Who else solved the movie's twist, Before the film ended??

I think it would have been a better twist if she really DID die and he killed himself and was doing magic from beyond the grave.

Yeah, it was all pretty obvious. Even the 'killing scene' with the way it was staged and shot made it glaringly obvious that all was not as it seemed.

And the Usual Suspects-style montage at the end was all rather patronizing.

In all, I found the film t to be a rather pointless, with a dull blank slate for a lead character, a story that didn't show up until 60% of the movie was over.

That said, the acting was good (although the Prince was a little too similar to Commodus for my liking), the score was good, and the thing was very well shot.

It has all been done before, and better. 6 from me.



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Am I the only one who always has a nagging feeling in the back of my head that it was all just Uhl's imagination/projections and that the duchess really is dead? It's probably because I watched the commentary and they mentioned how at that point, everything is being seen from Uhl's perspective and therefore it can't all be taken as objective truth...
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Sure but it was still fun to watch! Besides, how culd one not know? She died so early in the movie...

Yep, I saw it coming a mile off. Biel's death was clearly not what it seemed to be, thanks to the manner in which the actual killing took place off screen. It was at that point that I turned to my wife and said, 'from this point on I bet the movie is one big elaborate hoax'. Big budget Hollywood doesn't kill off the main actress half way through a film...it just doesn't happen. And the 'goody' always gets the girl in the end.
And then you have the title. A movie called 'The Illusionist' that doesn't feature a major league illusion pushing the plot forward would...well, would have been called something else.
I was hoping for something a bit cleverer to be honest and had my fingers crossed that she really would be dead, but inevitably my hopes were dashed. The Usual Suspects did this sort of thing far, far better.

Nope, not me.

I used to simultaneously watch and figure out the elaborate plot twists (eg, Usual Suspects and Sixth Sense). Most times, the plots in my head were way more twisted than the screenplay though so I'd be disappointed when the movie ended.

This was the first movie that, from the opening music, I realised it would be a treat so I just sat back and watched the plot unfold. I enjoyed it so much.

I can always watch a movie again if I need to figure out plot points but first viewing in the theatre? I give myself up to the visual experience.

i didn't..

If at first you don't succeed, call it version 1.0