So they were actually magical right?
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goodbyeenemyairship — 12 years ago(April 02, 2014 04:50 AM)
Movies & a magic show actually share the same dilemma in terms of the audiences' suspension of disbelief. A magic trick can't be presented in such a way that the audeince feels like the illusion is not actually being performed in front of their very eyes.
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Smart_Monkey — 11 years ago(April 08, 2014 10:32 AM)
I completely agree with everything you said including your rating. Plus that twist at the end was forced, ridiculous, and dumb. They tried to make the movie complex when they failed miserably. Maybe I just have to watch it again. I don't know.
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Moesislak — 11 years ago(April 11, 2014 01:00 PM)
Nope, this is how dumb the movie is. Everything they did was practical so that allegedly is how they earned to join a society that apparently may actually be magic.
WTF is the point then? If you can do all this stuff that appears to be magic without actually being magical, why then create a secret society that uses magic?
Oh and the guy who got all his revenge is magical(maybe? really vague) but instead uses non-magical people to do his bidding for him.stupid. -
vque — 11 years ago(December 10, 2014 05:57 AM)
Good job not understanding that if a magic trick is not ridiculous than it is not going to be very entertaining.
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diverdave333 — 11 years ago(January 16, 2015 01:48 PM)
Exactly; I got the sense that Rhodes was extremely intelligent and capable of producing holographic technology way ahead of his time (as hinted at in the blueprints seen towards the beginning of the film). Not to mention the ability necessary to launch a massive, multi-account wire transfer as seen in the bank account trick. That was all Rhodes IMO; the magicians outright deny it when confronted by Tresler onstage.
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spookyrat1 — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 10:11 PM)
No there was no "magic".
There was this as summarised by another poster.
the premise of this movie is that there is a secret organization of magicians that have the resources of a nation. and the technological power of a nation even more so. the designs for the technology is that of a powerful techno organization
And there were 4 stage magicians who were apparently also highly skilled stunt drivers, acrobats, martial artists, bank robbers etc. led by a career FBI agent, who somehow had the time, inclination and resources (aided by the unseen Eye of course )to dream up this pile of codswallop. -
Alondro — 9 years ago(April 22, 2016 07:21 AM)
Yeah, I watched it on TV and couldn't believe how absurdly over-the-top it went.
They might as well have said at the end, "Hurr durr! Magic IS real and we are wizards!" because so much of that stuff was physically IMPOSSIBLE.
Illusion is about making something LOOK real, not masking everything with CGI and visual effects to the point where only real magic would make sense!