What a BANGER of a film this was! This film just hooks you and it doesn't let go. The cast is stacked and the crew did an amazing job. Do you consider this to be the best Christopher Nolan film? What was your reaction? Badd Medicine Arcade (Gaming channel) kzfaq.info/love/HIstVk00GtduPIXlJLdC3A Early Drops & Full Reactions on YT Memberships & Patreon: www.patreon.com/baddmedicine Backup channel Subscribe here kzfaq.info/love/1CLUwA27dz-94o3FR0o3xg

One of my favourite little parts of this film, when jackman asks bale which knot he tied the night the wife drowned, he says 'I don't know' because it was the other twin that night

When I heard Dave say "Not like a twin" I started crying 😂😂

The fish bowl trick was foreshadowing of what Borden's trick was. They lived their magic trick. Their whole lives.

This is Nolan’s best film.

“Not like a twin or anything like that” The way I choked on my tea 😂 calling it without actually calling it, classic Diamond Dave 😂😂😂

I love how they were ALMOST there but overcomplicated their answer just like Hugh jackman did. Amazing

The real big hint on repeat viewings is Bale’s character (either one), pointing to the Chinese magician getting in his carriage _after_ the show and saying _”that’s_ the trick”. Living a performance 24/7

"I dont care about my wife, I care about his secret". At that point, Angier becomes the villain.

One of my favorite bits of foreshadowing for the reveal is when Borden was showing Sarah's nephew the double sided coin. Two sides of the same coin, both faces, never knowing which one will be face up or face down. It's a fantastic allegory for both the Borden twins and not knowing which man would end up in the box.

I love how when you watch it multiple times, you can tell most scenes where Bale is playing Albert (the calmer one who loved Sarah) or Frederick (the more intense one who loved Olivia, tied the bad knot, liked to be called Freddie, and was executed.) They combined their names to be called Alfred.

It ruins it a bit when people notice Fallon. Still one of Nolan's best.

The first clue about The Prestige is that there are two Alfreds (Michael Caine and Andy Serkis).

I love the stuff with Borden and Fallon, how "honest" the two of them are while still lying to Olivia and Sarah.

Literally the first line in the film "Are you watching closely?". No. Nobody EVER is. That's why it's so genius

He said it takes great courage not knowing if your the man in the box or the man in the prestige, but he knew. He was always the man in the box.

By far my favorite Nolan movie. Keeps a great atmosphere throughout the whole thing.

Nolan just doesn't miss. Ever since Memento, he's been making banger after banger for 25 years now

Oh my goodness, I absolutely LOVED this movie when it came out. I wished it would’ve gotten more attention than it did, but it came out around the same time as The Illusionist in that era of Hollywood making two rival movies that were ridiculously similar to each other. Always preferred this one tho.

I am team Alfred as in the brother who was loving his wife and daughter. I think the brother who was so obsessed with magic was Freddie who was into his assistant and the one who died at the gallows. Freddie didn't loved their wife and felt trapped by the family life he was living for his brother. He was ruthless in his magic and life and probably the one who tied the hard knot on Piper. So not his team but the other brothers one. ;)

there’s something magical about rewatching my favorite movies with the guys

Robert Angier was committing suicide every night. That's what makes the ending so powerful. Cutter told him that drowning was like going to sleep, which was a source of comfort for Angier knowing that he was dying every night. The copy appears elsewhere, the original stays in place. Hence every night, he drops into the tank, the copy survives. His original has been dead since he was shot by the first copy. It's a brutally shocking reveal.

Even without all the other clues, the biggest hint was given at the start of the movie with the fishbowl and old man conversation. Brilliantly laid it out there for the audience and no one sees it coming.

The Prestige is the best Nolan film in my opinion.

