the illusionist

[lane]

has anyone seen this movie?

i had the pleasure of watching this movie last saturday.

this is a great movie..

 

[theogt]

Terrible movie.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

has anyone seen this movie?

i had the pleasure of watching this movie last saturday.

this is a great movie..

I saw it a while back... a little whacky but good.
I then rented "The Prestige" that was pretty good too.

 

[Mavs Man]

I missed that one, but I thought The Prestige was very well done.

And it has nearly half the cast and crew from Batman Begins.

 

[lane]

I missed that one, but I thought The Prestige was very well done.

And it has nearly half the cast and crew from Batman Begins.

the prestige was very good as well...

 

[lane]

Terrible movie.

dude......

 

[Kevinicus]

It was ok, but nothing special that's for sure.

 

[Danny White]

I missed that one, but I thought The Prestige was very well done.

And it has nearly half the cast and crew from Batman Begins.

The Prestige: Batman versus Wolverine... with Magic!

 

[Mavs Man]

The Prestige: Batman versus Wolverine... with Magic!

:laugh2:

And don't forget Scarlet Johansen.

 

[AbeBeta]

I missed that one, but I thought The Prestige was very well done.

Prestige was outstanding -- Christian Bale is an incredible actor -- check out the Machinist as well

 

[joseephuss]

:laugh2:

And don't forget Scarlet Johansen.

Yes she was good. I also liked Piper Perabo in that one. Of course The Illusionist had Jessica Biel.

I liked both movies and give the nod to The Prestige as the better movie. Edward Norton is a very good actor as well.

 

[Mavs Man]

Prestige was outstanding -- Christian Bale is an incredible actor -- check out the Machinist as well

I'll have to check that one out. I'm reading that for the role Bale dropped down to 120 pounds. He was willing to drop to 100 pounds, but they wouldn't allow him to, for obvious reasons.

Since this thread is on the magician subject, I would recommend reading The War Magician by David Fisher. It's supposedly a true account of a British magician during the Second World War who convinced British military intelligence to allow him to assist their war effort. Notably he camouflaged trucks and jeeps to look like tanks and built a false Alexandria and the Suez Canal so that at night the Axis Powers would bomb a plywood and canvas city instead of the real target. He also constructed a force of 2,000 fake tanks to trick Rommel into expecting an attack from the south when a northern attack was really the plan (the subterfuge also included a fake railway line, fake radio conversations, and fake sounds of construction).

It's a fun read, and I am very surprised it hasn't been adapted into a movie yet.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

I'll have to check that one out. I'm reading that for the role Bale dropped down to 120 pounds. He was willing to drop to 100 pounds, but they wouldn't allow him to, for obvious reasons.

Since this thread is on the magician subject, I would recommend reading The War Magician by David Fisher. It's supposedly a true account of a British magician during the Second World War who convinced British military intelligence to allow him to assist their war effort. Notably he camouflaged trucks and jeeps to look like tanks and built a false Alexandria and the Suez Canal so that at night the Axis Powers would bomb a plywood and canvas city instead of the real target. He also constructed a force of 2,000 fake tanks to trick Rommel into expecting an attack from the south when a northern attack was really the plan (the subterfuge also included a fake railway line, fake radio conversations, and fake sounds of construction).

It's a fun read, and I am very surprised it hasn't been adapted into a movie yet.

Bale is set to play John Connor in Terminator Salvation in 2009

 

[Mavs Man]

Bale is set to play John Connor in Terminator Salvation in 2009

Yeah, I heard about that. And that is the only reason I would give that movie a look.

 

[AbeBeta]

I'll have to check that one out. I'm reading that for the role Bale dropped down to 120 pounds. He was willing to drop to 100 pounds, but they wouldn't allow him to, for obvious reasons.

Bale was amazingly skinny in that role. Bale isn't little - he's reported as somewhere between 6'0" and 6'2". I doubt there was another 20lbs on him. It was shocking.

Immediately after that he did Rescue Dawn -- which, they had to film backwards as the film shows him dropping weight but at the time he was putting weight on to do Batman. BTW -- if you see Rescue Dawn -- which I felt was pretty good -- for context you should see the documentary on which it was based -- Little Deiter Can Fly. Both are directed by stone cold genius Werner Herzog (which gives a hint as to my avatar).

 

[Kangaroo]

I saw the Prestige it was ok nothing to write home about

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Yeah, I heard about that. And that is the only reason I would give that movie a look.

Whoaaa.... like seriously.... :laugh2:

 

[joseephuss]

Bale was amazingly skinny in that role. Bale isn't little - he's reported as somewhere between 6'0" and 6'2". I doubt there was another 20lbs on him. It was shocking.

Immediately after that he did Rescue Dawn -- which, they had to film backwards as the film shows him dropping weight but at the time he was putting weight on to do Batman. BTW -- if you see Rescue Dawn -- which I felt was pretty good -- for context you should see the documentary on which it was based -- Little Deiter Can Fly. Both are directed by stone cold genius Werner Herzog (which gives a hint as to my avatar).

After The Machinist Bale then worked out to gain weight for Batman Begins and actually got too big. They asked him to lose 15 to 20 lbs to play Batman.

 

[Mavs Man]

Bale was amazingly skinny in that role. Bale isn't little - he's reported as somewhere between 6'0" and 6'2". I doubt there was another 20lbs on him. It was shocking.

Yeah, I read that he's normally 180. 120 lbs on a 6 to 6-2 frame is NUTS.

Immediately after that he did Rescue Dawn -- which, they had to film backwards as the film shows him dropping weight but at the time he was putting weight on to do Batman. BTW -- if you see Rescue Dawn -- which I felt was pretty good -- for context you should see the documentary on which it was based -- Little Deiter Can Fly. Both are directed by stone cold genius Werner Herzog (which gives a hint as to my avatar).

I keep seeing it at the video store but haven't picked it up yet. I didn't realize Werner Herzog directed it. He spoke at UT - Austin once while I was a student there, but I wasn't able to catch it.

 

[Mavs Man]

After The Machinist Bale then worked out to gain weight for Batman Begins and actually got too big. They asked him to lose 15 to 20 lbs to play Batman.

So he added the equivalent weight of one of the Olsen twins from one movie to the next. :laugh2:

That's kind of sad, actually.