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Technically any good? I'll start with the good news. The FX were really cool. The scenes with Tesla's machine are beautiful. The cinemtography was great and I felt the acting was very strong. Jackman and Bale are always good and it was nice to see Scarlett Johanssen in a role she could sink her teeth into, somewhat. Now the bad news--the script. While, on the surface, it feels like a great movie, the script is structured in such a cumbersome way it was difficult for me, a writer, to watch. The whole time I kept thinking "why did Nolan do it this way? It would have worked just fine, and better in fact, if you just structured it like a traditional narrative!" I still feel this way. The film has a lot of point-of-view changes, time-period changes and at any given time I couldn't tell you what plot point fell where in the scheme of things. I also felt the tone was even until the climax where it got very dark, very quickly. Frankly, I didn't buy th! e ending, which is sad since that's what the title of the movie refers to. That final reveal in a magic trick, or in this case, a movie that relies on tricks and gimmicks far more than it needs to.
How did it leave me feeling? Reasonably satisfied, but I really feel strongly that this film was over-done. Batman Begins, the director's last film, was simple, straightforward. It knew what it wanted to do and did it without a lot of cheesey "slight of hand". This film is exactly the opposite. It's still entertaining, however.
Final Rating? RTV - Rent The Video. Honestly, it's fun, but nothing that will really change your life for seeing it on the big screen.
Orignal From: PRESTIGE, THE (2006)
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