This will make you wish that you were a magician, which is a good thing

Rating: 8/10 (10 September 2013)

I really hate putting a pretty good movie into a microscope but here I am. I'm not really into summer movies because most of them are just great at first look but when you really think about it, they're somehow awful; barely a number of summer movies are really commercial and critical success, and I think I could count Now You See Me in the list. I just saw it yesterday and I thought it was pretty good. It reminded me of Chris Nolan's film about magicians also, The Prestige, starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Anyways, watching the film makes me feel the suspense, drama, action, humor, wit and most of all, wonder. The acting from the stellar-looking cast makes it wonderful, especially Freeman, Ruffalo, Eisenberg and Harrelson. Louis Leterrier did a great job directing this film. The visual effects, art direction and the score is amazing- not that awe-inspiring but amazing. The story itself is awesome but the screenplay really needs some polishing. I mean, sure the story is witty and fun and mind-bending, but the characters' back story and development through the story wasn't presented very well. The four magicians remained stagnant and Dylan the agent is just a gift wrap to make us all believe that he is just an ordinary man when he in fact is the most important character, which is not really a good way of storytelling, considering none of them actually got a chance to develop throughout the film. Anyhow, that pretty much sums up my view of the film. I hope we would get to see some improvement on its sequel, but for now, all I can say is "Kudos" to every cast and crew involved in the film, and for those who haven't watched it yet, go see it. Trust me, it will make you see wonder for 2-hours length of the film.