Link to full outro: www.patreon.com/posts/76311748 ** I have since heard some amazing theories about whether the machine is real or not, so let me know what you think below! ** COMMENT BELOW IF YOU SOLVED THE CIPHER IN THE VIDEO! 7TH CORRECT GUESS WINS!

This is an incredible movie that keeps you guessing till the very end! Never thought I'd have so much fun watching Batman and Wolverine trying to out magician each other 😆

A movie that is even better on rewatch. Every scene means something and possibly several different things. For how confusing the plot structure is, it still feels like everything is making sense, and you're learning everything you need to when you need to. So expertly crafted plus David Bowie as Nikola Tesla!

Casting Bowie as Tesla was the perfect touch. It's always the little things that make a great film.

This movie blew my mind. The whole film is a set of interlocked, competing magic tricks. It's the second Christopher Nolan movie I saw, after "Memento," and was the one that made me a fan.

Another movie about the power of magic is The Illusionist, which is a kind of period romance. On the subject of Christian Bale, he's been everything, including a quirky financial genius in The Big Short and a plucky (and singing) young newspaper delivery boy in Newsies. (You realize that was the great music superstar David Bowie in the role of Tesla, right?) Thanks for that ending!

The Illusionist was another pretty cool movie about a magician that came out around the same time as this one. Edward Norton plays the main character.

Of all the Nolan movies I somehow like this one the most. Its so intriguing and engaging the whole time, and the layers are done beautifully (Nolan loves layers). To me he perfected the layer thing with this one; the other thing, time (which he also loves), he perfected with Inception. And you're right about Christian Bale. He does diverse roles plus he selects them so well. About your question: the correct answer is Harry Houdini. He's the goat of magic, and to which everyone compares. But David Blaine comes to mind in recent years.

Jen disappearing in a puff of smoke at the end was the icing on the cake! But does she know how to get back?!?

I think I’ve told you this before, but this is one of my favorite movies of all time. You can watch it ten more times and still be amazed. Nolan knocked it out of the park on this one and for it to be one of his earlier films… that in itself was magic. Nice teaser at the end. 😉

Even though this isn't my favorite movie or favorite Nolan film, I think it is Nolan's best film and honestly one of the best films ever made, not to mention one of the best acted films ever. The writing was incredible. The performances were astounding. Hugh's face after he cracks his leg, when he see Borden under the stage about to go up; perfection. The ending monologue and both Hugh's and Bale's performance during them; perfection. And most of all my favorite line in the whole film. "You always were the better magician, we both know that. But whatever your secret was, I mean you have to agree; mine is better.." Absolute perfection in writing and performance.

"Exact science, Mr Angier, is not an exact science." Rest in Power, David Bowie.

Jen: "He's a good showman" He's the GREATEST Showman!

Awesome reaction. An absolute ruthless part is when Scarlett Johansson brings Hugh Jackman back the notebook, and he says he doesn't care about his wife, he only cares about the trick. At least one of the Borden twins truly loved his wife.

The fact that Nolan gives away the ending early in the film really drives home the point of Michael Caine's narration at the end. We see the bird getting flattened and there's no way to do that trick without killing a bird and bringing in "its brother". When Borden is outside of her apartment and then is suddenly inside of it. It's impossible. He's got a twin. But it isn't really until the very end that we are willing to accept what's been happening all along, and it's been right in our faces the entire time. We want to be fooled. Hands down my favorite Nolan movie, if not my favorite movie period.

I didn't see you advertise this. What an amazing surprise. I saw this high off my butt in the theatre. It was a trip. Then I saw it straight as an arrow and it's one of my favourite films. Great reaction. Have a Happy New Year!

Now You See Me is literally what you get when magicians pull off a heist

I highly recommend checking out 'The Illusionist', with Edward Norton. In somewhat of the same vein as this one, and very very good!

I absolutely adore David Bowie and that Nolan supposedly wrote the character of "Tesla" specifically with Bowie in mind. Rest his soul, one of the greatest artists of all time.

I had a chance to sit front row for a David Copperfield show. I could see behind the curtains and quite a bit of the backstage area. I still don’t know how he made a car appear on stage. He is really a master of his craft. I recommend seeing his show if you have a chance.

The greatest magician of all time is Harry Houdini. Not necessarily because he has performed the best tricks, or the most complex, but because his name has become synonymous with the practice of magic itself. In one way or another you hear his name all around, even nearly 100 years after his death, people still speak his name with awe and reverence. I feel his legacy will continue to outlive modern magicians, and that's what makes him the greatest.

