>1 million reviews on IMBD
8.4 Score
Why has this movie not entered the cultural lexicon? I never hear anyone mention it, no memes, etc.
I personally enjoyed the film.
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It's a good movie, but what culturally did it say? Really doesn't have much quotable material.
I liked the book better even if it is goofier and this is a top tier adaptation (and in some ways, an improvement)
The prestige is good. Solid 8 or 9 out of 10. Once I saw my dad naked and he had a really fat wiener, but that's unrelated. I always get the prestige and the illusionist mixed up, but the prestige is definitely better.
>no memes
This is really the only metric under 25s can judge something by.
>uses a meme to make his point
Reactions aren't points. You could understand the point even without the image.
No. You misdunderstand how memes are used, they're not a modern thing. Implying only zoomies use memes is brain rot.
Lacks rewatchability, no outstanding performances, no outstanding scenes, no outstanding lines. Just an overall good movie, but just nothing about it stands out and if you know the TWEEEEEST then it lacks the mystery that carries the entire film forward.
Liked some of the production designs, but I am a sucker for victorian architecture.
I mean it is at least worth a second watch, because the good acting let'a you tell which is which in each scene.
I completely disagree and I’m not going to dissect why but I hardly ever want to rewatch a movie
>Lacks rewatchability
This might be the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen anybody write on the internet and I was born in 1991. How can you say that about one of few films literally designed to watch twice? It’s a different movie on the second watch. Infact let me tell you why you said it - because you’re a stupid fricking moron.
The problem with art of film making, and more specifically the idiotic viewers like you, is that there’s a difference between movies that are made for entertainment and profit vs movies that define and push the art form. You don’t know the difference as a shallow viewer.
Lawrence of Arabia, which neither of you have watched, is the greatest movie of all time that you will never be able to grasp even if you were forced to watch it. You would think it’s a low value movie because it didn’t entertain your rotten tiktok r*ddit brains. It can’t really be quoted or turned into memes. Just like the prestige. Its brilliance is lost on you.
Moron zoomers
Laurance of arabia is gay fanfiction and im tired of pretending its not
>and im tired of pretending its not
There’s a stupid 23 year old I work with and he speaks like you. Internet language. He’s incapable of expressing himself, it’s always through the lense of internet-speak
“It so be like that sometimes” he’ll say a few times a day
You’re just lol him
It do be like that sometimes
>There’s a stupid 23 year old I work with and he speaks like you
I'd be mad too if I was working at Walmart as a 50 year old loser surrounded by younger folks.
The Illusionist was better.
lol no
yeh
David Blaine agrees with you
Better acting, better music, better sets, better characters
It's just a comfy movie
2000s kinos seem to be largely forgotten
>babys first art film
it's good, but god did it get an undeserved amount of praise around here.
It's apart of the minority of Shoegaze films. Same with Miami Vice and Her.
I can never tell if this is the one with the clones or the other one
Yeah it's the clone Hugh Jackmans.
Like most nolan slop it relies too much on epic twists so it's not really enjoyable on the second watch.
it filters midwits and morons alike. takes a well educated adult to understand the themes and story
You now remember David Bowie's "accent" as Tesla.
Counterpoint: Bowie is kino in everything
This movie got talked about A LOT when it came out. Eventually people just moved on. Only zoomers think something is dead if it's not getting memed on a daily basis. We still have threads about it from time to time
Nolan's The Game but he holds himself at higher regard with lofty ambitions
Even at his very best, Nolan has trouble intentionally "entering the cultural lexicon". Memento has the most powerful visual theme of writing stuff on yourself to remember it. Ever since, he's been searching for that signature idea. Bale, Ledger, and Tom Hardy are the most distinctive parts of Nolan.
There’s no director in the past 20 years who has had more impact on the cultural lexicon than Nolan
I genuinely don't understand the high score. I mean it's decent, like a 7/10.
>Why has this movie not entered the cultural lexicon
it's boring
>Why has this movie not entered the cultural lexicon?
What do you mean cultural lexicon? It's considered THE MOVIE about magicians.
I sincerely hope you're not saying this movie doesn't have cultural impact because twitter and reddit aren't quoting quips from it?
It has 1M+ reviews on IMDB. My point was that it seems almost irrelevant, to the point it is barely discussed. It has phenomenal performances by the cast and a great coherent story.
So many other films from the 2000s have been memed into the cultural consciousness because of their importance.
Some in this thread don't actually know what a meme is so when they the word they immediately think of skibdi toilet from tiktok or hey just say "huuurrebuuur zoomurrrsss bhuuuuurrrr".
>think of skibdi toilet from tiktok or hey just say "huuurrebuuur zoomurrrsss bhuuuuurrrr".
what the frick
>. My point was that it seems almost irrelevant, to the point it is barely discussed. It has phenomenal performances by the cast and a great coherent story.
It's discussed everyday to the point where people now treat it as Nolan's best film. Back when it was released it had lukewarm reviews and was a modest boxoffice success. Today it's treated as Nolan's best when he has ultra popular films like TDK and Inception in his filmmography.
To back you up a bit.
>The film has grown in stature since its release.[54][55][56] In 2009, The A.V. Club named The Prestige as one of the best films of the 2000s.[57] The film was included in American Cinematographer's "Best-Shot Film of 1998-2008" list, ranking at 36. More than 17,000 people around the world participated in the final vote.[58] In 2020, Empire magazine ranked it among "The 100 Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century".[
Was the twist that he was killing himself and lived through his clones, or was he killing the clones, i was never clear on that part?
He killed himself every time. He was so dedicated to the performance he was willing to die for it. The replicated Hugh jack man was brand new.
>i was never clear on that part?
Neither was the Hugh Jackman character. That’s why he says it’s a huge sacrifice, never knowing if he’ll be the transported man or the one in the box.
why didn't borden and fallon simply only use their transportation trick for the show only? why bother with all the autism and put sarah through all that ordeal? AND what was the point of sharing their lives before the introduction of the transported man??
They didn't only use it for the show because the point of the trick/illusion was the total secrecy and the spectacle of performance.
Borden comes to this realization once he finally figures out the old Chinese guys trick for the ball. It dawns on him that the performance must be done at all times, the charade must continue, even at the cost of damaging someone he loves.
Then comes to Angiers, he couldn't possibly figure out the sleight of hand Borden and Fallon were using. He goes crazy to the point he finds a replicating machine and voluntarily kills himself every night, all for the adulation of the crowd, and as a way to one up Borden.
It's all about how dedicated one is to their craft.
but what was the point of that total dedication even prior to the transportation trick?
The pursuit of excellence
> Borden comes to this realization once he finally figures out the old Chinese guys trick for the ball. It dawns on him that the performance must be done at all times
This is backwards, he immediately recognises that the Chinaman is faking it all the time because the Bordens have been doing the same for years. He came up with it as a child and had the disappearing trick planned out years ahead
borden and fallon were twins BUT angier says to tesla he had already built the similar machine to another machine. what's with that?
Like any Nolan flick it gets worse on each rewatch.
nah, it actually gets better. it has comfy vibes and aesthetics. the score is not as intrusive as in other nolan films, it's as if mann directed it, pure vibes and feels
lol no
I love the Prestige and I love Mann but it clearly feels like a Nolan film, you’re right about the more subdued score though