12-14-2008, 12:07 AM
<!--quoteo(post=4446:date=Dec 13 2008, 02:01 AM:name=rok)-->QUOTE (rok @ Dec 13 2008, 02:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't get it though, are you seriously criticizing a movie about magic as being unrealistic or far-fetched? It wasn't as if I expected it to be 100% based on the tenets of natural science. Were you expecting a docudrama? What am I missing here? I was entertained and in no way did I feel duped or cheated.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Why is it you nutholes boil every movie down to the binary that every movie is either:
A: about magic
Or
B: A Documentary
I was not expecting a documentary. I was not expecting a docudrama. I was not expecting zombies. I was not expecting shark attacks. I was not expecting Stuka dive bombers. There were lots of things I wasn't expecting.
And the movie, until the horseshit ending, was NOT about magic. It was about magicians. There is a HUGE difference. The movie goes to great lengths to show how Bale pulls off his trick in a manner consistent with real world physics, however unlikely it is. There was nothing whatsoever that hinted this movie was about "magic", rather than the process by which 2 men pull off illusions, until the magic Tesla machine pops up. The magic Tesla machine is entirely inconsistent with anything else that has happened in the rest of the movie. That's why it stands out. If the movie had been titled "Merlin vs. Gandalf", I would be reacting in an entirely different fashion.
Conversely, if the answer to the riddle of "how are both of these guys pulling off this magic trick" ended with the answer "oh, they both have magical powers", wouldn't that be the dumbest fucking thing you've ever heard?
Why is it you nutholes boil every movie down to the binary that every movie is either:
A: about magic
Or
B: A Documentary
I was not expecting a documentary. I was not expecting a docudrama. I was not expecting zombies. I was not expecting shark attacks. I was not expecting Stuka dive bombers. There were lots of things I wasn't expecting.
And the movie, until the horseshit ending, was NOT about magic. It was about magicians. There is a HUGE difference. The movie goes to great lengths to show how Bale pulls off his trick in a manner consistent with real world physics, however unlikely it is. There was nothing whatsoever that hinted this movie was about "magic", rather than the process by which 2 men pull off illusions, until the magic Tesla machine pops up. The magic Tesla machine is entirely inconsistent with anything else that has happened in the rest of the movie. That's why it stands out. If the movie had been titled "Merlin vs. Gandalf", I would be reacting in an entirely different fashion.
Conversely, if the answer to the riddle of "how are both of these guys pulling off this magic trick" ended with the answer "oh, they both have magical powers", wouldn't that be the dumbest fucking thing you've ever heard?
I wish that I believed in Fate. I wish I didn't sleep so late. I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.