So after your first couple of rewatches of Prestige, I'm presuming what with Nolan, I do also recommend a film that came out around same time somewhat similar in milieu called The Illusionist. Could be streaming somewhere accessible. Quite a story! Highly recommend because this film is so different but reminiscent! Kudos on reacting to this mind perplexing film!

The Illusionist, with Edward Norton is a pretty good one that also involves magic. It came out around the same time as this movie.

You caught on real quick and asked the right questions throughout! Bravo

David Bowie as Tesla! How brilliant is that!

I watched this on an airplane with no sound I was totally confused. Watched it again and loved it. Such a good movie.

I love so many of Nolan's movies, from Memento to Insomnia to his Batman movies to Inception, but this one is my favorite. It fools so many people, and yet it tells you exactly what is happening every step of the way. It's very much like the trick in the movie. You don't want to believe that's all there is to it. You want to believe there's more. And then the twist hits... that it was what it was all along.

Really great ending on your part. This is an awesome movie, and a stark reminder that movies can be fantastic. It's a shame that Hollywood has turned from focusing on making them great.

Happy New Year Jen! 🥂 It's been a pleasure following your joy and enthusiasm for the movies this past year. I wish you the best in your endeavors and in your personal life. Have a great new year. Sincerely...

Ok, you win all the style points for that outro 😂

Jen, 'm telling you, You REALLY need to watch Now You See Me. It's got two things you love, Magic AND it's a heist movie.

Hey Jen... have you seen "Now You See Me"? If you haven't, based on how much you liked this movie you should love it. It's also a movie about magic. The second movie "Now You See Me 2" is also pretty decent!

It’s adorable watching you try to figure this out cuz I was the EXACT SAME WAY when I first watched this movie. It deserves about 3 watches.

If magic is your thing, you should check out "The Illusionist" (2006) w/ Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell...

Thanks Jen for a great reaction to one of my favorite movies! One of the great parallels in this film is from the initial bird trick where the original bird gets killed every night to Jackman’s Transported Man where the original him gets killed every night. Every night the original him dropped into a tank of water and died just waiting for the night that Bale would go down there so he would be framed for the murder. Brilliant!

I think you heard my scream, "YESSSS!!!!" from where you live when I saw you are watching this!!! Top 5 all-time movie!

This is such a fun movie to watch again after thinking about it. Another solid movie about magic (that came out around the same time) is 'The Illusionist'. It also has a good cast.

Hi Jen, If you want to see more films about magic you might try The Illusionist with Edward Norton. The film was released around the same time of The Prestige. And as always I enjoyed your reaction. Happy New Year!

It still makes me laugh a little that they have Batman and Wolverine on stage and they let Alfred swing the ax.

"Now You See Me" is a cool magic movie. Good cast too

This seemed like the most fun you had editing a reaction.

So I've been an amateur sleight of hand artist since I was in high school. I know more about magic and magician's than most people, but less than most practicing professional magicians. Prior to this movie, the terms "pledge," "turn," and "prestige" weren't in common usage and generally still aren't. Occasionally people will refer to "the prestige" as the payoff of an effect, but it's not seeped into the vocabulary. Mostly it's just called an effect or trick, the beginning is called set up or prepping, the words you say are called patter, and so on. Learning how to do them used to be as easy as finding a good sleight of hand book, but now it's as easy as a google search... but as the movie says, "You don't really want to know." Most magic tricks are done with methods that are either so simple or so mind numbingly uninteresting that knowing how its done doesn't add to the trick. It mostly makes people go, "Oh... is that it?" Keep your wonder, but also keep in mind it's just a trick. That having been said, with the exception of Tesla's machine, virtually everything in this movie can be done for real. Magicians were consulted in the making of it, and a particularly famous one is actually in it. Ricky Jay was one of the preeminent experts in throwing cards, as well as a very skilled close up and stage magician. He plays the magician Batman and Wolverine are assisting when Wolverine's wife dies... before they meet Black Widow. I'm a very broken person because I can't not see them as those people sometimes... The bullet catch is a very real, and very dangerous, magic trick that has been done at various points in history. At least a dozen magicians have died doing it when something went wrong, though none of them was ever shown to be the result of a magical feud. The most famous one was a magician named Chung Ling Soo, a stage name for Scottish descended William Robinson. At the time, performing as an "Asian" was in vogue and he performed in silk robes with Chinese scrolls on stage... it was the early 20th century. He died in 1918 when a spectator was asked to jam down the powder of a flintlock pistol with a magic wand and some of the wand snapped off in the barrel. The spectator either didn't notice or thought it was part of the trick and... it didn't end well. Also, twins (and sometimes triplets) are used frequently to achieve effects in stage magic. Teleportation is (currently) impossible, but having someone who looks the same and is dressed the same is a pretty inexpensive way to sell it.

