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The Prestige

Posted by Mike - August 12, 2007 at 02:08:19 pm

Last night I saw The Prestige with Jules. I think we started watching it around midnight. If I had to rate it I’d give it a 7/10. The twists and turns of the story were good and I liked Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman but I thought Christian Bale was only so so in his role. I don’t really know what else to say without spoiling the movie for anyone who might want to see it, so I leave you with the synopsis from FilmSpot:

From acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (”Memento,” “Batman Begins”), comes a mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences. Based on Christopher Priest’s 1996 novel, Alfred (Christian Bale) and Rupert (Hugh Jackman) are two rival magicians in 19th century London. When Alfred performs the ultimate magic trick, Rupert tries desperately to find out the secret to the trick. However, he then begins to realize that it may not be a trick at all.

Knocked Up, Once

Posted by Mike - June 6, 2007 at 10:06:39 am

I saw a couple of movies over the past few days. Yep, I actually put aside my netflix DVD’s and went to the theater. That’s what happens when you have a girlfriend. >_>

Over the weekend we saw Knocked Up, Judd Apatow’s (The 40 Year Old Virgin) new movie. At over two hours it’s a pretty long comedy, but the jokes keep rolling so it doesn’t feel very long. There are a few cameos thrown in there for good measure too. Like Ryan Seacrest and James Franco (Jules was like so *_*).

Now let’s take a second to think about the message of this movie. Get a girl drunk, sleep with her, get her pregnant, and then she’ll give you a shot. Hmmm.

Once is a ‘modern day musical’ about a pair of musicians who form a strange bond around their music. I guess it’s not that strange. I’m undecided on whether I like the ending or not. Anyway, the music is pretty good and I hear it’s on iTunes so you should check that out.

Message of the movie: rock out.

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