An Epic Film

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2014)

The Prestige is an impeccable film. The different interweaving plot- lines for each character turned out to be a mental work- out for the audience to understand such events. Almost every character produced a stunning performance; however, I admit that Scarlett Johansson may have only been cast for a pretty face. Although Scarlett fell short in her role as Olivia Wenscombe, I had hardly noticed because of the other actor's amazing work in the film.
There are many themes portrayed within this film. The themes that stood out the most to me were rivalry and obsession. In most cases, the rivalries only occurred because of the character's obsessions. This arcane film may not appeal to all audiences; however, after hearing others opinions I believe that the majority enjoyed it. I found that the audience members that did not enjoy the film at all simply did not understand it.
This film amazes me because of the actor's abilities to become so many different characters. Once you know the secret of the film you begin to be able to differentiate the hidden characters. I have now watched this film 3 times and each time I am finding new things that I had not noticed before. I can never get tired of this movie because if you truly watch closely you are able to discover new events and details that may have been overlooked.
I found it interesting that throughout the film they had emphasized that you have to keep your secret because "the secret amazes no one" except in the end of the film Christopher Nolan did not take his own advice. Even though he gave the audience the secret the film was confusing enough that I still had to take a moment to address the events to see if I truly understood it. I do not enjoy when a film allows the audience to predict their own ending for a movie. Even though it is sometimes nice to let your mind wander while making your own ending I prefer to have a definite ending that is given to me. You must watch The Prestige (at least once) or you will be missing out on a truly amazing film.