoungYonk Yes, it worked. We saw all the hats and cats outside Tesla's house, and we saw all the dead Jackmans in the glass boxes at the end.
@@MandleRoss yes we saw all the top hats, but we only saw ONE dead Jackman in the box at the end, all the other boxes were covered up, I believe Borden didn't care to uncover the other boxes because he knew it was BS, the dead Jackman at the end very well could have been his double that he used earlier on
@@MandleRoss further more I believe all the top hats we saw was purely misdirection, a quote from the movie is that "the audience wants to be fooled"
one of the most brilliant yet underrated movies
fazeel ashraf IT'S ON THE TOP 50 OF ALL TIME ON IMDB, FOR GOD'S SAKE. DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT UNDERRATED MEANS?
(I aparently turned into the Hulk meanwhile)
Just under one million IMDB votes is apparently underrated now? Avatar has a similar number of votes, so is that underrated as well?
It has 76% on RT. I just don't understand that. Sorry, but Wonder Woman is not better than The Prestige. Or Iron Man. Or Thor??? WTF? According to RT, critics would suggest you watch Thor over The Prestige. Madness.
King of Uruk Gilgamesh some critics are just stupid, they gave Interstellar a 71% on RT.
Seems pretty reasonable to me.
“Which knot did you tye?
“Sorry I just don’t know”
“You don’t know?....*YOU DON’T KNOW?!*
•••Richy_sb••• someone should look up how to do the knots and see what one he actually did. It shows him changing the knot while he was tying her
Dude. Think about it. That was probably Borden's double at the funeral (Fallon), not Borden himself. He couldn't know what knot was tied; he didn't do the tying.
The complete line after, "Which knot did you tie?", goes,
"I keep asking myself that and...I'm sorry I just don't know."
If that was Fallon at the funeral, maybe Borden legitimately wouldn't tell him which knot he tied. Here I was thinking Borden was being a smuggy-obsessed, heartless magician in this scene, when it really could've been Fallon just being sincere.
Antonio Espinoza I always that it was Fallon who tied the wrong knot and thats why Borden doesn’t know
+•••Richy_sb••• It was Fallon at the funeral & Borden that tied the wrong knot because he was the impulsive/showy twin.
•••Richy_sb••• that scene!!
The Prestige is my favorite movie of all time, and imo one of the most re-watchable movies
noobslayer135 agreed! Before I could not choose a favorite movie, since I loved a whole bunch, but the prestige was just on a whole different level.
Josue Peña I could never pick between The Prestige, Memento, or The Dark Knight.
Yeah man Memento and the Prestige are like some next level shit ...The Dark Knight, not so much
I thought I was the only one!
noobslayer135 Yea i have it and i watched it so many times and will keep watching it.....INCREDIBLE!!!
Best Christopher Nolan movie. I hope he gets back to more character driven dramas than big budget blockbusters
Varun Sharma for sure
Agreed
@@jeffalver2047 Not when these blockbusters get box office success and oscar wins for his crew
Dunkirk isn't a blockbuster and it's pretty good
@@imperfect_dan7519 It did better than most blockbusters but year with a huge budget, but the style was experimental like an arthouse feature
That damn knot! One knot ruined several lives...
was it the wrong knot though :D?
now we understand why he didnt know which knot
@@sMASHsound true, i really missed that!
Which knot?
Yooooo I completely forgot about the knot lmao now it makes sense
I am mindblown. I've seen this movie so many times and i have NEVER noticed that Tesla is played by David Bowie! Thats just unbelievable!
I remember watching this movie with my family..and i told them "hey that's david bowie..you know the goblin king from the labyrinth?" and they didn't believe me until i looked it up on my phone and showed them
I gotta admit I didn't either.
@@burge2695 Hold up - Your family knows David Fucking Bowie only from the Labyrinth?
I knew it was him he was great
@@rickycollins7723 Lol! That was the most shocking part of their comment for sure!
This is my favorite movie. No matter how many times I rewatch it, I can always find something more in it that I didn't see before.
Warning_Known_Fangirl Exactly why it might be my favourite movie too. Well said.
Warning_Known_Fangirl thats how i feel like with inception
Warning_Known_Fangirl yeah same for me but only with inception
Great choice. I can say that it's definitely my favorite Chris Nolan movie and borders on my top 10 favorite movies of all time.
absolutely - me too
*are you paying close attention?*
*I'm going to make this pencil disappear*
Nice one!
