Sunday, November 05, 2006
You have been warned :: DO NOT CONTINUE if you have not seen the acclaimed movie, The Prestige. SPOILER ahead.
Cheers to Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in this movie....never though much of Hugh before...didnt like Wolverine so naturally didnt like him...lOl...but he did fantastically in this movie.
The movie starts with the mid-present. It always alternates between the present, the past and wat i termed the mid-present, which was the main plot that started off the entire storyline, death of Hugh.
Generally, this movie is about 2 aspiring magicians. From friendly rivalry to tough competition, ultimately, no one seems to win. The supposed winner, Christian, was a loser too for he lost many things. The one (Hugh) that seemed to have lost everything, actually gained something before he died...(oops...told u it was a spoiler)
both competed with each other in terms of tricks...Hugh was always trying to copy...but Bale seemed to always have a way to get back..thus, they always appear in each other's main event, screwing it up, causing the person to fall into the pits.
the main trick...the Transported Man...caused a great intense rivalry between them 2...
In the end...it seemed Hugh got the upper hand with his Tesla machine, thats transports him literally....
but actually, every time Hugh uses his "machine", he creates a clone of himself, which he destroys....he never wanted this to happen. he used it as a trick to get Bale in jail and did a diary where he wrote "As you read this, I will know you are reading it in jail, awaiting your death." which made Bale feels that Hugh could see the future. Hugh lost his wife in an accident, whom he blamed Bale. But Bale didnt know which knot his other twin did that caused the death...and this leads to Hugh always asking him "Which knot did you tie?" to which Bale answered "I dont know...."
"I never know when I am the one in the box (hidden), or the one in the prestige."
but Bale's was no trick, invention or watsoever...it was simply genetics. he had a twin. to achieve their magical dreams, one twin sacrificed 2 of his fingers to follow his other twin (who earlier on lost 2 of his fingers in an act. both had to live "half-lives", alternating everyday. One who really loved his wife, Sarah, the other who loved the mistress, Olivia (Scarlet Johanssen). but both ladies thought one was the other. in the end, the wife hanged herself for feeling that her husband cheated on her.
"I loved Sarah. But it was also the other I that loved Olivia."
lots of intense mystery, thrilling plot and great acting....go watch it....the movie brings in lots of social issues :: cloning, marriages, fame, backstab, rivalry, friendship, corporate trickery...etc
All Hugh wanted was love and be in the prestige. In the end, I felt he was the one that truly understood wat was being a magician was all about. As his character said, or rather, what I think he said (i cant remember word by word can I?!?!) ::
"You never knew what it was to be. It was to see the satisfaction on the audience's face that makes you feel you have done it, by trick, real magic or illusion"
All Bale wanted was to come up with new tricks to wow the people. And it was wrong for others to term that his heart and mind was never with his family...when Bale is actually 2.
so...go watch this movie....about 2hrs and 30mins...worthed every cent u pay....
the facts of life....
- 11/05/2006 03:10:00 AM
