In Case You Missed It: The Illusionist 2/5 reviewed by Corey
Tragedy struck Tuesday night as Corey and two of his friends took a routine trip to the dollar theatre. My plan all day was to see The Prestige after hearing so many wonderful things about it. On the way over, I was, much to my dismay, informed that the movie was sold out. The Illusionist looked like it had potential. Edward "I Can Do No Wrong To Humanity" (probably somehow, ironically, related to Christopher Nolan), Paul Giamatti in a critically acclaimed magician movie. I was excited.
Chris already reviewed this movie, so I want this to be obvious: The Illusionist is NOT a good movie. The Illusionist is a BAD movie. When I tell people of Ed Norton's brilliance (and I will continue to do so), I will not mention The Illusionist.
This is a critically acclaimed piece of crap. The plot is boring and recycled: guy and girl are childhood friends and lovers, guy and girl get separated, guy and girl meet again but cannot be together. Wake me when something happens that I haven't seen.
I RARELY fall asleep in a movie, and I began to really drift around an hour or so in. I would have left had so many people not been in there with me. The actors and actresses seem bored, the script is worthy of ritual suicide, loaded with cliché and melodrama. But the real turn of the knife comes with the "twist" ending. It's bad enough I could care less what happened to the characters, but The Usual Suspects is a fine film, one of the greatest of our time, and an absolute joy to watch unfold. To steal a final scene as blatantly and unashamedly as The Illusionist did has to break some sort of film law. Even the camera angles seem familiar.
The critics loved this movie, and, for the first time in a LONG time, I'm completely and totally oblivious to that fact. This received a 2 because I believe Norton took the paycheck from this film and put it towards his production and direction of Motherless Brooklyn. Which, if he's directing and starring in it, will probably be a much better film.
You may be tempted by friend or foe to rent this. There are a lot of copies sitting on the shelves and probably a lot of nice quotes on the back of the box. Do yourself a favor. Get something else.
SEE this if...
-In all honesty, I can't think of a single reason. Maybe if you enjoy being disappointed?
DONT see this if...
-You like Ed Norton or Paul Giamatti.
-You can only see one magician movie that was made in 2006 and featured a cast full of potential. I think I saw the wrong one.
Chris already reviewed this movie, so I want this to be obvious: The Illusionist is NOT a good movie. The Illusionist is a BAD movie. When I tell people of Ed Norton's brilliance (and I will continue to do so), I will not mention The Illusionist.
This is a critically acclaimed piece of crap. The plot is boring and recycled: guy and girl are childhood friends and lovers, guy and girl get separated, guy and girl meet again but cannot be together. Wake me when something happens that I haven't seen.
I RARELY fall asleep in a movie, and I began to really drift around an hour or so in. I would have left had so many people not been in there with me. The actors and actresses seem bored, the script is worthy of ritual suicide, loaded with cliché and melodrama. But the real turn of the knife comes with the "twist" ending. It's bad enough I could care less what happened to the characters, but The Usual Suspects is a fine film, one of the greatest of our time, and an absolute joy to watch unfold. To steal a final scene as blatantly and unashamedly as The Illusionist did has to break some sort of film law. Even the camera angles seem familiar.
The critics loved this movie, and, for the first time in a LONG time, I'm completely and totally oblivious to that fact. This received a 2 because I believe Norton took the paycheck from this film and put it towards his production and direction of Motherless Brooklyn. Which, if he's directing and starring in it, will probably be a much better film.
You may be tempted by friend or foe to rent this. There are a lot of copies sitting on the shelves and probably a lot of nice quotes on the back of the box. Do yourself a favor. Get something else.
SEE this if...
-In all honesty, I can't think of a single reason. Maybe if you enjoy being disappointed?
DONT see this if...
-You like Ed Norton or Paul Giamatti.
-You can only see one magician movie that was made in 2006 and featured a cast full of potential. I think I saw the wrong one.
posted by Anonymous at 10:26 AM
1 Comments:
All I can say is AMEN BROTHER!
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