Remember when Danton was berating him asking him what knot he tied and he said "I don't know" cuz he really didn't know - it was his twin that did it.

"The Prestige" is definitely like an extended "Twilight Zone" or "Outer Limits" episode, and I love it! Have a Happy New Year - 2023 Edition, Jen! 🍾 🥂 🥳

When Hugh Jackman’s character asks Christian Bale’s character what knot he tied he truly didn’t know the answer to that question because it was his twin brother who was the one who did it. And yet the twin brother never gave up the secret. Another example of their tremendous sacrifice like Bale’s character said at the end to Hugh after he shot him. A lot of sacrifices and that it was never easy. The Prestige is in my top 3 Nolan films

Angier was cloned/duplicated (or is what 95% of people have concluded), I saw someone trying to say differently on Patreon. But after Angier (or his clone) drowned in the tank, he was brought to the morgue where cutter identified his real body. Yet there was still a body in a tank at the very end of the movie where Angier was shot by Borden, so there's at least 3 bodies. Angier who got shot by Borden, the body at the morgue and the body in the tank. All the other tanks implied they were all filled with bodies. Angier thought Borden was dead, he didn't make a bunch of tanks to trick Borden, cause he thought he was dead, so there would be no point. Those were real tanks with real bodies.

I hope you have a Happy New Year, Jen! This was a fun reaction! I think I was about 10 or 11 when I saw this movie. I remember it was on a day I was home sick with a fever, but I can't remember exactly when. At the time, I found the movie confusing and slow, and didn't like it at all. Your reaction isn't the first I've seen for this movie but having seen a couple of reactions to it now, I think maybe being sick had something to do with my difficulty following the story. It seems now to have great twists, but it basically takes you through everything step by step and gives you one reveal at a time so it's fun and surprising, but still very digestible. I enjoyed your reaction (and the other I saw) and also enjoyed what I saw of the movie in the reactions. This movie might be worth watching again myself with a clear head. I really think my first viewing must have been spoiled by the circumstances given how interesting I find the edited version of it in the reaction. I think I foresee myself dusting off my dad's DVD copy in the near future.

As an actual magician since age 12 i love this love and I’m so glad you love it too 😃😎

Nolan's best most complete film, he typically has trouble with endings, but he nailed this one. Also, props for all the effects you're adding to your vids. They take your reactions to a level above the typical youtube reactors, well done.

My most absolute favorite film. I could rewatch it over and over and get the same chills and feeling I got when I first watched it. Brilliant writing and directing, amazing performance by Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman which isn't really a surprise but the intensity they put in both characters was truly a sight to see.

⚡TA DAAAAAA!!!!🧙🏻‍♀️ Jen & Jan Murray

This movie demonstrates the problem with a classic science-fiction transporter: to the best of our understanding, once the process was finished, you wouldn't have moved the original object, but rather would have copied it like a fax machine does. One interesting note here is that, the way the trick was set up, the original always dies and the copy lives, so by the end of a movie, the character is a fax of a fax of a fax of a fax... It makes you wonder how accurate that copying process really was and if things had gotten scrambled by the end of the film!

7:11 David Copperfield is easily the most accomplished magician in history, no one else comes close: named "Magician of the Century" and "King of Magic" by The Society of American Magicians, holds 11 Guinness World Records, won 21 out of 38 Emmy Award nominations, officially recognized as a living legend by the Library of Congress, first living magician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, awarded by the French government w/ the Chevalier of Arts and Letters, etc... He's the go-to guy for other high profile artists such as Michael Jackson when it comes to dealing w/ illusions. In fact, he was actually a consultant for this film.

Well, um, if you're starting to get why Michael Caine is..... the man whose name is Michael Caine, then you should prolly add Get Carter, The Italian Job and Zulu to your list. Oh, also, before any of those, The IPCRESS File. But, yes, watch him when he was young and energetic and agile and had his own tangerine.

David Bowie as Tesla is soooo good❤

I’m always slightly jealous when I see someone watching this film for the first time. One of Nolan’s best IMO.

My fav Nolan film - heard some wheeze!!

Yes Hugh is from Australia

now you should watch the illusionist, you will like that 1 :)

“Batman vs Wolverine”

Great movie for a Nolan movie. You should watch The Illusionist that came out the same year who is also about magicians and is overshadowed by this movie success.

