The Illusionist
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The Illusionist
Wow! Just wow! (I need to watch this again and I never say that about a movie) Norton is one our greatest, if underated, actors, period. Such attention to detail, sets, historical time-frame. Wonderful camera work and finally a movie that compliments Phillip Glass' music (other than Koyanishatchi and Poyanishatchi). Sewell was great. Finally a plug for Giamati--I couldn't stand his whining in Sideways, but he impressed me in Cinderella Man and now-whoa, the dude has arrived!!
fall far and well Pilots!
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What is this movie actually about? I like Edward Norton but I'm not too willing to spend money on any random movie with him in it.
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It's money clearly well spent--there are some scenes fantasy fans will simply adore. Hate to sound wry but it's about an illusionist, a very good one. The magician himself has a very Cagliostro feel (if you know who that is) and deals with court intrigue during the Austrian Empire.
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Agreed. Excellent film.
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The Illusionist, good movie, not a really great flick. Suffers through some weak narrative. Could someone, please tell me what kind of accent were the actors trying to make me believe they had? As a poinit of comparison, consider Kendra's accent from BtVS, for the unidentifable accent circumstance.
Watched the film over the weekend. Very entertaining. My wife and I rented several films and picked up the Illusionist as an afterthought. I noted the preview for its theatrical release but nearly forgot about it. In total we rented 9 films and watched them from friday to sunday. The Illusionist was by far the most memorable.
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I believe they were trying for some mild hungarian or german accent....this was certainly not well executed by anyone.taraswizard wrote:The Illusionist, good movie, not a really great flick. Suffers through some weak narrative. Could someone, please tell me what kind of accent were the actors trying to make me believe they had? As a poinit of comparison, consider Kendra's accent from BtVS, for the unidentifable accent circumstance.
I bought this DVD to watch on my laptop during my plane trip to Hawaii (10 hours...whew) and then that is one of the movies they showed! I played with my PSP so to save my DVD for later. At any rate, I finely watched it last night and like Danlo I wanted to watch it again right away! I liked the way it was filmed, the music and both Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti were naturals in this flick; excellent work! One of the best I've seen in quite awhile.
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The Prestige is better, everyones warming up their flamethrowers.The Prestige coming in a few days...which do y'all like better?
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