"Are you watching closely?"
Ta-da! Ah... it’s gone...
Are you paying attention?
I'm going to make Matthew McConaughey disappear
There are always several lines in Christopher's movies that remind you the lines in his other movies.
You can't say " Michael Caine " seven times without hearing " MY COCAINE " by the 4th.
Especially if you say it with his accent.
fuucckkkk
erique johnson bro u should win the Nobel Prize
Lol
Quincy Drones u cant say it one time
This is honestly an Oscar worthy performance from jackman The ending scene alone is incredible by him.
The thing is who don’t want to know what really happened, you want to be, fooled
And What about Bale, ? See his realism when Lord Coldlaw shows up in the Jail
Bale was very good and he's a very good actor. But put him in a scene with Heath Ledger or Hugh Jackman and he's not the focus anymore.
@@alphatrion4365 that's just not true heath stole the show in the dark knight but bale in general is better and hugh is great too but Bale is much more diverse and dedicated than hugh
@@alphatrion4365 Yo..he plays the part as necessary and not Flashy every time like Leo. He was supposed to be the less Flashier role in all those Movies. He is the best of this Generation.
*Are you watching closely?*
That Sujosh Guy abracadabra
That Sujosh Guy im gonna make this pencil dissapear
About god damn time you reviewed this movie. This is one of the few time where the film surpassed the books in almost every possible way. I rated it 5 out of 5 potatoes.
Viet Lee
But on a scale of bananas though?
Then it would be 5 out of 7 bananas
I liked the book, but the movie was just so much better. Same with LOTR and Fight Club imho
Hugo Joubert I love lotr movies but the books are better imo
Rotten Potatoes!
The ending blew my mind. I never saw any of it coming. Christopher Nolan made one of the most underrated modern day classics ever. It deserves to be praised extremely. Especially the ending
I have only heard large amounts of high praise. So much for underrated.
While I see the great points about it, I saw a lot of it coming. I did not see the thing coming which is the main spoiler in this video and didn't expect the totally unrealistic science fiction (also a bad thing if you are surprised with something unrealistic).
But I expected almost everything else and that annoyed me throughout the entire movie. I gave the movie a break for several weeks at the "knot scene" because so much seemed obvious to me.
honestly. it really sold you on the only possible way the trick could be done. yet it wasnt the only possible way and we were told that by the elder magician from the beginning.
The ending literally uses the stupid twin brother twist. What a joke
@@aidanlastname0187 The true twist is it's not really a twist; Nolan had clearly alluded to it several times pretty much from the beginning of the movie. One scene halfway through is a true giveaway as well! "Are you watching closely?"
Being an electrician , i love how they incorporated tesla and edison. Truly magic . How tesla was and continues to be a badass
One of my favorite parts about the Prestige is the theme of the "man in the box". They first bring this up when Borden has to kill one bird in order to make the other one reappear. Then it becomes a problem for Angier when his drunk double gets the applause and he has to bow to no one under the stage. Then Angier has to kill the double every time he does the real transported man, just like Borden was doing with the birds. And in the end we find out that Borden has dealt with this problem by having two men live one life, and all of the problems that has caused him throughout the movie. For any magician the question is, what do you do about the man in the box? Or are you the one who is stuck becoming the man in the box?
Kevin Stauffer wow
another dimension: each time angier did the trick, he wasnt sure if he woudl be the man in the box or the prestige. borden switched it up, angier had it switched for him
he did not kill the double, he killed himself each time
It shows that Borden is not selfish because they take turns in being the man getting applauded or the man unground, because he lives his whole life as a magician. Angier on the other hand wants the fame and attention, which let him on this crazy path of killing his double after every single trick.
I went into the theater with my friend's family, having never seen a trailer or even a poster, and it blew my brain to pieces.
R U OK?
No.
Same here, I was on a date and I forget now what the original movie was we were supposed to see but it was over crowded. We heard some people talking how it was good, so we took a chance to see it and we were blown away. After the movie, we had no awkward conversation because all we could do was talk about how fantastic this movie was and we were piecing together all the little things we missed. That's what makes movies great.
same here, and I couldnt believe how good it was when I realized that the whole movie was a trick
Nolan's best and one of my favorite films.
Batman v Wolverine: Dawn of Prestige
George Black Widow shows up in the third act to help stop the villain too.
Zack Spindler and Alfred
and ziggy stardust
Ceasar!!!
