Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Batman vs. Wolverine

Sorry to post with my second comic tinged headline of the day but I just got done seeing The Prestige and had to share my thoughts. Hugh Jackman (Wolvie, Logan, Weapon X) and Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne, Batman, The Dark Night) have delivered along with auteur Christopher Nolan the 3rd best movie of 2006 (I know I've got to start putting out my best of lists in March of the next year apparently). The Prestige is the kind of twisty movie that gives you so much more then the unexpected turns and surprises which is something many of Nolan's peers have long since forgotten. ***M. Night, cough, cough*** Not to blow my own horn but I figured out the two twists with a good 30 minutes left in the caper and you know what, I could care less. Seeing how the characters reacted to these twists is what makes this movie so great. Michael Caine and Scarlet Johansson both give very solid turns and I think Caine should get some kind of best year ever award for his work in both this and Children of Men. Nolan proves that he's not simply a great screenwriter along with his brother but is also a visual director who doesn't waste a frame of film. Seriously this is a must see and based on it's box office many of you haven't yet so get out there and see some true movie magic.

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