DirtyVelvet

First movie up is The Prestige: (2hr 10min, period piece set in London. In theaters now.)
Taglines: -A Friendship, That Became a Rivalry...A Rivalry, That Became a Battle.
-Are You Watching Closely?
Directed by Christopher Nolan.
Starring: -Hugh Jackman
-Christian Bale
-Scarlett Johansson
-Michael Caine
-David Bowie

Robert Angier (Hugh Jackmam) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) are two young magicians who are at first friends, but soon become enemies. This obsessive rivalry not only endangers Angier and Borden, but it also jeopardizes people around them. Angier becomes especially obsessive once Borden performs a trick, which he cannot do or even figure out how to do it.

I was quite excited to see this movie, due to the visuals of the trailers. Once I actually saw the movie, I was more pleased with what I saw, than expected. At first it starts off slow and very long, but it takes off quickly and soon has you involved with the magic. One of the many things I was impressed with, was the acting. Hugh Jackman plays the obsessive Robert Angier with belief. You can clearly see the obsessiveness and strain as he tries to figure out how Borden performed his trick. Angier's quest is to ultimatley beat Borden at being successful as a performer. This is the same quest Borden has, however, the movie focuses more on Angier's point of view rather than Borden's. Christian Bale played the mysterious Alfred Borden. Bale did a very impressive job at acting the sly and witty Borden. There's not much else to say about him. Overall I enjoyed the movie thouroughly, it did not disappoint me and the appearance of David Bowie as Nikolas Tesla made me happy. (He was also very good.)

Sidenote: If anyone is interested, The Prestige is an adaption of Christopher Priest's novel of the same name.

I give it an 8/10. If you haven't seen it, and you like magic, rivalry set in period pieced times, I suggest you see it.

Second sidenote: By the way, the song playing during the closing credits is "Analyse" off of Thom Yorke's recent solo album titled "The Eraser." If your into that kind of music (i.e: Radiohead, alternative kind of stuff) I suggest you listen to that as well.

Favorite Tageline: "Are You Watching Closely?"
If you've seen it, feel free to leave a comment and a rating with your opinion on the movie.

Thanks, that's all for today,
DirtyVelvet.