The Prestige Illusionist

So this past Saturday Brett suggests that we head out for an afternoon matinee. In particular, he wants to see The Illusionist -- which is all right by me, because I wanted to see that movie too! I mention to him that I was really intrigued after seeing the preview for it before Step It Up on my birthday. And of course, who can go wrong with Christian Bale (even when he's not super cute -- like in the Machinist. :( ).

So we get to the Cineplex, purchase our tickets, and wander over to theatre 12...at which point I see a poster for The Prestige and realize that THAT was the movie I thought we were seeing! So I mention this to Brett, who looks at the very non-descript poster and says "The Prestige? Why do you want to see that?" Well, I don't know. But oh well. We get to the right theatre, and I recognize the poster for the movie we're seeing (The Illusionist), and vaguely recall being intrigued by the plot for this movie too, so all is good. And heck, I like Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti, so it can't be that bad!

So we're early and we sit down in our chairs and get comfortable. I start thinking about it, and wonder why Brett went along with all my talking about Christian Bale and such? So I ask him why he never questionned me about it? And he says it's because he thought Christian Bale was in the movie. Which has me confused. And he mentions something about being intrigued about The Illusionist after seeing a preview -- to which I reply that I haven't seen a preview for it. And he says, sure you have. Of course, I figured I just must have been in the washroom when he saw it. Still very strange. So then he asks what The Prestige is about. So I start explaining about Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman being magician type people, only Christian Bale's character has this one trick that makes him look like he might really know magic or something. And then Brett gets all confused and says "isn't that this movie?" At which point we both start laughing our heads off since we both thought we were seeing the same movie, and now had no idea what we were about to watch!!

Seriously, The Prestige is a crappy name....it totally should have been called The Illusionist. But then again, The Illusionist kind of was the best name for the Edward Norton movie too! The movie turned out to be pretty good -- not stellar, but not a waste of money either. And The Prestige is still not out in theatres, so we'll have to wait and see. :)