Let the movie fool you

Rating: 7/10 (18 August 2018)

I have seen some reviews saying that none of the events in the movie makes sense, that this is way beyond just tricks, that it's not believable even for a second, many plot holes, etc... . Let me recall something. The central quote of The Prestige (2006) reads :
"Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called the Pledge. The magician shows you an ordinary object, a deck of cards, a bird, or a man. He shows you this object. Maybe he asks you to inspect it, to see if it is indeed real, unaltered. But of course, it probably isn't.
The second part is called the Turn. The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it doing something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it. Because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really wanna know. You wanna be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet because making something disappear isn't enough, you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call the Prestige."
I think we can easily agree that both the characters in the movie and us, watching it have been fooled several times. But for those who say that this makes no sense at all I answer : play the game. Let the movie fool you a little, these are the rules of a magic show, right ? The only purpose of the man who spends money for the show is to be fooled, not to be comforted in his logical sense. These are the values carried be the high ranked tricky movie The Prestige by the huge cinematic genius Christopher Nolan (I personally think that this movie is a kind of tribute to The Prestige, the script seems really inspired I mean, Borden's favorite quote was "Are you watching closely?" and Atlas' favorite quote is something like "the closer you think you are, the less you'll actually see.", that's really close, no joke).
Moreover, for those who dare to compare these to movies I say, what's more credible: the end, that is to say the main plot of The Prestige or four well-trained illusionists gathered by an unexplained link, performing impressive tricks that take a lot of chance and money to achieve ?
I personally really enjoyed that movie. It has a good rythm, a few jokes, you eventually get attached to the characters. It's original, it's fresh (even in 2018) and it creates a thrilling atmosphere, it's like nothing can stop these guys. It surely has a very good Mark Ruffalo and a brilliant Jesse Eisenberg and I think it really deserves a higher rate.