Now You See Me
Posted by Itheliving 12 years, 5 months ago to Movies
Now You See Me / Rated PG-13 for a magic trick featuring making a rabbit disappear. Then it reappears which could be scary to small children.
Michael Caine now 80 and Morgan Freeman at 76 continue to act. This is magic enough for the normal person. For those that need more seen them triumph once again in Now You See Me. Or Now You See Them. In 1966 when Michael C. was a young man of only 33 he starred in a successful film Alfie. It had a great title song by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David. BB is now 85 and calls Michael and Morgan both “sonny boys”. Remember this for later.
NYSM is a movie about magic tricks. It starts with 4 struggling young magicians and pulls them together in a mysterious place. They see some amazing things. A year later they are now on the big stage in Las Vegas. Their tricks, to say the least, seem miraculous. The two best known young folk are played by Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. Their 1st really big trick is to send a member of the audience through space and time to a bank vault in Paris. He then reappears in LV and the miracles begin. Since they involve lots of money disappearing the FBI and local authorities are hot on the case. Mark Ruffalo is the mainly perplexed agent given some help by an Interpol beauty from France played by Melanie Laurent.
MC is the multimillionaire who shows up at the shows and promotes the 4 Horsemen as the young magicians are known. MF is a magician who sells his own magician exposure DVD’s and is helping the FBI figure out all the tricks. Kind of.
Featuring big set piece magic stunts created mostly by powerful computer magic NYSM is a great and fun ride. While a little inconsistent and with a few plot holes about as wide as the Pacific Ocean the pace is so fast that it’s hard to digest any of the story issues as you are swept up in the ongoing magic/heist stunts.
All of this is played out while the young magic folk are on the run and we get some neat action scenes and a good chase sequence thrown in for good measure. The writers do a great job of using the razzle dazzle and action to cover up what is really going on and although you have a good chance of figuring it all out think back to the really neat trick the film opens with and realize you may have been had. Again.
You may also reflect back on the song by BB in 1966 and remember the opening lyrics “What’s it all about, Alfie?”. Not sure it made any real sense at the end by I sure enjoyed the trip along the way.
Rated 3.8 out of 4.0 reasons to go ahead. Pick a card.
Michael Caine now 80 and Morgan Freeman at 76 continue to act. This is magic enough for the normal person. For those that need more seen them triumph once again in Now You See Me. Or Now You See Them. In 1966 when Michael C. was a young man of only 33 he starred in a successful film Alfie. It had a great title song by Burt Bacharach with lyrics by Hal David. BB is now 85 and calls Michael and Morgan both “sonny boys”. Remember this for later.
NYSM is a movie about magic tricks. It starts with 4 struggling young magicians and pulls them together in a mysterious place. They see some amazing things. A year later they are now on the big stage in Las Vegas. Their tricks, to say the least, seem miraculous. The two best known young folk are played by Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson. Their 1st really big trick is to send a member of the audience through space and time to a bank vault in Paris. He then reappears in LV and the miracles begin. Since they involve lots of money disappearing the FBI and local authorities are hot on the case. Mark Ruffalo is the mainly perplexed agent given some help by an Interpol beauty from France played by Melanie Laurent.
MC is the multimillionaire who shows up at the shows and promotes the 4 Horsemen as the young magicians are known. MF is a magician who sells his own magician exposure DVD’s and is helping the FBI figure out all the tricks. Kind of.
Featuring big set piece magic stunts created mostly by powerful computer magic NYSM is a great and fun ride. While a little inconsistent and with a few plot holes about as wide as the Pacific Ocean the pace is so fast that it’s hard to digest any of the story issues as you are swept up in the ongoing magic/heist stunts.
All of this is played out while the young magic folk are on the run and we get some neat action scenes and a good chase sequence thrown in for good measure. The writers do a great job of using the razzle dazzle and action to cover up what is really going on and although you have a good chance of figuring it all out think back to the really neat trick the film opens with and realize you may have been had. Again.
You may also reflect back on the song by BB in 1966 and remember the opening lyrics “What’s it all about, Alfie?”. Not sure it made any real sense at the end by I sure enjoyed the trip along the way.
Rated 3.8 out of 4.0 reasons to go ahead. Pick a card.
