The Illusionist

raisedbywolves · Post by **raisedbywolves** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:46 pm

I really liked this. The cinematography and Philip Glass's score are beautiful, and even Jessica Biel turns in a good performance. I turned off the "try to figure stuff out ahead of time" side of my brain, and I'm glad I did. There was a trailer for The Prestige in front, and that looks amazing, but the world is big enough for two magic movies. A-

Brick Pig · Post by **Brick Pig** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:38 pm

Saw this tonight and really enjoyed it. I figured out what was going on pretty much immediately, but it was still great. Easily one of the best movies I've seen in quite a while. Highly recommended.

frankie big face · Post by **frankie big face** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:38 am

Okay, I admit I slept through the first 20 minutes or so. Yes, I went to sleep immediately following the previews. I was tired, but I have to partly attribute my narcolepsy to Phillip Glass' score. I guess you know what you're getting when you hire Phillip Glass to score your movie, but I didn't like how much this thing cast its minimalist shadow on the whole film. On the whole, I found the movie to be dull, but my wife liked it a lot and I trust her opinion more than mine. I did think Paul Giamatti turned in an amazing performance. He's the type of guy you might consider a one-trick pony and then you see something like this and it's pretty amazing.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:30 pm

i just watched this on my extremely long flight back from atlanta (right now hotlanta sucks in my book) and i had to chirp in about how good this movie is. really excellent movie.

and yeah, giamatti was excellent!

Post by jb » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:50 pm

jack wrote:i just watched this on my extremely long flight back from atlanta (right now hotlanta sucks in my book)

Well, you somehow failed to let a native be your guide to the city.

Anybody comes to Atlanta, lemme know, you'll have a swell time.

JB

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 9:59 pm

jb wrote:
jack wrote:i just watched this on my extremely long flight back from atlanta (right now hotlanta sucks in my book)
Well, you somehow failed to let a native be your guide to the city.

Anybody comes to Atlanta, lemme know, you'll have a swell time.

JB

ha, thanks man! actually, i flew from richmond to atlanta, and then my connecting flight to san jose from atlanta got canceled and i almost got stuck there overnight or possibly longer. and i couldn't really leave the security area. i probably spent a good 8 hours in the atlanta airport today before managing to catch a flight to LA and then to san jose, but the LA leg was bumped up to first class so it made it semi-ok.

i did think though that if i got stuck there over new years, i would have called you....

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 10:04 pm

jb wrote:
jack wrote: Anybody comes to Atlanta, lemme know, you'll have a swell time.

JB

I should start a "Bjam's College Visits!" thread and see how many Songfighters I can hang out with while visiting colleges around the US.

Post by jb » Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:02 pm

Emory Univ., GA State, GA Tech, and Agnes Scott await you.