the one with the prestige
I missed my Monday movie nights. Glad that lately, everything’s going back to normal. Slack season has started and enjoying the movies seems possible to do once again.
I have recently watched “The Prestige.” There’s more to it than magic and mystery.
According to the movie, great magic is composed of three parts:
- The pledge – the part where the magician shows something that appears ordinary
- The turn – the part where the ordinary becomes extraordinary
- The prestige – which is the greatest ingredient of all, it is where “the twists and turns, and you see something shocking you’ve never seen before”
The plot of the movie worked like magic. It marked a nice lesson on me. It’s a tale of obsession and revenge that went wrong. The characters were too busy to overdo each other becoming preoccupied and neglecting what they have become. Overlooking of what they have lost, relationship, respect, all for exchange of getting “the prestige”.
As the Great Danton said in the movie that “The reason for doing the magic is to see the faces of surprise in the audience as they suspend their disbelief for just one moment in a world where everything can appear to be explained.”
If it could only be that simple then everything might have been different.
It’s full of deceit, battle of supremacy, and magic tricks with deadly consequences.
At the end of it, you’ll ask yourself, “What is one willing to sacrifice for the prestige?” Is it really worth to lose everything for it? At the end of it, will this make you happy?
A very well crafted movie, it’s a nice way to end a busy day. Five stars!!! Two thumbs up! Superb!
