The problem with a movie like The Illusionist is that it was preceded by a movie called The Prestige. The Prestige entertained us with a fast moving story of two duelling magicians, trying to out do each other, whist paying each other back for a perceived wrong in their past.Both The Prestige and The Illusionist are movies about magicians – showmen who use slight of hand and other optical tricks to wow the audience. But both movies are also very different.
Instead of a fast paced thriller, The Illusionist traveled the road of a character driven drama, where the viewer must be on the watch for signs of reality, because in essence, nothing is what it seems. [more]
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1:24 PM
I enjoyed this movie, right until the ending, which I thought was a bit too unbelievable and contrived. But the boy's take on the ending was that it was mere wishful thinking on the inspector's part. I'm wonder what the director intended us to believe.
1:44 PM
This is true, the ending was rather ambiguous... I might have to take another look and see if there are any subtle visual clues!
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