The film is structured like the process of a magic trick. Act 1 ends with the wife drowning or the pledge, Act 2 ends with Angier stepping into the machine for the first time ("and here at the turn, I must leave you"). The ending of Act 3 is the reveal of Borden to Angier, or the prestige. The Borden twins actually have distinct personalities. The first of them (who loved Scarlett Johansson) is obsessed with performing magic tricks and is loud, confrontational, and quick to anger. He's the one who tied the double knot and killed Angier's wife in the process. He's also the one who got his fingers shot off by Angier and was ultimately jailed and hanged at the end. The second twin (who loved Sarah) is much more quiet, measured, and approachable. His talent is he's really good at deciphering how other magicians perform their tricks. Chronologically, we first see him when he and Angier go to figure out how the fish bowl trick is done. He is also the one who shows up at the funeral to pay his respects and says he doesn't know which knot was tied (he really didn't know and was telling the truth!). Tesla did build a machine for Borden when he and Angier's rivalry over the transported man trick started heating up, but it was just glorified set dressing, a machine that gave off electricity overhead. The trick was still performed by the twins as usual, there were no clones involved. Angier still believed Borden was just one man and that Tesla really had built Borden a teleporting machine. Angier asked Tesla to build one that could do the same thing, but better. Since Tesla was staring his last financial resource in the face he agreed to do it. Tesla did in fact succeed in building such a device for Angier, with the unintentional side effect of creating copies of beings or objects ("These things never quite turn out the way you expect them to"). Through science, Tesla inadvertently created a machine that could do REAL magic and you could calibrate how close or far away to send the duplicate. Tesla wanted Angier to destroy it because, well think about it: creating endless armies, endless resources to invade the world with if it fell into the wrong hands and such. Lord Caldlow is actually Angier's real name. Angier is his stage name. He came from a wealthy family who didn't approve of his interest in magic. He was a great showman but to fellow magicians his methods were amateur at best ("I can spot Angier's methods from the back of the theater"). Borden was good at magic tricks, but terrible at selling the crowd on them ("He's a wonderful magician, he's a terrible showman"). The first time you see Angier and Borden as magician's assistants walking up on stage you'll notice that Borden just walks up the stairs directly over to Angier's wife, whereas Angier faces the crowd, smiles and bows, putting on a show.

I've seen this film about 7 times, and I STILL discover new things about it. The most complex and best thing Christopher Nolan's ever made imho.

This film has some of the best foreshadowing and duality between characters. One thing I find incredibly poignant is that both husbands end up dying how their wives did; Robert drowns over and over again like his wife, and Alfred's life is taken by hanging, presumably like the woman he loved if he was the one who loved her. And how good is David Bowie in this film. Amazing. Also 44:15 "the symbology!" I believe the word you're looking for is symbolism, what is the sssymbolism there? 😂❤

This movie went right over my head the first time I watched it. But then I rewatched it and was blown away. Seen it numerous times since and it's absolutely brilliant. Plus, David F'n Bowie. What more can you say.

This came out around the same time as The Illusionist and there are so many parallels. You have Christian Bale and Edward Norton, two of the best actors of our generation. Andy Serkis and Paul Giamatti, two of the best character actors of our generations . You have Scarlet Johansson and Jessica Biel, who were considered the most beautiful women at the time and both dated Justin Timberlake. Finally the theme of the movie, an unsolvable magic trick.

I like how the BM crew realizes that Robert's obsession was his downfall and he was unwilling to accept the obvious answer, then they start arguing about the answers given in the movie thinking that a Nolan movie has to have more secrets still untold.

“ Are you watching … closely?”

The book is *fantastic* -- it's done as a sort of diary/flashback from present day where one descendant of each magician have found their journals and are trying to make sense of everything that happened. It won several prizes, including the James Tait Black, which is the oldest literature prize in Britain. (This is my favorite Nolan, just past Oppenheimer and The Dark Knight. I recommend repeat viewings - it gets better each time.)

The reveal creeps me out. Still to this day. Most unsettling I guess because the film did a good job of propping up the vehicle (magic) while hiding the unspeakable.

This is Nolan’s best film. Absolute genius.

I remember watching this movie in the theater..... people went nuts when the twist was revealed. Definitely one of Nolan's best film.

Oh man... I love this movie and might be Nolan's best movie. Even watching this reaction I got goosebumps again like the first time

Nolan's most underrated masterpiece!

This is in my opinion the best Nolan movie. The book it's based on is fantastic too. It's a pretty faithful adaptation, but they were still different enough that even after watching the movie, the book surprised me in the end.

You aren’t wrong - so far, this is Nolan’s masterpiece.

my opinion: i think bale's twin characters... i think there is something beautiful in the depth of his commitment to his craft. to LIVE fully forever in secret. to live half. simple but very difficult. a huge sacrifice. on the other hand - it is betrayal for their ladies - to an unforgivable level. when she learned the truth she ended her life. how could he ever forgive himself. and hugh.... he only lived and breathed for his obsession and by the end it ruined him too. both were only living for their work. i love how in the beginning bale voice over "we were two people on a mission..." he was talking about his twin but we think he means hugh. it's just so good.

