Finally saw "The Prestige" last week . . .

[revdorothyl]

I finally saw the movie "The Prestige" last week (because I wanted to use up a free movie pass before I forgot about it and because it's got Hugh Jackman, after all, and I'd just caught the end of "Empire of the Sun" on AMC that morning and had been reminded of what a cute kid Christian Bale was), and although I wouldn't say it was badly done, I can't say that I enjoyed it. At all.

In fact, I felt badly in need of some sort of psychic shower, afterwards, to remove the mental "ickyness" left by the fact that none of the major characters in this film (the men, anyways) turned out to have anything remotely close to a full soul of their own, judging by the casual cruelties and general lack of empathy they displayed toward everyone else.

*mentally shudders*

Call me a "sissy", but . . . all I can say about the characters played by Jackman and Bale and even Michael Caine and David Bowie was, in the end, "Ewwww...!"

Comments

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

David Bowie was in that movie? Where??

(I liked it, btw, but it certainly had a high ick factor!)

[dalmeny]

I very much enjoyed the film but I agree about the lack of morality of the lead characters.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed the film, but I can very much see your point. To me, it was watching the two main characters start off as relatively decent men only to have their obsessions spiral them into misery and depravity. To me, the saddest thing was that Bale's character could have been happy, if he hadn't been obsessed with keeping secrets even from those he loved.

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

A note like that is the sort of thing I think every teacher dreams about. Bravo!

[maeve-rigan.livejournal.com]

The movie was like a gigantic machine, and just as cold at heart. Fascinating to watch the wheels-within-wheels turn, but I certainly agree with your assessment.