The Prestige

This is an absolutely stunning film, I love the setting in late 1800’s Europe. I normally don’t pay attention to costume design but in this film was hard to ignore it. If I had to pick one setting to make the perfect film I would pick this one. It was the little details of this film in the acting and setting that elevates it above the rest.  A lot of my problems with other Christopher Nolan films are that they feel too commercial; this one felt natural. This is possibly my favorite film from Nolan really nice change of pace from his normal work. I’m not saying his norma work is bad at all. In fact, I love all of his other movies. I just thought this one was a step above the rest. I also thought the story was just so fun and engaging. Well, at times the film felt tiringly long for a two hour film, it had a fun factor to it that made it easy to get through. I also love Karston Runquists description of the film calling it “an elaborate prank war between two magicians.” he just hit it so dead on that its kind of funny.