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Post by Nanny on Oct 11, 2006 9:17:13 GMT -5
Everytime I see the commercial for the movie I have to stop what I'm doing and watch it. I can't wait to go see it. If I don't see it on the friday it opens, then I will see the next day and go with someone or by myself. I'm not sure yet. I just can't wait to see him on the big screen again. The last time I did was for Batman Begins. The only thing is I may have to avoid the IMAX, because last time it was too loud and I had to watch the movie with my fingers in my ears. LOL.
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Post by Walldude on Oct 12, 2006 14:13:28 GMT -5
Lookin foward to this, great cast, great director and what seems like a great story, looks like it can't miss..
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Post by ginxy on Oct 12, 2006 17:48:38 GMT -5
A little pic Spam...   whoo hoo! Vesper...nothing like a little pic spam  I agree...this movie should be very good. I'm not digging the official movie posters though...they don't match the tv spots or the meida in the movie theaters........ but it is just my opinionwould have rather seen something along the lines of this...in a series or something...... (just a little draft) |
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Post by americangoddess on Oct 18, 2006 1:50:27 GMT -5
I have plans on seeing The Prestige opening day with my mom (who is a huge Bale fan). It's been a long time since I've seen Christian in the theaters.
But I'm not digging the whole Snydly Whiplash look he sports in the movie.
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Post by ginxy on Oct 18, 2006 9:21:09 GMT -5
I'm going to see it Friday. It's been a bit since I've seen a good movie in the theater - I've seen some decent ones but I wouldn't qualify them as good or great....... Thanks Mira |
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Post by ginxy on Oct 20, 2006 17:39:14 GMT -5
Just a quickie --- I saw The Prestige today and it rocked. I won't say anymore because I don't want to give away anything.....
But it was a very good movie......in my humble opinion ;D
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Post by americangoddess on Oct 21, 2006 13:11:20 GMT -5
The Prestige was amazing! The acting was brilliant, the plot was mind-boggling (in a good way) and the ending was a bit of a shocker. It was the kind of movie that made you think, but not too much. Christopher Nolan gave you all the clues, you just have to pay attention, "watch closely" and put them all together at the end.
I give it 5 Stars!
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Post by Witcher Wolf on Oct 23, 2006 4:50:06 GMT -5
I shall see it ... sooooooon
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Post by wtf on Oct 23, 2006 9:47:30 GMT -5
Saw it Saturday. Want to see it again. But here is a spoiler-free one-line review:
Tesla, for the win!
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Post by ginxy on Oct 23, 2006 11:55:13 GMT -5
I have seen it twice at this point. It was a very good movie - with clues everywhere......
Nicely done Mr. Nolan..... now give me my Dark Knight! ;D
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Post by Aedh on Oct 27, 2006 0:20:14 GMT -5
I saw it to-night ... I was quite captivated by the values, the "feel" of the world of the film ... that is the hardest part to create. The plot didn't give me much trouble. Though I was a bit flummoxed by the reference to "The King" near the end. I thought this was Victorian-era ...? Or did that much time really pass?
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Post by ginxy on Oct 27, 2006 8:50:59 GMT -5
I saw it to-night ... I was quite captivated by the values, the "feel" of the world of the film ... that is the hardest part to create. The plot didn't give me much trouble. Though I was a bit flummoxed by the reference to "The King" near the end. I thought this was Victorian-era ...? Or did that much time really pass? my only advice is to read the book lol --  ;D Which I am going to do as well - right after I finish reading American Psycho. |
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Post by Aedh on Oct 27, 2006 9:24:59 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not going to bother reading the book; I suspect the book was written after 1900, and I don't read things written in English after 1900 except for compelling reason.
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Post by ginxy on Oct 27, 2006 18:13:26 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not going to bother reading the book; I suspect the book was written after 1900, and I don't read things written in English after 1900 except for compelling reason. hahahahahhahaa ;D Ok then --- |
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Post by Gothicgds on Oct 28, 2006 12:10:26 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not going to bother reading the book; I suspect the book was written after 1900, and I don't read things written in English after 1900 except for compelling reason. There was plenty of rubbish written before 1900, too. (And some of it exceedingly long-winded rubbish, at that.) |
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Post by Libby on Oct 28, 2006 13:02:38 GMT -5
Eh, I'm not going to bother reading the book; I suspect the book was written after 1900, and I don't read things written in English after 1900 except for compelling reason. Are you being serious or is this just to see who bites? |
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Post by Libby on Oct 28, 2006 14:37:22 GMT -5
Are you being serious or is this just to see who bites? Trust me...he's being serious...... ;D Well I...seriously...hope not! ;D |
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Post by Aedh on Oct 28, 2006 17:14:23 GMT -5
Serious. Favourite writers: Carlyle, Dostoyevsky, Dante, Goethe, Tolstoy, Basho, Spenser, Pan K'u, Newman, Ariosto, Tasso, Virgil, Homer, Sidney, Hazlitt, Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Browne, Matthew Arnold, and Confucius. The standard reference work I use on English literature ends with the death of Stevenson in 1894. English literature arguably continued to exist--though terminally ill--through about the death of Eliot in 1965. Since then ... the corpse has twitched a few times ... purely a nervous tic though ... no actual life left in it.
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Post by Aedh on Oct 28, 2006 17:51:45 GMT -5
He belongs to that threescore-year-and-ten period when English Lit. was dying (1895-1965: LOTR, published 1948) ... something dying---by definition--still has life in it ...
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Post by Aedh on Oct 28, 2006 17:55:24 GMT -5
*helps Mira on with coat ... slips volume of Emily Dickinson poetry in pocket*
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Post by Libby on Oct 28, 2006 17:56:07 GMT -5
Serious. The standard reference work I use on English literature ends with the death of Stevenson in 1894. English literature arguably continued to exist--though terminally ill--through about the death of Eliot in 1965. Since then ... the corpse has twitched a few times ... purely a nervous tic though ... no actual life left in it. Not worth getting into an argument about, really. Obviously I disagree and could debate til the proverbial cows come home...degree in Eng Lang and Lit , post-grad teaching etc etc and a mind very open to 20th/21st century writing. I do admit to being surprised at your sweeping statement. But fair enough, you are entitled to voice your opinions...though if, as you claim, you haven't actually read much written since 1900, then you can't make a valid judgment can you? Your loss.... ;D However, I do feel the same about French Literature ...slept through most of it during A levels (though I royally aced the exams) and wouldn't give it breathing space... Love Latin and still have my annotated copies of Virgil, Homer and Cicero...and still enjoy reading Beowulf etc, in the original Anglo-Saxon. Derailed thread...apologies. ;D |
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Post by Aedh on Oct 28, 2006 18:12:26 GMT -5
Last thought on the subject .... I didn't say I've never read modern literature --- I soaked myself in 20th-century English writing for some thirty years ... from Virginia Woolf to Maya Angelou, from James Joyce to Michel Chabon, William Faulkner to Allen Tate, V.S. Naipaul to Lawrence Durrell to Salman Rushdie ... I feel I've caught up on the 20th century, and seen the best it has to offer ... not all garbage ... but not up to the best of previous times. I just don't read modern literature any more. Seriously ... for example, poetry ... what living English poet do we have who can stand up to Blake, or Byron, or even to Robert Frost or Christina Rossetti? With that question, I'll leave the topic and go back to the subject of the thread: this story was well-written and ingenious, and entertaining ... and I think Chris Bale was perfectly cast in it!
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Post by Gothicgds on Nov 3, 2006 17:53:16 GMT -5
Last thought on the subject .... I didn't say I've never read modern literature --- I soaked myself in 20th-century English writing for some thirty years ... from Virginia Woolf to Maya Angelou, from James Joyce to Michel Chabon, William Faulkner to Allen Tate, V.S. Naipaul to Lawrence Durrell to Salman Rushdie ... I feel I've caught up on the 20th century, and seen the best it has to offer ... not all garbage ... but not up to the best of previous times. I just don't read modern literature any more. Ah, but have you read Harry Potter? ;D |
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Post by Aedh on Nov 3, 2006 19:03:16 GMT -5
I started the first book .... never finished it.
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Post by Gothicgds on Nov 3, 2006 21:03:41 GMT -5
I started the first book .... never finished it. Wow, you really are immune to the charms of modern literature, aren't you? My Harry Potter books are on the same shelf as my Shakespeares. I like variety, me.  |
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Post by Aedh on Nov 4, 2006 0:11:37 GMT -5
I started the first book .... never finished it. Wow, you really are immune to the charms of modern literature, aren't you? My Harry Potter books are on the same shelf as my Shakespeares. I like variety, me. Yes ... but what would Alfred Borden or Robert Angier have thought of HP? As for me ... I'm going to keep quiet ... |
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Post by NateP on Nov 4, 2006 2:56:42 GMT -5
Just got home from seeing The Prestige........ whoa, good movie!!!!!!!! It was excellent, but i kept thinking: "When is preston going to pull his gun kata, and when is logon going to break out the claws......" ;D I'm buying this one, and probably seeing it a second time in the theaters....... The ending was great....... no spoilers, don't worry |
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Post by ginxy on Nov 4, 2006 13:11:43 GMT -5
I started the first book .... never finished it. Wow, you really are immune to the charms of modern literature, aren't you? My Harry Potter books are on the same shelf as my Shakespeares. I like variety, me. I also like variety in my reading materials - I've read all the HP (not bad - like 'em better than the movies because they are darker) as well as Star Wars, Anne Rice, Tolkien, Austen, Silverstein, Dickens and on and on -- I love to read ;D Aedh - maybe you should step out and experience some great lit that you might have been missing - just a suggestion - not a sermon just a thought. |
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Post by americangoddess on Nov 5, 2006 1:40:12 GMT -5
Saw The Prestige again yesterday! And caught a few things I somehow missed the last time. I cannot wait till this comes out.
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Post by Gothicgds on Nov 6, 2006 13:37:46 GMT -5
Yes ... but what would Alfred Borden or Robert Angier have thought of HP? As for me ... I'm going to keep quiet ... I'm egotistical enough not to worry much what anybody else thinks of my book collection. There's no rule that someone who likes haute cuisine can't have a taste for junk food from time to time. |
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