This movie came out the same year as another magic period piece with Ed Norton, 'The Illusionist'. They're very different; this one is a saga, 'The Illusionist' is a poem. personally, I prefer 'The Illusionist', but it didn't get as much attention as this one.

Thanks for the new year gift Jen ! Again, another one of my favorite movies reacted to by my favorite youtuber

Hoping to hear a British accent Jen. Complete with curly cue mustache and to hat. **Ok post watch edit: spoiler all the elements were there only separately this time. Thank you Editors Mira & Steph keep up the good work 🫡

"What you are about to see... is considered safe." 😏🤥

6:53 Me too. Rebecca Hall is amazing.

Commander Bond...the ending after the credits roll....absolutely sublime. Had to watch it twice. Reaction perfection. Might I suggest....if you have not seen it.... A Shock to the System 1990. Michael Caine is simply beyond in it. You'll understand. Cheers!

Yes Hugh Jackman is Aussie

Great movie. I totally didn't realize the one guy was Andy Serkis

If you notice, the whole film is structured like a magic trick.

This was a blast to watch!!! Thanks Jen, love the reactions!!!

I love David Bowie as Tesla. It's such weirdly perfect casting.

This movie's great! Leaves me speechless every time.

🎩 As has been mentioned, if you liked this, you might even like "The Illusionist" (2006) more. A similar twist-ending, and it doesn't involve any dead birds. 😎👍

If you like magic than you will like the Illusionist with Edward Norton and Jessica Biel.

Best outro EVER! 🎩🪄💫

My favourite magician was Ricky Jay. There he is 2:50 playing the role of Milton.

Jen: I hope she doesn't die. Movie: Almost the very next scene.....🤪

Hi Jen hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️

That was a fun outro, *Jen!* 🤭 _Have a great new year!_

The Illusionist is also a great magic movie with a big twist

Yeah, I think you really enjoyed it. Told you so.

The whole movie is a magic trick, each act is a one of 3 parts.

tesla's man Ally is played by Andy Serkis aka, smeagol, gollum, he is a brilliant actor, there is an amazing film I think you would love if you've not seen it yet Inkheart from 2008 one of the best films I've ever seen. Exceptional ending Jen

One of my all-time favourite movies. Magic is rad

This is such an amazing movie I haven't seen it in awhile so I was lost half the time just like when I was lost the first time I watched it. It's amazing.

Both Angiers' are the real one. Like Tesla says about the hats, "They are all your hats."

My pick for best magician ever: Max Malini. His hands were smaller than most people’s, so he couldn’t do sleight of hand, which made his tricks even more surprising. One time, Max was picking up his dry cleaning and noticed a politician’s suit was also there. He paid to have a playing card sewed into the lining of the suit and then waited months to get in the same room as that guy, who happened to be wearing the same suit. Max did a card trick, and the Prestige at the end was the card sewed into the guy’s suit.

You know it’s a good movie when it’s more fun the second time you watch it.

The best magician there ever was and ever will be was Harry Houdini, of course.

Good magic movie is "Now you See Me" and it's sequel

It is a great movie which shows you how the trick is performed right from the start- and still has you guessing.

Hat Trick, is what you could consider Nolan's three Batman films, but in this one you get an literal Hat Trick.

Prisoners is one of the best Hugh Jackman movies, if you want to see more of him. Also has Jake Gyllenhaal.

As somebody else said David Bowie was Tesla. But also his assistant was played by Andy Serkis. Gollum from TLoR, and Caesar from the Planet of the Apes movies (the newer ones, not the old ones with Charlton Heston).

Kudos to whoever did your background music. I get that shit in my head at work sometimes like tripledent gum.

They're all "the real one". No individual is more an original or a copy than any other.

This movie really makes you think and it wasn't until the third time I watched it when I saw things very differently. The movie sets up the rules of magic to the audience by giving us the behind the scenes tricks of the trade. We quickly establish that all magic is an illusion and trickery. Then halfway through the movie Nolan turns everything on it's head by introducing us to "real" magic and this is where I and many others fall into the trap. The only "real" magic is tesla's machine. The scenes of Tesla's machine is only in Angiers diary and Angiers diary is an UNRELIABLE narration. If you believe the machine works then as the monologue at the end says.... "Now you're looking for the secret. But you won't find it because of course, you're not really looking. You don't really want to work it out. You want to be fooled" Magic is rad 😉👍

That ended on a nice trick.

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