The Prestige

On Wednesday TA and I eventually got to the the film, The Prestige. Now, we have wanted to see this film since it first came out, and we saw the trailers for it, and Adam and Troë said it was most excellent. However, it was very badly distributed. In fact the closest cinemas that were showing it were Plymouth or Taunton, and even they only showed it for a week. We even tried in desperation at the Vue cinema at Cribbs Causeway with no luck!

However, TA's grandma very kindly bought us tickets to see it on Wednesday, Hurrah!

Well, it was fantastic. I had a horrible feeling that I may have hyped it up too much, and would therefore be disappointed. I was not. TA and I were discussing the ins and outs of the film all the way back to the car. Definitely getting it on DVD! (Those with an affinity to birds may want to avoid it though - several get 'killed' in the name of magic...)

The film depicts the rivalry of Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), two Victorian magicians of the late 19th/early 20th-century in London. Angier blames Borden for an illusion that went wrong, killing his wife. A competitive one-upmanship ensues, in which both magicians, obsessed with creating the best stage illusion and stealing each others tricks, will stop at nothing to uncover the secret of each other's acts, with deadly results! The twist at the end is fantastic.

5 Stars!