A good film makes you feel better

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2010)

When this film was released, I was wondering whether I should watch this film or "21" and after all I chosen this one and watch "21" at a theatre. Therefore, "The illusionist" kept being left for a while. I think again Edward Norton is a great actor. In the story, Eisenheim, an illusionist, who has to "play a role" who lost his lover. If you think about it, it sounds strange that an actor plays a role who plays a different role in a story. I can't say too much not to spoil the story...
The story is about Eisenheim (Edward Norton) and Sophie (Jessica Biel) fell in love in childhood but their love, which they wish to have the everlasting love however, had to be ended due to the differences of realm. Since he saw an illusionist as a child, he was fascinated by the illusion and created various kind of tricks, and acquired as a position of the illusionist. One day, he invited a women from the audience to feel his illusion at his stage. The woman is the lady who he fell in love in childhood. She has a finance at the moment but their love between Sophie and Eisenheim is profound and decide to escape from her state. That night, her fiancé Loepold (Rufus Sewell) killed Sophie due to his anger of Sophie's betrayal when she left the castle. While Eisenheim with his suffer heartache, exhibits an illusion creating visional apparition at his stage...
A tricky thing with its features creating an illusion, tricks or magic in a film is kinda cheating in a film, but I think it's not a live performance and everything is acceptable in a film. Any special effect or unrealistic magic could be made in a film. When I saw "Prestige" (2006) felt the same way; "That's cheating! cos it's a film". This time again makes me feel the same way. Other than that, a good movie makes the audience feel great.