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Post by cheesecake on Oct 13, 2019 0:38:38 GMT
Per Wikipedia’s definition, Twin films are films with the same or very similar plot, produced or released at the same time by two different film studios. Which do you prefer?
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 13, 2019 0:41:21 GMT
Illusionist easily. Very fun film. Prestige gets bogged down in its self-seriousness.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 13, 2019 0:46:27 GMT
The Prestige is a great film until the supernatural element when the air goes out of it near the end - prior to that Nolan had been a realistic filmmaker and he then suddenly became a fantasist - loved all his stuff but earlier was better (first 3).
The Illusionist has a great score, cinematography and a menacingly effective Rufus Sewell but I dislike the rest of it - especially Norton and Giamatti and their half-hearted attempts at accents - which normally I don't care about but here is symbolic of their shallow faking it/dress up.
So........The Prestige.
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Post by Good God on Oct 13, 2019 1:30:45 GMT
The Illusionist is a fun movie and I really love its atmosphere, but I think The Prestige asks the more weighty questions and has the stronger staying power. Even still, even if there is no reason why they can't coexist, the mixing of science fiction with illusory tricks in The Prestige really rubs me the wrong way and felt like a cop-out to me, though perhaps that's more my flaw as a movie-watcher than that of Nolan's as a writer.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Oct 13, 2019 2:53:11 GMT
Don't care much for The Prestige but I tried watching The Illusionist on Prime the other day and was bored out of my mind and didn't have the time of day for whatever accent Norton was attempting. Must try again sometime. It's supposed to be pretty good.  |
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Post by hugobolso on Oct 13, 2019 3:05:21 GMT
The Illusionist is a low budget movie if we compare with The Prestige. I guess the Illusionist Inversors were happier than the Prestige producers.-
And I think the Illusionist, it's a much better film, despite several historical uncurancies.
I like all this mix between a European Movie with Hammer and Corman Horror movies. The performance are trully strong.-
Try to see both movies in a pirate low definition version, while the Illusionist still the same movie, you can see all the Nolan's tramps.-
Beside that except Bale, all the performance are really bad.-
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Post by countjohn on Oct 13, 2019 3:49:21 GMT
I'm going to go with The Illusionist here. Great cinematography, like the Glass score, and Norton, Giamatti, and Sewell are all very good.
I've never really liked The Prestige for whatever reason. One of those movies that feels like an exercise that you watch with complete detachment.
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Post by TerryMontana on Oct 13, 2019 11:24:00 GMT
The Prestige by far.
Illusionist is a fun movie but Nolan's film is much more clever, suspenseful, with better performances, directing and photography.
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Post by jimmalone on Oct 13, 2019 16:06:35 GMT
Both are great movies, but I give the edge to Prestige probably.
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Post by ibbi on Oct 13, 2019 16:07:07 GMT
That's a close one. I think they both have their qualities, but I don't really like either of them all that much. Maybe edge to The Prestige for a host of stronger performances, but I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hate the succession of idiotic twists that narratively ruin it for me. Illusionist's comparative simplicity (and gorgeous photography) wins it bonus points in that department for me. I really have no idea. Can I go with Chomet's Illusionist instead?  |
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Post by cheesecake on Oct 14, 2019 2:11:50 GMT
That's a close one. I think they both have their qualities, but I don't really like either of them all that much. Maybe edge to The Prestige for a host of stronger performances, but I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally hate the succession of idiotic twists that narratively ruin it for me. Illusionist's comparative simplicity (and gorgeous photography) wins it bonus points in that department for me. I really have no idea. Can I go with Chomet's Illusionist instead? Agree with all of this.
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