It is almost expected that this movie will be compared to The Prestige (starring Hugh-wolverine-Jackman and Christian-Batman-Bale). Both are about magicians in, uh, oldish times. heh. But, that is pretty much where the similarity ends.
While The Prestige is basically about two magicians trying to outdo each other and find out the secrets of each other's magic tricks, The Illusionist is about a magician trying to get back together with his gal who is (of course) engaged to the unreasonable prince.
The Illusionist stars Edward Norton who is one of my favourite actors. I've had a huge respect for him ever since I saw him in Primal Fear (if you've not watched this, go look for the vcd, it's an excellent detective movie). He doesn't disappoint in this movie. While he usually plays some psychotic character, he shows a tender side this time.
This movie isn't so concerned with telling you how the magic tricks are done. Instead, some of the tricks do look like they are magic. But the director doesn't try to tell you whether they are really magic or not. Instead, he basically concentrates on how Edward Norton tries to get back together with this girl whom he was separated from in his teen-years coz she was rich and he was poor. There's this evil prince who gets in their way (as always) and well... the rest is pretty much what you need to watch to discover.
Good movie. A mix of fantasy and detective mystery. But don't expect alot of action.
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