02-18-2007, 06:37 AM
I'm posting this here because I want to.
Both the Illusionist and the Prestige came out about the same time. They both dealt with magicians around the turn of the century. Both filmmakers wanted to be magicians and use the film as grand tricks to fool the audience. In both cases, that didn't happen.
Edward Norton is the titular Illusionist know as Eisenheim. He loved Jessica Biel but they could never be together becuase he was the son of a furninture maker and she was a countess. Society would tear them apart but they were destined to be together. Blah. Blah. Blah
Edward Norton used his consumate acting skills, showing a range of Emotion from A to A. Jessica Biel was the eye candy. Paul Giamatti was his twitchy whiny self.
My biggest complaint is they used CGI for all the illusions. I guess Norton didn't have time to learn the tricks or they thought would look better if the computer did them. Well, the computer did a poor job. At least in the Prestige, some effort was taken to make the actors look like real magicians. Not so much in the Illusionist.
The story was drivel. The Countess doesn't want to be a princess. She wants to stay with Eisenheim. He has to come up with a way to make it so. Spoiler*** They frame a guy for the countess's murder and he kills himself. At the end of the day, you have to feel good about that plan.
It's up for a cinematography oscar. This means that if you have a sepia filter for your camera, you can be nominated, too.
Both the Illusionist and the Prestige came out about the same time. They both dealt with magicians around the turn of the century. Both filmmakers wanted to be magicians and use the film as grand tricks to fool the audience. In both cases, that didn't happen.
Edward Norton is the titular Illusionist know as Eisenheim. He loved Jessica Biel but they could never be together becuase he was the son of a furninture maker and she was a countess. Society would tear them apart but they were destined to be together. Blah. Blah. Blah
Edward Norton used his consumate acting skills, showing a range of Emotion from A to A. Jessica Biel was the eye candy. Paul Giamatti was his twitchy whiny self.
My biggest complaint is they used CGI for all the illusions. I guess Norton didn't have time to learn the tricks or they thought would look better if the computer did them. Well, the computer did a poor job. At least in the Prestige, some effort was taken to make the actors look like real magicians. Not so much in the Illusionist.
The story was drivel. The Countess doesn't want to be a princess. She wants to stay with Eisenheim. He has to come up with a way to make it so. Spoiler*** They frame a guy for the countess's murder and he kills himself. At the end of the day, you have to feel good about that plan.
It's up for a cinematography oscar. This means that if you have a sepia filter for your camera, you can be nominated, too.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit