::A Geek in Korea::

My wife and I were talking about how we hadn’t been out to see a movie in ages. There has been nothing playing on the theater that interested us of late, so when my wife saw a preview for "The Devil Wears Prada" that was playing at a local theater, it was all but decided we’d go see it. We were going to head to the theater together on a bus she rides that stops right outside my place of employment.

Due to bad timing (or luckily, depending on your point of view), we missed the slowing of "The Devil wears Prada". We were determined to watch a movie, so we checked to see what else was playing. My wife was the one that suggested "The Prestige". I knew nothing about it before I looked it up online to check out it’s ratings.

My thought process went something like this, "Wait, Wolverine and Batman are in a movie with Lost in Translation Woman , and this is directed by the Memento guy? I’ve heard enough. Let’s go!"

At the very beginning of the movie, the narrator prompts you to watch closely while slowly panning over a group of discarded top hats in the middle of a forest. What could it mean? No worry, it all makes sense in the end. The movie is about two magicians and how their lives are slowly ruined in a bid to outdo each other’s fanciful tricks. Throw in some great behind the scenes magic and some period costumes and you’ve got yourself an interesting film. The backstabbing "Tit for tat" escalation that slowly consumes both magicians is very interesting. The way that they try to outdo each other, and who will get the last laugh is what keeps you watching.

I had my eyes peeled the entire movie and was able to guess about 75% of the ending before it was officially time for the "twist". The whole showmanship of magic and how you have to leave an audience wondering, otherwise it would simply be impossible to believe and not nearly as entertaining was neat. The entire cast was outstanding, but David Bowie as Nikola Tesla was awesome. Michael Caine is always good as well.

While it wasn’t our first pick, we walked out happy to have finally gotten around to seeing a movie in the theater again.