This is & has always been my favourite Nolan film. It's just storytelling, filmmaking & acting at its very best.

This movie is FANTASTIC!!! Haven’t watched it in years, thank you all for reacting to it!!! Your channel is so much fun, love getting to rewatch things with y’all and see what you think 🤘🏻

My first Nolan film I saw was Batman Begins in theaters, but I picked this movie up on DVD from the local library in 2007. It blew me away then and still blows my mind how good this nearly 20 year old film is !

With a name like 'The Prestige' I never expected it to be a film about Magicians, but what a brilliantly crafted story! Dialogue, set designs, costumes, just outstanding! & love films that are set in this time period! Just gives it that extra special feel! & full stacked cast who played their parts perfectly! & thanks for your in depth discussion comments at the end, really gave me some good insights & helped piece together my thoughts about it better. 🙂👌

seriously one of my top five movies of all time, truly amazing and unmatched plot twist

I've been waiting for this reacton since i first discovered your channel, in my opinion Nolans best movie and it's also one of my favourites of all time, can't wait for this reaction

As a magician I really love this movie. Also you know they actually have made Wireless power units. I seen it in Popular Science back in about 2007.

YEEEESSSS one of my favorite movies! One of the BEST to watch reactions to

After years of watching this over and over, I actually just realized the tragedy that YES they(Bale’s characters) both loved magic more than their partners and that mean that they both were cheating on their partners for Magic. In the end (due to the time this takes place) who actually knows the father of the little girl. They shared Father, Uncle and Butler to the little girl her entire life. EPIC.

I know someone who refuses to watch this film because someone spoiled the ending. It's not the destination, it's the journey.

I've watched this movie so many times, but I always discover new layers to it. The line Borden says to the boy after he first meets his wife, "The secret impresses no one; it's the trick you use it for that matters" is immediately followed by the first time we see him use the trick - to be back in her apartment after leaving it. He decided that she mattered to him, in that moment, and that this was the right use of his trick (even before he ever got around to performing it in front of a crowd).

I saw this movie at least 5 times in theaters when it came out and I caught something new every time I saw it… it is still one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time. Fantastic masterpiece that not nearly enough people have seen/heard of. Great reaction as always, fellas.

Whenever someone forces me to choose a favourite film of all time, I name this.

Nolan is a genius.

“… but where’s his brother?” Such an impactful line that holds little meaning when first watching this movie.

I read Christopher priests novel and it was pretty similar in certain aspects, but also very different in ways with some extra layers and characters. There’s a frame story set in the modern day before it fully delves into the journals and the past. But overall it was fairly similar in plot and themes of obsession, and equally amazing. I recommend. Great reaction btw

One of Nolen's sickest, and most epic movies...He did the damn thing👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥

The coin that Borden flips to show Sarah’s nephew the magic trick is the same coin Harvey Dent flips in The Dark Knight.

The scene that reveals so much upon rewatches is the one about the magician and his fishbowl trick. Borden points out that the fishbowl isn't the true illuson; it's the way the magician lives his life, faking his slow, hunched over posture in order to trick his audience, when he's actually strong enough to carry the bowl under his robes. Borden notices this because that is what he's doing, living his illusion every moment. He's already living as one individual with his twin at that point, in preparation for the opportunities to perform the "Transported Man",

A genuinely perfect movie, and a timeless masterpiece.

This is such an incredible movie! Might be Nolan's best

I had to take filler courses in college after completing all my courses for my accounting degree and one of the courses I chose was Film Appreciation. We watched plenty of movies throughout the year, but we had to watch 3 movies on our own and write a synopsis as well as how a film was directed and why the director took that approach. This was the first movie assigned to us. This movie gave me such a deeper understanding and appreciation for Nolan and similar directors who take such interesting approaches to film.

I would definitely argue this was Nolan's peak, the movie is just pure brilliance :)

My favorite Christopher Nolan movie that I've seen to date

This is one of my favorite films - another very rewatchable one. ❤ I always thought the rivalry involved one twin more than the other. The 'Alfred' that was hanged is the one that just wouldn't let it go, and got caught in the trap that Robert set. Also, at the end, Cutter just wanted the little girl to be raised by her father, and he was unhappy that Robert went too far with the framing for murder and that he 'stole' Alfred's daughter. He knew there must have been a double Alfred the entire time, so he was fine with him taking her back.

The only way that I can see that this movie had been "underrated" might be because a lot of folks never really caught on to what actually happened, thus leaving them baffled of the sheer brilliance of the movie plot.

