Amazing film that will leave some people cold.

Rating: 9/10 (19 October 1999)

I love this movie, and have seen it several times. The first time you see the movie through Van Orton's eyes. The next time you watch the film you see it from CRS's view. This, to me, makes it great. Upon repeated viewing's I realized just how clever this film is.
It seems, though, that some people who watch this just won't pick up on a few things, and be left in the dark.
For instance, even though you might not react the same way that Van Orton acts, it doesn't matter because The Game is designed around him. They studied him for a whole day with comprehensive psychological exams, and probably learned a whole lot more from his brother. That way they know what he will most likely do, and have several safety nets in place if he doesn't. Magicians and Mentalists use these kind of techniques all the time in their shows.
If you focus too much on what you would do during the movie, it might effect your enjoyment of it, and might make you miss the whole point of the movie altogether.
This movie is amazing.
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The only problem I had with this is the end. No, it's not that I wanted him to die. In fact I think it would have ruined the movie if he had died. To think that CRS could manipulate him so completely up to that point and then... whoops he's dead.. would have been a cop-out. No, the only problem I had was that if he had strayed to a few feet to the left when he went through the glass he would have hit a cross beam. The movie could have turned into a black comedy very easily. That's my one and only complaint.
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