So a short note before I begin actually writing. I thought about the posting order and decided I would have one post every Saturday so there is some regularity in this whole thing. Of course I may trail of this limit by posting more if there are many situations I see good enough to write about. And well, the next topic is totally worth writing about!
Maybe you’ve seen the trailer in the advertisement blocks, if not I got the trailer for you to check out. The film I’m going to talk about is Now you see me. I so recommend the movie after I saw it in the movie last Wednesday. I went together with a friend who also wanted to see this movie and it was totally worth it! We were a bit late, the movie was almost out of the cinema and really some movies just has to be seen in the cinema. Like with the big screen and the great sound with something to drink and some snacks, though with some cinema setting at home it should do. (I don’t own a cinema setting so I will just go to the cinema xD)The chance the movie is already out of your cinema list or doesn’t roll in your country try to rip it of internet, I’m sure someone will share this great movie with us :D
So Now you see me is all about illusionists and magic. Lots of magic tricks, mindfucks and trolling, which is in my opinion a GREAT mix. I’ve always loved fancy stuff like fireworks, simple magic tricks and even more big stuff like magic shows. I get intrigued by that kind of stuff, so this film was already highly anticipated by me and I can say I wasn’t disappointed at all. You begin with a intro of the four main characters: Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco). Those four are the illusionists that you follow while the FBI is trying to catch them because they seemed to have robbed a bank in one of their shows.
I’ll start with those four magicians who are funny as hell. They don’t only make you totally brain dead with their tricks their characters are awesome. Daniel Atlas is a street magician who is introduced as the guy with the card games. Don’t worry he can do better stuff than that but card tricks are classics you don’t want to miss out. Especially since he got totally he own twist in his tricks and I love his arrogant character. It’s just great to see him being cocky and all with the FBI but also his friends.
Merrit McKinney is what he says; a mentalist. That guy that will hypnotize you and says you’re a chicken after he snaps his fingers (just an example). Though hypnotizing is cool and awesome, it’s the jackass attitude and his wits that make him my most loved character in the movie. I love how he strikes back in the arguments with Daniel and that he will totally ruin your life with a smile just because he can and because he got money for it. And his hat is just fun.
Henley Reeven is the only girl among the magicians. She’s totally badass and funny so you don’t have to be afraid she’s a sappy cheesy girl who clings at someone. Given, she was the assistant from Daniel before she went solo. I don’t know, is this a spoiler? I don’t care I just wanna say I love how they don’t give Henley and Daniel a whole I-actually-still-like-you plot. That would have ruined the movie kind of so I thanks the writers they decided not to, really just give them tricks and a snarky friendly relationship and they actually did it :D Oh just for the notice, Henley is totally on par with her male colleagues which is also nice to see and her tricks are very cool.
Jack Wilder is.. totally cute xD He’s like a puppy among the three and it’s just adorable to see him go and play. He was a criminal in past life but he’s a fanboy for Daniel which is just funny to see. He may be the youngest, less experienced of the group don’t underestimate him. He got skills and when you’ll see them you got only eyes for him. His solo parts are the best. Oh also if you didn’t get the first puppy hint, when you watch the film you’ll see a imaginable tail appear when he got his parts.
So that intro might be a bit biased but I just love those characters and you can just see they were made to be loved xD Before I go back to fangirl about them I should tell something about the FBI part.
Well I can say the FBI got some hair pulled out of their scalp out of frustrations. Really the Horsemen lashed their trolling skills without any mercy. One who got all the failing crap on his shoulders is Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo), his character fails so much is just funny to see. He can’t really keep up with the horsemen and it seems that he’s a total jerk. Especially towards his female partner, every advice gets mostly ignored but at the same time he does actually have the guts to apologize ( and the female who I’ll introduce in a moment will break is arm if he doesn’t bite his tongue xD). He tries really hard to catch the horsemen but well, you’ll see it’s a very frustrating cat and mouse game.
Now his female partner is French got from Interpol into this case and is named Alma Dray (Mélanie Laurent). She’s smart, she knows what to do and actually seems to have some grip on the case and how to catch those trolling magicians. Sadly it seems her presence is not appreciated by her colleagues (which will change among the way). If they would all listen for one time to the female it would benefit everyone, but no go rush into action but don’t go whining to her if you failed. She may be woman, she may be French but she kicks ass if she wants.
So I don’t fangirl often (like in the way you actually see it from the outside xD) nor do I laugh my ass off for no reason. I can say I had a hard time to stay silent because the trolling scenes, the lame jokes and all the fail. It was so funny I couldn’t stop laughing and if I didn’t laughed I would go like ‘’woaaaaaaah’’ when they got another show to perform or hold my breath while wondering what would happen next. They got a variety of elements in the movie which makes it nice to watch and the movie is full of entertainment. So no worries I can ensure you it isn’t boring. Hell it’s probably one of my favorite films. You may have a other vision on the film but as for me I would say; Give it a shot, if not for the great tricks than at least for the big amount of humor that this movie provides.
If you’ve already seen the movie, tell me what you thought about it ;D Though watch out if you comment we don’t want to spoil too much ^^ I hope I didn’t already..
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