Magic Always comes with a Prices

Have you ever seen a movie that pulls you in through the previews and when you go and watch the movie, it rips your heart out? This is what happened to me last night when I watched Now You See Me. The basic premise of the movie is that these 4 magicians come together to pull off some huge magic tricks that are questionable in the eyes of the police. The whole time the police are trying to figure out how they did the trick and how they can prove that the magicians are breaking the law. The first trick the magicians do has to do with them stealing 3.1 million euros from a bank in France while they are in LA.  Seems impossible right!? That’s what I thought when I saw the preview… How wrong I was.

              After about 1/3 of the movie, things plummet in quality. The movie is flooded with assumptions. Half the tricks that are crucial to story are not explained. When I watch a robbery movie, or a break out of jail movie, I want to know how they did it. Thanks to CG the limits of what are possible are unlimited, thus the director of the movie thought that the visuals of something cool would be enough, when in reality it isn’t. They should not have mixed robbery and magic. These two different types of movies require different things. Magic being assumptions while robbery requires logic and elementary thinking.

             One of the main plot points in movie makes the audience have to believe in actual magic. IN A MOVIE ABOUT MAGIC TRICKS!!! This really bugs me. How are we supposed to determine what was a trick and what is just “magic?” Over all, a big disappoint of a movie. I would suggest everyone stay away from this movie. It will be a waste of your time.