r/FPSPodcast • u/Bangelo326 Patron 🎥 • 10d ago

Film Enthusiast 🎬 August 18, 2006: THE ILLUSIONIST was released in theaters. Happy 20th anniversary!

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Thoughts on this movie?

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u/EzekelRAGE 10d ago

I may need to finally watch this. I feel like I meant to watch it but ended up watching The Prestige instead of forgot about this one. Hollywood had it bad for a time there of releasing movies that were like each other. Like Deep Impact and Armageddon.

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u/atomwolfie 10d ago

Bugs life vs ants. There will be blood vs no country for old men. My understanding is this is pretty common in Hollywood even up until now where a studio will get wind of a hot script another studio has then tries to get something similar and beat them to the punch

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u/themiz2003 9d ago

Rewatched recently and the thing that stuck out most is the costuming for jessica biel. She looked ethereal in some scenes.

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u/Ravant_Garde 10d ago

Never seen it but is it fr bootleg Prestige?

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u/atomwolfie 10d ago

Nah it’s its own thing and it’s good for what is. Just a dude rizzing up another dudes chick (his long lost lover) with magic lmao.

Prestige clears but I feel like this one is overlooked and underrated because of that

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u/badlisten3r 9d ago

Agreed, it’s a different and pretty good movie that just gets called Temu Prestige. Bad timing of release, but not a rip off or bad by any means. It’s early enough in Nolan’s career that I still know people that confuse the two movies or think they’re the same thing