Kevin's Watch

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!!

Agreed, completely. Loved this movie, and Edward Norton is easily one of my favorite actors of all time.

Jessica Biel wasn't half bad, either. Then again, I hadn't set my expectations of her too highly.

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.

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.

I saw it with my aunt a few months ago, and remember it was pretty good. Although I remember that mostly being because of Norton.

Yay for Marylanders!-jay

Saw this movie last night and loved it!!!! I am pleased to say it is in our movie collection so we can watch it again and again. Rufus Sewell was absolutely creepy.

Agreed. Excellent film.

I can't wait to see it.

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.

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 believe they were trying for some mild hungarian or german accent....this was certainly not well executed by anyone.

I have this at home now, but haven't seen it yet.

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.

Agreed, excellent movie!

Saw this last night....great movie!!!! Paul Giamatti was excellent in it, and Norton was sublime. I have The Prestige coming in a few days...which do y'all like better?

Julie and I really liked. well acted and nicely paced.

Great movie. Bought it without seeing it first (because I'm a Norton fanboy) and wasn't disappointed.

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The Prestige coming in a few days...which do y'all like better?

The Prestige is better, everyones warming up their flamethrowers.

I watched this movie this past Friday night. Really good, one of the better ones that we watched in quite a while.

One question...

The doctor who examined her 'dead' body...what was his tie in with Norton's character?

He obviously was in on the charade...

Heh, so I used this gift certificate I've had for a while and bought the Illusionist. Looking forward to seeing it again.

I also recently saw Norton in the Painted Veil. Also a good movie. Norton is great.-jay