And Maya Hansen from Iron Man 3
Rebecca Hall is a terribly underrated actress. She was brilliant even in The Gift.
For me, she is the MVP of the movie.
THE most underrated movie of all time. And my favorite Christopher Nolan movie of all time. Every time you watch this movie you pick up new things to the point where only true fans will understand. Very hard to show to a person for the first time but if you commit and give it more watches it's an absolute masterpiece.
This, Big Fish & Honey Boy are my top 3 underrated films
Definitely the most underrated film in his filmography. More people need to see this masterpiece. Obviously one of my all time favorite films by my favorite director of all time 🙌🏾.
King of Wakanda It's my personal favorite Nolan film.
yup mines too ,been a while since last interaction king ,good we agree on this film I honestly think its one of his unrated masterpiece.
King of Wakanda ikr. Yeah, it's in the IMDb top 250 while loads of votes etc. But I feel it's just gone under the radar.
Zack Spindler it's my personal 2nd from least favorite Nolan film. Least favorite being Interstellar
King of Wakanda me as well
This is one of the most underrated films of all time.
Dormammu Agreed.
absolutely
movie's great but underrated is definitely not what it is
Dormammu It's my second favourite movie.
Totally
an A+ film in my opinion
big kahuna burger was waiting for the A+ rating the entire review!! ahaha
The first time I watched this movie was in history class since we finished our AP exam, the teacher didn't know what to do, so we watched The Prestige
Antonio Dinklesteinburg Hahahaha
But did you watch it closely
This is exactly how I watched this movie for the first time
Freaking finally reviewed The Prestige, the best Nolan film ever (imo). I remember this came out when I was about 11, and my parents loved this movie, but were never quite able to explain why. I watched it soon after they bought the DVD, and also enjoyed it because I knew instinctually that this wasn't like other films, because it tricked me. But at that age, I didn't understand the trick, the character motivations, or the ending at all. Watched it again when I was 15, and loved it. Watched it again a year ago when I was 19, and have since pretty much seen this as a perfect film. The direction by Nolan is masterful. He truly is a magician.
Warning! Spoiler at 4:28 comes in fast.
Rip my pause finger was half a second too late
ligerrider - awww, that kinda sucks. Watch it anyway!
+ligerrider There's more than one twist. Two magicians, after all.
Really though? Personally, if I'm trying to avoid spoilers about something, I avoid reviews about that something.
Just seems like common sense to me.
GameraTheBrave Ah, but I'm not trying to avoid spoilers until I see the review declaring how good it is
This is in my all time top ten favorite movies.
I saw it shortly after it came out on DVD when I was in high school. I watched it at like 10 PM. When I finished my jaw hit the floor. Absolutely shocked by the ending. So i re-watched the whole movie ten minutes later... and enjoyed it just as much the second time. Only movie i've ever done that with
Its my fouth of all time
"The Prestige" has been my favorite Nolan film for years. I first saw it in 2010 either right before or after "Inception" and none of his movies have topped it for me yet.
Possibly one of Nolan's best.
This movie left a deep impact on me.
This film and Unbreakable have two of the most brilliant and underrated twists of all time.
What about seven and the sixth sense? 😏
Kenan Berk se7en was pretty good, the sixth sense was very good back in the day but now most people know the twist
Afat shams let me be honest I predicted unbreakable twist. Spoilers: I already knew Elijah was the true mastermind in the train crash. But I didn’t predict the prestige twist.
Just watched the prestige last night and unbreakable the night before both for the
first time and Jesus you are right
The Sixth Sense ending isn't underrated
Best movie about magicians by far!
Christopher Nolan directed this movie magnificiently. Directors and Magicians are very similiar to another. Both have to play with the attention of the audience and direct them in the way you want. You give them a frame work and you play with it, only then to destroy their espectation. Just a brilliant movie and a passionate director. Thumbs Up :D
Poppy M you think that's good, do you know about all the crazy shit in Inception?
I love how the two magicians fued parallels the fued between Tesla and Edison
Exactly...the film has so many layers to it. Great film.
Wow dude you hit a million I've been with since 100k, good work man! You deserve it
"You don't know? You DON'T KNOW?" .. Chills.
