The card trick at the beginning
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LarryKingGeoff — 9 years ago(June 19, 2016 02:30 PM)
The best part of the card trick was it introduced us to one of the movie's best characters. The overly attractive female he blew off sleeping with to go join his magic society was a very well written character with a lot of depth.
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epackage — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 07:39 PM)
Not true at all, you see many cards clearly if you watch it in slow motion, the trick was done by having several 7 of diamonds in a row, at least 3 by my count
"Well, isn't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!" -
brmstn69 — 9 years ago(July 01, 2016 08:55 PM)
Actually, there is a trick. It was a real deck of cards, no multiple 7 of diamonds, just the one. The difference is that the 7 of diamonds in that deck was slightly shorter by 1/16-1/8 of a inch than the other cards, so that when he flipped through the deck this card would hang for a split second. Just long enough for it to stick in your subconscious mind
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epackage — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 02:39 PM)
Actually, there is a trick. It was a real deck of cards, no multiple 7 of diamonds, just the one. The difference is that the 7 of diamonds in that deck was slightly shorter by 1/16-1/8 of a inch than the other cards, so that when he flipped through the deck this card would hang for a split second. Just long enough for it to stick in your subconscious mind
You're 100% wrong, I've watched it several times in slow motion, doing it again now in fact, the second time he shows her after saying "That was too fast" you clearly see at least three 7 of diamonds click by as he goes thru the deck. I had always assumed they just let us see the 7 for a split second longer than any of the cards but had to take a better look at it after reading the questions here
"Well, isn't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!" -
gunnerjed — 9 years ago(July 04, 2016 12:41 PM)
This trick was actually real. It took me about 3 or 4 times watching the scene to finally see a different card. The card is cut in half and pushed up a bit so when he flicks through the cards it stays slightly longer on that 7?? This trick can be done in real life
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epackage — 9 years ago(August 14, 2016 07:40 PM)
No cut card I've watched it several times in slow motion, doing it again now in fact, the second time he shows her after saying "That was too fast" you clearly see at least three 7 of diamonds in a row click by as he goes thru the deck. I had always assumed they just let us see the 7 for a split second longer than any of the cards but had to take a better look at it after reading the questions here
"Well, isn't this place a geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!" -
eadahl — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 07:39 PM)
A little late to the party, but.
I've done this trick a few times and am able to get it to work most of the time. However there are multiple ways of doing it. The multiple sevens being one of them, however you don't need to do it this way. You can also cut the card right before it to make the seven stay just a bit longer, or alternatively just pull the card right before it down so it isn't even with the with the rest of the deck making the seven stay a bit longer. There is also a method where you glue a couple cards together.
If you want to do this yourself here are a couple tricks;- Practice - when you run through the deck you want it to look as natural as possible
- don't give the person you are doing it to that much time to think about their answer (the card they picked), if you do it right there will be multiple cards they could have seen, but the point is they know for sure they saw the forced card.
- don't make the forced card an ace of spades or something people won't want to pick
- if you are going to do the quick change for the reveal at the end (like David Blaine), it will help to have at least two of the same card. (This movie actually shows you how to do this as well, it's when jesse is being interrogated near the beginning of the movie)but isn't really necessary.
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LollygagFlapjack — 9 years ago(November 21, 2016 02:19 PM)
Movie manipulation. Just watch it frame by frame, all other cards are "blended" together in such a way you can't distinguish a certain card from the others. Except for the 7 of diamonds, which is clearly visible for about 5 to 6 frames in a row.
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KingCobra686 — 9 years ago(November 28, 2016 06:41 PM)
There are plenty of ways to do that trick in real life, as others have pointed out. Add some movie editing into the mix and you could easily make the 7 of Diamonds very distinct and the rest of the cards blurry or quicker.
It was an awesome way to start out the movie though. I picked that card too, and when it lit up on the skyscraper it got me excited about the movie real quickly. -
fakebookforboyz — 9 years ago(December 13, 2016 04:59 AM)
It's actually really simple. All the card except 7 of diamonds were black and as the shuffling speed was fast, our mind only picked the card which was not in order. Our mind can easily see things that are not in order ,which is useful but sometimes can be decieving