Incredible. I’m so glad you guys actually watched this! I remember recommending this on a community post months back and didn’t think you would. Very happy!

So happy you reacted to this. This movie in my opinion is Nolan's best and my favorite movie of all time

My all time favorite movie and when I bring it up nobody knows it exists !

Obsession destroys everyone around you... but no one so badly as yourself. The themes of this movie are executed with such tragic inevitability. This is my favorite Nolan movie, and in my top 3 movies of all time. Also, this is a rare occasion of the film being better than the book that inspired it. The novel is fine, but this film is laser focused and doesn't let a second veer off track or go to waste. Awesome reaction!!

I haven't read the novel, only watched the movie, but the author of it said he wished he's the one that came up of the twist in the movie because he thought what Nolan did was better.

This is Nolan’s best film and I’ve argued this might be like a top 3 movie all time if not #1… I was absolutely blown away when I saw it and it’s so fun to watch again so you can see the clues in plain sight! The line that starts the movie, “are you watching closely” is literally dialogue to us the audience telling us to pay attention because this movie is an actual magic trick! It’s a classic Nolan masterpiece!

My favourite movie of all time. So glad to see you guys watching and loving it too!

This is one of those quiet movies, where anyone that watches it, is like WOW!

Finally you guys reacting to my favourite movie of all time. So many perfect twist and turns. Really Nolan at his finest!!

The little kid says to Alfred at the start when he’s upset about the bird “where’s his twin?” and it takes Alfred a couple of beats to recover. I only noticed that when I watched this just now.

One of my all-time favorite movies! So glad you guys did this one

Both were living their act. Lord Caldlow was playing Robert Angier who was playing The Great Danton. The Twins, Albert & Freddie, were both playing a magician named Alfred Borden and his assistant Fallon.

You guys need to watch Prisoners with Hugh Jackman! Think it's Hugh's best work in a film

This is my favorite Nolan movie if not my favorite movie of all time. So glad you all decided to do this one!

One of my favourite movies of all time its just so captivating the whole way through

Wow you guys are real quick to pick up on Fallon! I didn't notice anything until it was revealed at the end. Kudos Diamond Dave!

My favourite film of all-time ! Thanks for this awesome reaction, lads!

I saw this for the first time last year. Since then, I've seen it around 10 more times, each with people who hadn't seen it before so I could live vicariously through their reactions. Glad I got to do it again! I consider this my personal favorite standalone movie of all time, as the LOTR trilogy is my all time favorite. Unbelievable movie.

I really enjoyed watching this with you guys. The prestige is one of those thought provoking movies that make you question/reflect on certain things. I couldn't stop thinking about it even hours after I watched it for the first time! loved the movie AND the reaction ❤

The first time I watched this movie I was a friends house, we both loved it and once I got home I watched it all over again by myself one of the best movies I've ever seen!!! Glad you liked it as much as I did!

Every time y'all release a video of something I've seen, it makes my day. When it's a movie as wonderful and special as this, it makes my month! keep it up guys, we REALLY appreciate it!

8:44 Danton writes “What does he know of SELF SACRIFICE?” Borden - “You bloody fool” 🪄👯 💀💀

This was always in my top 5 favorite films ever, really glad you guys watched this one.

Nolan’s best and the greatest rewatch movie ever. And it becomes so clear which brother is which at all times

Never a fan of when people spend the entire movie trying to guess the plot lines and spoil for the others.. but non the less still an enjoyable watch. 😊

The first time I saw this, I figured out what was going to happen about 3/4 of the way through. Still didn't stop the full impact of seeing the ending. Just stunning.

My second fav Nolan movie after interstellar

Absolutely amazing movie! A true banger once again from Christopher Nolan

This movie never fails to impress me, no matter how many times I watch it. Chef's kiss!

Yep this film and batman got me hooked on nolan.

wow you guys finally watched this masterpiece!

I saw this in the theater and it is one of my favorite films. glad you guys watched it and enjoyed it!

Great reaction guys ! I agree I saw this movie when it first came out and I have recommended it to tons of people and every one always loves it. This movie transcends genres, it is not scifi it is not comic book. Everyone and anyone can watch this movie and LOVE IT! That is what makes it great!

I love how you see the parallel with jacks man’s wife drowning and he starts drowning a side of himself every night and in the end bales character gets hanged after Sarah did what she did. Such a great job of back and forth the whole time.