My 2nd favorite Nolan movie behind The Dark Knight/my 6th favorite film
Pros: The shocking plot twist, brilliant structre, the all star cast, rich, deep themes, the fun pacing, the interesting plot, the mix of dark and fun tone, the unbelievably good acting performances, I love the characters
Cons: Nothing, it's literally a perfect masterpiece
To me it’s near perfect for the only reason that the movie could’ve had better visuals, I understand that it was supposed to have that old feel to it and that this was before Chris used imax cameras but if it had visuals on the same level as inception or interstellar then it would be a 10/10 for me and probably In my top 10 films of all time, still as it is a 9.5/10 is fantastic. This is just my opinion tho and I fully respect yours.
Chris the last month, "A+ for you! A+ for you! Who else? Oh, and A+ for you!"
Koma LOL. The Oprah effect sure is strong on this one. 😂😆
One of my favourite movies, and it doesn't hurt that David Bowie is in it my favourite singer.
Kinda sad Batman and Wolverine have to resort to magic to fight each other. Smh.
Batman won
Make our heroes great again. Sad.
Neither of them really won, if you paid more attention you'd know that.
Agent Donut007 technically he died and his earth 2 counterpart avenged him.
Guess the movie was... Prestigious
Lana Yudistira lol
Boooo!
Review Inception again, please.
Yesssss.....even I want that
Inception blows
This is the first movie that made me think: "I think this is the best movie I've seen in my whole life."
That feeling still inhabits me to this day, despite seeing possibly better movies.
This movie is a fucking masterpiece.
Yeah The Prestige is a masterpiece, I re-watched it a few months ago when I noticed it was on Netflix, I still think is on Netflix for those wanting an easy way to view it.
Amazon prime video
I teach a high school level, analyzing film class and I showed this in my class this year. At the beginning of the year I was searching for your review of this movie and no dice. Thank you for doing this! You rock!
I love the cockiness of the first line "are you watching closely?" and the reality that, while we paid such fine attention to the tricks the characters performed, we didn't pay nearly enough attention to Alfred's fairly visible clues of him being a twin. I love how Nolan builds his films fundamentally from fascinating concepts that dominate the puzzles of his stories (ie: what is a dream and what is reality? or is our idea of objective reality totally controlled by ourselves and others?).
BATMAN VS ALFRED VS WOLVERINE LETS GOOO
janncy also Black Widow and extremis Guy Pierce's assistant
So Wolverine, Batman, Alfred, and Black Widow walk into a magic show.
Franklin Phan And then batman outperforms them all and teams up with Alfred.
Franklin Phan you forgot the Goblin King and Smeagol
Rebecca Hall was some random chick in Iron Man 3 as well.
And then Wolverine walks into Ulysses Claw while he's helping Jareth the goblin king with his magical machines
Franklin Phan don't forget Ziggy stardust
I love this film
Here affter jeremy jahns review of this today. Just curious to see what Chris said
Same here
It's so good how Bale pulled off those performances. The nuanced yet simple task of making one role chatty and boisterous then stern and quiet the next so naturally is what kept the BIG BIG twist of the movie.
The last time i was this early Chris was still growing up
Chris - as an intro to your Batman Begins review we want to hear your thoughts on Nolan's suggestion that he might direct a Bond Film....
David Bowie. Simple as that.
By far my favorite movie (next to The Lion King of course). No matter how many times you watch it you notice something new! As a matter of fact, the movie is better the second time! This movie is full of absolutely fantastic performances from Christian Bale to Andy Serkis. I was blown away however by Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Hall and David Bowie, their portrayals of these characters was truly mesmerizing to watch as their stories unfold. This in my eyes, this is the most underrated film of all time. Christopher Nolan is an absolute genius and fully blew me away.
I took a film and literature elective junior year of high school. We read/watched this for the gothic elements section. Everyone loved it, and even though we knew the plot twist we were all amazed and taken aback at the end when it happened. And this is one of the exceptions to the "book is better" rule, Nolan executed everything much better and interesting than the book
One of the best movies ever made 🎩🎩🎩🎩
I love this movie so much. I couldn't stop thinking about it after seeing it and wanted to see it again almost immediately. I love how the structure of the film fits the story, just like in Memento. It is an awesome way to tell a story.
I absolutely loved this movie. I love how they left all these subtle bread crumbs building up to the final twist at the very end. Genius filmmaking and this movie solidified Chris Nolan as one of my favorite directors ever.
The Prestige is a brilliant Nolan film, and one of my favorites of his!!
The Positives: The acting, the story, the suspense, the twists, the effects, the story, the writing, and ending.
