overuse of hypnosis?

Yeah, that really annoyed me. It was kind of like if Obi Wan Kenobi used the Jedi mind trick to solve every conundrum in Star Wars.

It's too bad really, the concept for these movies is a fun one, and it could've been done well. But instead of relying on the actual ways in which magicians work, which would have been both educational and a lot more interesting, they just turn it into a kind of lazy, boring magic (in the fantasy sense of the term) that can solve pretty much any problem.

Agreed!

I started to think 'oh no, not this again!'

It was too easy for them

It made me think of The Mentalist. He hypnotized people quickly, as well. But for some reason that never bothered me as much. Maybe he was more calm and they didn't do ridiculous things. This movie was entertaining, but so over the top I had to check out my brain.


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"Do you feel fortuitous? Well, do you? Hooligan?"

It irritated me immensely. I was trying to remember whether it was such a crutch in the first movie, but from other people's reactions I guess not. Don't really remember it cropping up at all, but here it was just an easy cop-out for every impossible situation.