The illusionist (merged)
08-08-06, 08:22 PM
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The illusionist
after watching the teaser of this movie, i cant wait to watch the full movie. stars ed norton, paul giamatti and jessica biel. Director Neil Burger delights in getting period details right! The illusions are smart, as is the script. The photography is gorgeous, as is Jessica Biel. And the line between truth and illusion is blurred so persuasively that for a moment or two, you may even believe that a romantic costume drama could stand up to all those special-effects blockbusters in the dog days of summer.
you can watch the teaser at www.theillusionist.com
you can watch the teaser at www.theillusionist.com
08-09-06, 12:37 AM
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Wow, the thread starter doesn't sound at all like a plant. This is your first post, you saw just the teaser and can comment on how smart the film and illusions are, and how the line between truth and illusion is so persuasively blurred? 
Get lost.
Get lost.
08-09-06, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
Wow, the thread starter doesn't sound at all like a plant. This is your first post, you saw just the teaser and can comment on how smart the film and illusions are, and how the line between truth and illusion is so persuasively blurred? Get lost.
Get lost.Also, the deliberate dis-use of capitalization in the movie title and throughout the post doesn't mean he/she really tried hard to look like a fellow otter...
BLASPHEMY I SAY!!
08-09-06, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by fmian
If only they could have had Jessica Biel in The Prestige as well instead of Scarlett Johannson. She might be (very) pretty but she's a stale actress. Just my opinion of course.
08-09-06, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
Wow, the thread starter doesn't sound at all like a plant. This is your first post, you saw just the teaser and can comment on how smart the film and illusions are, and how the line between truth and illusion is so persuasively blurred? Get lost.
Get lost.
08-09-06, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
Unfortunately for your threadcrap, he's right on with his comments and yes, I am very much looking forward to this one.
08-09-06, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by RocShemp
Well, in all fairnes, neither is a great actress (although I give Scarlett a significant edge over Biel), although Jessica Biel is by far more attractive.
08-09-06, 08:06 PM
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I can't believe all the people in this thread defending an obvious shill.
They're like weeds, you have to kill them before they go to seed.
They're like weeds, you have to kill them before they go to seed.
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08-09-06, 08:23 PM
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Who fuckin' cares if he's plugging his own movie? Get over it people. He provided information about the movie with the teaser- that you may or may not have seen already. You can draw your own conclusions about the movie.
I think it looks brilliant.
I think it looks brilliant.
08-18-06, 10:47 AM
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If anyone's interested, Yahoo is showing the first six minutes of the film.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/theillusionist.html
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/theillusionist.html
08-18-06, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ginwen
I can't believe all the people in this thread defending an obvious shill.
They're like weeds, you have to kill them before they go to seed.
They're like weeds, you have to kill them before they go to seed.
Originally Posted by The_Infidel
If anyone's interested, Yahoo is showing the first six minutes of the film.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/theillusionist.html
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/theillusionist.html
08-28-06, 01:51 AM
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Saw this at the weekend and loved it, loved norton as Eisenheim, and really loved his manager, who was also in Miami Vice..
I'm surprised this is getting very little discussion at all, as I tried to see it last week in SF and it was sold out, this weeks show also sold out.
And this is the giamatti I love, not the lady in the water crap, rufus sewell was also damned good, I didn't care much for ms biel though.
The film was shot in the czech republic and they recreated Vienna expertly, I kept trying to see if I could see the winter palace.
I'm surprised this is getting very little discussion at all, as I tried to see it last week in SF and it was sold out, this weeks show also sold out.
And this is the giamatti I love, not the lady in the water crap, rufus sewell was also damned good, I didn't care much for ms biel though.
The film was shot in the czech republic and they recreated Vienna expertly, I kept trying to see if I could see the winter palace.
08-28-06, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by FinkPish
I didn't get a sense of why from your previous post.
I think it's a case of sarcasm lost in text format.
08-28-06, 11:52 PM
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Punctuation lost, actually. It makes sense once you add one little colon in there.
Originally Posted by BadlyDrawnBoy
I'm surprised this is getting very little discussion at all...
and now I see why: it's only on 144 screens.
and now I see why: it's only on 144 screens.