This movie is so suspenseful, and it’s absolutely blew me away with it’s surprise ending!! I’d give The Prestige an A+.
This is one of my all time favorite movies!!! So glad you finally did a review on this movie... totally underrated! I'll admit, I've seen the movie a few more than 5 times, but I still find new little details when I watch this movie. Another movie in this same genre that I think was completely underrated (and I've watched a dozen times) is The Illusionist with Edward Norton and Jessica Biel. I just love these movies...
Also, like your change of background!
best Nolan film till date, top three along with insomnia and memento..!! in terms of overall filmmaking, screenplay, acting, characters!! 👌👌
Love the shout outs to Rebecca.She’s fabulous.
So were Serkis and Bowie.
I watched this again earlier today and I'm amazed as to how many new things I've noticed after seeing this numerous times already before. Layers upon layers of symbols and paralels between the characters and events. And yes, everyone is top notch here. Even David Bowie! This movie is definitely my favorite non-batman Nolan movie.
Chris, I'm not sure where to say this, so here will do. Anytime I get excited about a movie, anime, etc. I immediately look to see if you have covered it. You are great at what you do. I share your channel every chance I get. Thank you!
I completely agree. The way that Nolan hid major plot points in plain sight was masterful. The dramatic reveal at the end felt well deserved and made perfect sense! The way that Nolan was able to make the audience side with Angier and then suddenly make them doubt themselves! Definitely one of my favourite movies ever made. Also, David Bowie kicked ass in this movie in my opinion one of his best performances
I’ve seen this film at least 10 times. Christopher Nolan is one of my favorite directors (probably second favorite) but definitely the director whose work I rewatch the most.
Hey Chris you should review some Stephen King movies before Dark Tower comes out. I'd especially love to hear your thoughts on Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile
What you said about appreciating it more as an adult is so true. Watching it as an 18 y/o I thought "eh it was fine". I didn't get half as much as I should have. I never really did weed, but I must have watched films as if I was baked.
As a 30y/o it's now among my top 20. Holy shit what a mind-spectacle.
Such a fascinating film..the way the two of them were so obsessed with topping each other in every aspect of their lives was spellbinding.
I just watched this film recently since it became available on Prime Video. Being that Nolan is one of my favorite directors, I want to watch all of his films, and The Prestige was one I heard so much about. I watched it, and I was blown away by the twist ending. Plus Chris is right, the actors really draw you in and keep your attention the whole time so much, that you miss little details. Movies like this are why Christopher Nolan is one of the best living directors today, and one of the best directors of all time.
Other than The Dark Knight, this is my favourite Nolan movie. Brilliant story, great acting, with one of those rarest of things, a truly great ending.
My favourite film of all time by my favourite director reviewed by my favourite youtuber
Bruce Wayne and Alfred are in this movie? Woah.
Olivia Martin Alfred is in like almost every Christopher Nolan movie
And Bruce's name in the movie is Alfred. ;)
The only thing thought was brought up to me that made me think was: Why/how does a court convict Bale as Jackman's murderer when he was simply standing by the water tank when Jackman drowned?
I love these retro reviews! There are films I wouldn't even think about watching but now I'm going out to buy the Prestige based on the first part of this review. Chris you're reviews are honest, interesting and almost gospel to the point if you say it's good then I'll know it's good. Keep up the awesome work man!
I could see so much of this film from a mile away, but there are so many layers that made it exciting even when I was sure what would happen. I can’t say that for many movies. Absolutely brilliant this is why Nolan is one of the greatest.
I have watched almost all movies from imdb top 10 and still the best movie I ever watched is this movie. nothing has given me the feeling of completeness regarding what i want from a movie like the prestige. criminally underrated.
I honestly believe that Nolan's The Prestige will go the way of Hitchcock's Vertigo. Years from now, it'll be up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey and Citizen Kane. The more years go by, the more this film will be celebrated, appreciated, and analyzed, as the ultimate film about the art of filmmaking itself. You mark my words...
