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The Prestige

This post contains spoilers related to the movie known as The Prestige, starring Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and the voluptuous Scarlett Johansson.

I’m going to keep this short and sweet, because I have bigger fish to fry.

The movie had an incredibly interesting premise. Due to the setting in which the film was viewed, it was extremely difficult to understand. When you’re watching the film from poor seats that are positioned right in front of the entrance to the Bomber, it is nearly impossible to follow a plot.

The movie was good, from what I heard of it.

However, I called the final twist of the movie within the first five minutes. In the court scene at the beginning, where Christian Bale is on trial for allegedly murdering Hugh Jackman’s character, Christian Bale waves to a little girl in the custody of a man with a moustache and hat. As the two turned to depart, I thought to myself, “Huh. That guy on the balcony with the little girl looks a lot like Christian Bale.”

At that moment, I thought of an ironic twist to the movie. Perhaps Christian Bale, and the guy with the moustache, were related. Maybe, they were even twins.

I thought of how humorous it would be to pull out the Blackberry, and e-mail Binkle my predicted results for the movie, and then have him arrive at home and read it. In the end, I thought against it. I figured the light from the screen would be distracting, and besides, I would miss more of the movie.

But, in the end, I was right. The mustached guy was Christian Bale’s twin (or his other character). Hurrah! I was right.

In the end, the whole thing was disappointing. It might be a fantastic movie”¦but I suppose seeing it would have made it better.

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