Now You Don't.

Now You See Me, awesome film, saw it a couple of days ago and I'm sorry for the delay, let's jump right in! So, the film is about a group of struggling magicians who form a super-group called "The Four Horsemen" and pull off a series of increasingly impressive heists, meanwhile FBI agent Dylan Rhodes follows their every move in an attempt to stop whatever crime they are leading up to. Starring; Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman and Mark Ruffalo. As ever I would like to point out

THERE WILL BE SOME DAMN HUGE SPOILERS

so yeah, keep an eye out for that...

Magic is always a fascinating topic, for most people, it's a rare chance to be completely mystified by sleight of hand and trickery, and I'll be damned if I couldn't figure out some of the real magic tricks performed in the film. Director Louis Leterrier stated for filmireland.net that,

"What I wanted was 100% real magic. Nothing fantastic or supernatural, I wanted it to be real"

This meant having Harrelson trained in the art of mentalism, or "targeted guessing", and it worked fantastically. Whilst the premise of the film is original, the style certainly isn't, after watching it you might think to yourself, "I haven't watched Ocean's Eleven in a while.". The way the film is set up is very reminiscent of the Ocean's franchise. A group steal from wealthy tycoon/business in a way that is excruciatingly well planned out, then we are shown how they did it. Don't get me wrong, it worked fantastically, but it was a little disappointing considering the original material.

The acting annoyed me slightly, they all played their parts well but it was THEIR PART, Jesse Eisenberg was basically a more charming version of his character from "The Social Network" and "Zombieland", Morgan Freeman was the wise older guy who seems to know exactly what's going on, Woody Harrelson plays the slightly-goofy-but-rough-around-the-edges nice guy. It's not new terrain for these guys and they're all good actors, I'm a little miffed to say the least. If that wasn't enough the other two horsemen, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, didn't get much time for expression AND THEY WERE INTERESTING!! However Mark Ruffalo and his french companion, Mélanie Laurent, gave a beautiful performance and had brilliant onscreen chemistry.

The camerawork was brilliant, the film looked beautiful throughout, both in the action sequences 
and the delicate parts, the CGI was noticeable bordering on being too much, however it was so 
fucking cool that I can forgive it, that machine they had AAH, SO MUCH WANT. The music 
probably fit, I have to admit I didn't really notice it, it didn't leave that much of an impression, 
interpret that as you will.

Lastly the plot twist, wow, it was fantastic. Throughout the film we are guessing at the potential
"fifth horseman" we are introduced early on to the idea of a vengeful magician whose body was 
never found, but this was too obvious. Then we're left with Morgan Freeman who has been 
scuttling around the edges the entire time, the beautiful foreign interpol agent, or a member of 
"The Eye" who has yet to step forward. It was none of them, it was the protagonist, Ruffalo. I am 
so incredibly impressed by this, DAYS AFTER WATCHING IT, this may not be such a big thing
to you reading but I didn't see it coming. As twist endings go this takes the crown, a wonderful 
change, admittedly a little cliche that he's the son of the magician but all the same it was well 
done, there are very few hints, his portrayal of a man completely oblivious to magic is 
extremely beliveable, and THE PROTAGONIST, I have never seen that done, it was sooo good.

All in all, 9/10, the issues, although they nag at me, are minor, thoroughly enjoyable to watch
and I hope you enjoy it, now the poster and the IMDB link, I'm out.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345/