You simply have an uncanny ability of putting into words the little things that makes cinema so fantastic. Completely reinvigorated my love for movies since finding your channel about a year ago! Thankyou so much for your incredibly indepth and consistent work and congrats on 1 millions subs, you deserve it more than anybody.
i love the way you talk about movies! one of the few film review channels that doesn’t sound pretentious when breaking things down
Nolan's best movies so far -
1)The Dark Knight
2)Memento
3)The Prestige
4)Inception
5)Batman Begins
6)Insomnia
7)Interstellar
8)The Dark Knight Rises
9)Following
And all these are great or really good
I agree in every choice
Dexter Morgan
for me it goes
1 Following
2 Prestige
3 Insomnia
4 Batman Begins
5 Memento
6 Inception
7 The Dark Knight
8 The Dark Knight Rises
I still haven't seen Interstellar
9) Following
8) Batman Begins
7) Insomnia
6) The Dark Knight Rises
5) Inception
4) Interstellar
3) Memento
2) The Dark Knight
1) The Prestige
I'd say Rises is his worst film yet
I've been WAITING since I started watching your reviews for you to touch on this film. I was wondering what your take on it would be.
The Prestige is my all-time FAVORITE movie of all time. I saw it the first time and had been tracking with the film as well as the plot twist at the end but I was still dumbfounded when the credits started rolling because of how masterfully it's handled.
The script, organic acting, camerawork, disorienting plot, cinematography, sets and overall world of this film completely engross me every time I watch it. I look for a new detail each time because the power of motif (i.e. the bird trick, which is my favorite one) in this film is what makes it great every time I watch it again.
I've seen it numerous times, don't watch it for a while and then think, "Maybe it's not that great..." And then I put it in, watch it again and think, "Nope, still amazing."
Part of the reason why it was underrated it because The Illusionist came out the same year, which is a good movie, too, but I don't believe it's as good. This one is a masterpiece and I'm proud to have it in the #1 slot in my top favorite movies of all time.
my favorite movie of all time
Christian Bale's performance in this movie is the best I have ever seen from any actor, and it is only after 3-4 times of watching this movie that you realize that Bale has a slightly different persona depending on which twin he is playing. When he plays the twin that loves Rebecca Hall, he is fucking convincing the way he conveys love, and the scene where it is the other twin, even when he says "I love you" with a smile to Rebecca Hall, you know he does not really mean it. You as a viewer know it before Rebecca Hall's character says "you don't mean it". I do not know why Nolan does not work with Bale anymore. But the Prestige exponentially grew on me because of Bale's genius. There are other amazing performances in this movie that I acknowledged on first viewing itself. But Bale makes it so much amazing with every movie.
When you've seen a lot of movies and someone asks what your favorite film is, sometimes it's quite hard to answer since you'll have favorites from several different genres. For me, without a shadow of a doubt, I answer with The Prestige every time. I love this film and the first time i saw it I literally had to sit down and come to terms with the fact that I may have just watched (in my opinion) the best film I'll ever see. So good, more people need to see this.
hey Chris please review the town and gone baby gone
The only bad part about this movie is ScarJo's accent isn't very good. But that's a really small thing that barely affects it.
This might be my favorite movie.
I thought it was pretty good actually. But each to their own. All the actors were stellar in this movie.
Rubber Ducky
It always felt weird. Kinda sounded like she was doing a Boston accent at times lol. Even when it sounded kind of ok you could just tell it was unnatural.
I think she was fine in the role, I just don’t think she does a very good English accent.
Also, I literally just got done watching Jeremy Jahns review of this film, so either you did too and then ended up here or this is a crazy coincidence
Im confused has Chris moved rooms, whats happened to the blue walled set?
WarriorofSparta I think he said the blue walled is for nee movie reviews and the set in this video for older ones
This was my first Nolan film and it still to this remains very close to my heart. I absolutely love this film.
I just watched this movie only a half hour ago as of writing this comment. And I just have to say, good lord! That plot twist just left me floored, and my mind is still reeling. This pretty much solidified Christopher Nolan as my favorite director.
Chris.. You rock and so does The Prestige. Great critical appreciation!
*Brilliant. One of my favourite Nonal films, scratch that - One of My Favourite Films of All Time*
Why don't you do a Analysis vid of this movie, like you did of Signs, etc.?
This is my favourite Nolan movie. I really love movies whose central focus is the rivalry of two enemies, when done in a subtle way, and the rule of the fight is uniquely established in the movie. (Not something generic like a series of fights between arch-enemies in a superhero movie, or a match between boxers.) Few movies do this well (many movies do it badly), but when it's done well, it's exquisite. Another recent example is The Favourite by Yorgos Lathimos.
Thank you for reviewing my all time favorite movie!! Great atmosphere, great actors and ooooh the twists and reveals. Watch it. Again and again aaaaand again. Love you Chris!!