Do you like the movie 'The prestige'?  

I haven't seen this movie so I couldn't tell you anything about it. I don't go to the theatre that much. Maybe I'll go about once in a blue moon when something worth watching is going to be on. Because my money is so tight, I can't afford to rent any movies these days, either. I have dish network and if I should see it on encore drama or hatever, I'll let you know what I think about it. That may be a while, though. Who knows? Kathy.

this is one of my favorite and my wife's favorite as well. we even have a dvd copy of the movie for it was worth watching. i agree with you with regarding so many flashback and so many twist. until the last minute you will still find out a treat from the movie. marvelous, a movie that is worth sharing to friends. a two thumbs up for this one.

The prestige is an awesome movie with a good but kinda predicatable suspence... anyways its worth watching a 100 times.. :P.... Btw.. watch "The Illusionist" its also a good movie, its also related with these magician stuff..

Hi there, I have watched that movie about 3 years ago because I like watching tricks or magic. I find the movie very quite well and Hugh Jackman has a very good and challenging role on that movie. I hope that I can buy a dvd of that so I can watch it again.

Yes, I don't know the cast of this movie but I enjoyed it very much. For first I saw it without sub titles and couldn't understand the total movie but the second time I saw it with subtitles on and am glad that I could understand the whole story.

The motive of the movie was to show that how devoted the magicians were in our ancient time. the tricks which have been shown were very good too, weren't they?

specially the old magician trick who used to make a fishtank appear from no where!

This is one of the best magician movies ever, not to mention Hugh Jackman is totally awesome in this role. It is definately one to watch over and over and you will also pick up on things you missed before. Christian Bale playing a duel role is also great. The only part that got me was when his wife (Jackman's) died in the tank escape, for one there is at least 3 inches of air at the top of the tank and two she was not out long enough that if they had tried to at least hit her in the chest she would have coughed and the manager knew this could be done as he said so at the funeral. I guess it had to happen to support the rest of the show but knowing that something could have been done still leaves you sitting there saying "pump her chest, breath into her mouth dummies." Over all it is a truely great movie and I rented it over and over on ondemand until I got my dvd. The Illusionist is another good movie and it makes you wonder how some of the things he did with people coming back from the dead was done, but then again it's a movie. Not one as good as the Prestige but definately a hit for Edward Norton who in his own right is another great actor. He does how ever look totally different in the movie than he does in real life. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA PLUS MOVIES!!!!!!!!

Its an excellent film. I loved it. I bought it on DVD, I should pull it out and watch it.

This is a strange film for me as I really enjoy it and find that even though all the flashbacks can be seriously confusing it is a seriously intriguing movie with good performances from all the main cast especially Michael Caine.

But I did feel disappointed as it pushed the boundaries of the film to far when the prestige was finally revealed. It took it out of being a film which operated within the boundaries of magic/ illussion and gave it an element of fantasy bordering on science fiction.

Teaming up again with his Batman Begins cast of Christian Bale and Michael Caine, and joined with the Scoop team consisting of X-Men's Wolverinie Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson, the stellar (eye candy) cast already set tongues wagging as to whether they'll be able to live up to the hype of Nolan's long awaited movie directly challenging the other picture about Victorian magicians, The Illusionist. The Prestige is the third act of any magic trick, with the first and second acts being the Pledge and the Turn. And this movie lives up to its namesake to a T. The way the movie plays out, it's like a huge magic trick, with the audience waiting to see how it unfolds, getting the suspicion on how it's done, but yet sitting through it thorough engaged to discover how everything will be revealed and resolved. It tells the story of how two magicians, fellow apprentices turned unfortunate rivals, plod down the slow path of jealous obsession, revenge, and the deliberate attempts to go at lengths to steal each other's ideas, to go one up against the other, a fight in romance, life and the long held passionate drive to discredit each other. There are perfect explanations of the value of secrets, and how secrets can sometimes be used as tools for deceit. What I thought was valuable in the movie was the reinforcement of the notion of how "magic" actually worked. Besides the better understanding of the common body of scientific knowledge, things like having pretty assistants to distract, and having planted staff amongst the audience, somehow made me a sceptic to tricks and illusions, and try harder to spot at which stage had things undergone a sleight of hand. More importantly, it introduced me to the notion and importance of a loyal engineer behind the scenes who designs elaborate contraptions solely for the magician's use, and how having disloyal staff can indeed be detrimental to any leaks of secrets. And Michael Caine took on this engineering role as Cutter, responsible for assisting Rupert Angier (Hugh Jackman) with loyalty and conviction that they could, as a team, beat Christian Bale's Alfred Borden. I thought the cast in general were superb, with Christian Bale leading the charge. Hugh Jackman too showed that he could play a dark character, as the two leads tackled their characters' theme of sacrifice, arrogance, and ultimately redemption, especially for Rupert Angier. I thought he did what he did towards the end was a kind of penance to what happened in the beginning, hoping to kill two birds with a single stone, to exact the sweetest revenge he could possibly muster. What also was intriguing about the two lead characters was that there is no right or wrong, no hero or villain. It's always a shade of grey in what they do, and for Alfred Borden, I felt it's more for survival and the provision for family, which is a strong subplot running through the film. I just have to mention though, that Scarlett Johansson being Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive, gets to play a flower vase role here as a magician's assistant, though her role as the pawn between the rivals added a little gravitas. The atmosphere was set up great, and so were the costumes and sets. The soundtrack was hauntingly mesmerizing, capturing the look and mood appropriately. Look out too for David Bowie's appearance as a Serbian scientist! I was floored by the deftness of how Nolan weaved and juxtaposed the non linear narrative so flawlessly. While the usual techniques is to use placeholders, or flashback sequences, colours etc, here, time is so fluid, but yet the audience will know precisely which era they're in, without being explicitly told, or working too much of the noodle. You just know, and it's just that feeling of being totally transparent with time. Even though the movie clocked in at slightly more than 2 hours, you don't feel its length at all. At the end of the movie, one quote popped into mind: Misdirection - what the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes. Quite apt to describe how things work out during the movie, or to describe in general, Nolan 's films so far. That added richness to lift the movie to a superior plane. Do yourself a favour, if there's one movie you absolutely must watch this week, then Prestige must be your natural choice. It's smart in delivery and slick in presentation. There is none other. P.S. Is it just me, or are notebooks a common feature in Nolan's movies?

Better than Illusionist? Oh, I completely agree that it was so much better than The Illusionist. I liked both movies a lot, but I thought The Prestige was amazing, whereas The Illusionist was just very good. It's interesting how both movies came out right at the same time.

One of my favorite parts was David Bowie (one of my favorite musicians) playing Nikolai Tesla (one of my favorite inventors). That was brilliant casting!