Why is it that two movies about Victorian-era magicians pulling a fast one came out at the same time? I saw The Prestige several months ago yet I think I will still have a hard time separating them.
This one was more about fantasy than magic. Granted, you aren't supposed to be able to figure out how tricks are done, but when most everything shown is obviously accomplished through CGI it takes away from the verisimilitude. It bugs me when a major factor in the movie (the locket) is an impossibility. There is no way it could be twisted and adjusted and the picture inside could remain intact. It's not magic, it's "movie magic". Don't get me started on the "holograms"...
Not a bad movie, but in one about magic you'd better provide a strong suspension of disbelief or everything about it suffers.
This one was more about fantasy than magic. Granted, you aren't supposed to be able to figure out how tricks are done, but when most everything shown is obviously accomplished through CGI it takes away from the verisimilitude. It bugs me when a major factor in the movie (the locket) is an impossibility. There is no way it could be twisted and adjusted and the picture inside could remain intact. It's not magic, it's "movie magic". Don't get me started on the "holograms"...
Not a bad movie, but in one about magic you'd better provide a strong suspension of disbelief or everything about it suffers.