I don't think the ending was disappointing at all! What really stroke me in this movie, what I find the best - is the final part, for all its turning points. Vergerus and the others SEEM so triumphant and the Magician so humble, but just seconds before Vergerus was trembling with fear and almost denying his lifelong convictions. The humble one had mastered all of them before. I think the whole movie is about illusion and how people are eager to believe in magic. The hosts find themselves very powerful in the end, but probably the same story will go on at the king's court now. The magician succeeded with his act, quite because he was exposed in the end. It wouldn't have been such a great thing for a real magic - empowered person to scare them. But they were all fascinated by actors / director, really... what a great performance! the film viewer himself was in for the game. A charlatan, yes, but what a dangerous one. The hosts lose after all, having been deceived by someone so weak...
Review of The Magician
