I think The Prestige<\/em> was a disappointment. I\u2019m qualifying myself here on the off-chance that the film might actually be brilliant, and I just missed it. But I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n I think it ended up wanting to be much more clever than it really was.<\/p>\n Which is unfortunate, because it had a very nice message about not letting revenge and obsession become, well, vengeful obsessions. <\/p>\n But they had set up so long the idea of \u201cTHE PRESTIGE!\u201d that they kind of had to have a big whammy of a finish. But I don\u2019t think they really did. Or, at least, I sat there in the last shot not sure of what just happened, and frustrated by Michael Caine\u2019s strong Cockney accent that garbled the last word of the film which might have been key.<\/p>\n But, I guess I\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n The film\u2019s other main twist \u2013 I mean the one that comes before the last frame twist that might not really be a twist not sure I\u2019ll ever know \u2013 is really kind of pathetic as it is broadcast all throughout the film. <\/p>\n And were they asking us to believe that science can really do what they seem to say it can in the film? I didn\u2019t get that either.<\/p>\n The film has a couple of vioolent moments. It\u2019s really not scary. Teenagers can see it without harm. As long as they don\u2019t become overly frustrated by movies that are too clever by half.<\/p>\n Sometimes too clever is really just that. Not much fun. <\/p>\n If anybody can explain the ending to me here, I would be obliged.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think The Prestige was a disappointment. I\u2019m qualifying myself here on the off-chance that the film might actually be brilliant, and I just missed it. But I don\u2019t think so. I think it ended up wanting to be much more clever than it really was. Which is unfortunate, because it had a very nice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n