Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The Prestige
The Prestige means the final reveal of a magician's act. You can also call that, climax in our lay man's term.In our twisted world, its not difficult to undersatnd the cat fight between the 2 leading man in the movie. What began with as revenge, became an obsession to out beat each other to the limits of death.
You might need a very clear mind to watch this movie as it goes back and forth between the time and they almost looked the same when all that drama happened, within that few years. You almost need a notebook to jot down what and when things happen.
Apart from that, this is a hghly recommended movie. Its one of the best i have watched recently. Taking into consideration that i had a hangover from last night, and also not sleeping more than 5 hours, i manage to stay wide awake throughout the whole movie. And Christian Bale was very good! Go watch it!!
The Covenant
With all the hype and promotions going on, i was really expecting to see much more exciting stuffs from this movie about man and witchcraft. After an hour into the movie, i was already dozing off. Don't get me wrong. the visual effects was pretty good.
What i was irritated with was ...
1. The made belief story was so not convincing and complicated to follow
2. The 2 main actors looked almost too similar that you will have to be white to differentiate them.
3. Too many characters in the movie. Too many names!
However, if you like fighting scenes and noisy music, and lots of handsome good bodied hot blooded male, you can consider watching The Convenant, which starts locally 2nd November.
You might be interested to know that it wasn't a major release in the states early last month, considering the scale of this movie. Guess they really need a better story line.
