Now You See Me

We need a resolution. We need originality. We need a movie whose trailer is not misleading. I want all of your banks to pay for it just like they made them do in this summer movie excuse called Now  You See Me. The score is roaring, the lines are cheesy and the effects, a feast so much so that you’re not going to know what is happening. Many summer blockbusters are known for their originality but not this movie. It’s set in magic, Las Vegas, sometimes New York City and as far as Paris. The magic has all the explanation in the end, and the magicians are likeable, the mental power of Woody’s characters makes you wonder if it’s possible and that’s where the line draws, it blurs between reality and fantasy and it’s downright confusing. The only powerful gimmick it adopts is the card trick by the very annoying Jesse Eisenberg’s character in the beginning, he told a hot chick to remember one of the cards that he holds up, I looked at it, and memorize 7 diamonds, and 7 of diamonds does show up on a huge sky scraper, let’s just not try to explain that because Morgan Freeman’s character whose whole purpose driven life is to expose magicians doesn’t bother to either.

The beginning introduces the four actors who would later form The Four Horsemen in an Ocean’s Ten style, panning in panorama style which gives you a dizzy head. The very annoying and cocky Jesse Eisenberg talks rapidly and acts smart being a magician, Isla Fisher being an escape artist fakes being eaten by Piranhas, Woody’s role a mentalist who does good or no good to a husband who cheats on his wife, “mind your own fucking business” that was all in my mind if we’re gonna talk about mental games. The fourth guy, the role that Matt Damon would play if this movie directs the "Oceans" way;-). I'm not pointing fingers, but I'm trying hard to resist the urge to say that I don't like this movie at all in the same way as to not sound as an ass for everyone "loves" this movie. THE role is a beginner of magic; he is the most handsome and most likeable, “kill Jesse Eisenberg” that’s all I was thinking. So then it goes, they perform shows at the MGM grand Las Vegas and Morgan Freeman, a magic secret reveler keeps on coming up proving that his character is going to be a climax point although it wasn’t, I was happy that he got punished but I wouldn’t give away everything because spoilers suck. Michael Caine, the only fitting character is the financier of the whole act and they also rubbed his balls in acid, he got padded, sad, such a class act, and his character also does a lot of classy talk downs with the egotistic Morgan Freeman. He who must not be named keeps on telling the four horses what they have to do, you will never believe who it turns out to be.

Overall, the actors are talented, it’s a star studded movie and Melanie Laurent is beautiful as an Interpol detective while the FBI agent kind of flirts with her in a way, you know they’re gonna fuck eventually with all that chemistry and care and action chases. The sad part of this movie is that it’s no science fiction at all, it’s all plain magic and it’s hard to draw the lines of it, some are explained clearly while some are left for your imagination, read the hand cuff teleporting. The movie is a totally disappointment, it does not hold much suspense even though it’s huge it feels like just for the sake of it. I was in it for the whole advert and I felt really stupid at the end and annoyed too mainly by Jesse Eisenberg who for some reason only knows how to act this one character that talks really fast, is witty, is egotistical and is hard core ugly, Ranbir Kapoor territory.  The plot could easily pass for a stale value even though it’s sold out most of the time. Most of the scenes are shot in the night and its people friendly so there are lots of feel good scenes however it’s a sad disappointment for it. Jesse Eisenberg, you fucking twat. 

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