The Prestige (2006) vs. The Illusionist (2006)
Ava Lawson 
Which of these two magician films released the same year was better?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 30, 2019 6:06 AM |
The Prestige is the better film, but I have fonder memories of The Illusionist: I saw it in Istanbul and half-way through the film -- right when Jessica Biel races off on the horse -- the film stopped, the lights went up, and everybody went to the lobby to smoke a cigarette!
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 31, 2019 1:57 AM |
No one knew what the hell was going on in The Prestige. Was it magic? Science fiction? Very confusing which is why it tanked.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 31, 2019 2:00 AM |
I liked both. I think The Prestige was better, but the one that had the Phillip Glass soundtrack had the better score -- I think that was The Illusionist.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 31, 2019 2:01 AM |
I really enjoyed the Illusionist. I much preferred it over The Prestige.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 31, 2019 2:02 AM |
The Illutionist would have been better if anyone but Jessica Biel played that part.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 31, 2019 2:47 AM |
The Prestige. Bowie as Tesla.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 31, 2019 2:55 AM |
The Prestige was actually a good movie, and poses quite a profound question about the sacrifices art (in this case, the magician's art) demands.
I still wonder at the strange synchronicity of two major movies about 19th-century magicians being released in the same year. I mean, how many movies on that subject has Hollywood released in total in its 100 years of existence?
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 31, 2019 10:53 AM |
anything with ed fug face Norton sucks....
how that pig a star?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 29, 2019 11:11 PM |
yea, Biel worst actress of the decade.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 29, 2019 11:11 PM |
I think it depends on which one you saw first. In my case it was The Illusionist, so when I saw The Prestige, it more of the same. That and I sometimes find Hugh Jackman a bit much. Bale was the best thing in that film.
I thought The Illusionist was one of the rare instances where Biel gave a decent performance.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 30, 2019 6:06 AM |
