The Prestige

"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"

Did you like Inception? Memento? What about Dark Knight? If so, you will love this movie.

This masterpiece from Christopher Nolan will make you believe in something that, in the end, will turn out to be quiet different from what you expect. Are you watching closely?

The movie tells the story of a rivalry between two men in chasing the ultimate magic trick. This rivalry is seeded by love, anger, jealousy and by the thirst of becoming better than the other. In the end, the ultimate illusion is performed by the one who successfully manages to live his whole life as a magician. His whole life.

This is one of those movies that have forum topics such as "What is the real meaning of the end scene of The Prestige??"


For sure one of the best movies I have seen so far. A must see!

El Orfanato

It's been a while since the last time I posted something around here, but i have been a bit busy getting my life back. Which i did! :)

So here is my movie selection for today: El Orfanato (The Orphanage).

This Spanish movie from 2007 was one of the most awarded international films of the year, and obviously won most of the Spanish awards as well, including 7 wins out of 14 nominations on the famous Goya Awards. Internationally, it was mostly awarded as best movie, actress (Belén Rueda), and director (Juan Antonio Bayona).

The movie is a stunning thriller about a women that moves with her family to her childhood home, an abandoned orphanage, with the intention of opening her own orphanage for handicap children. Soon things get pretty exciting as her son starts to communicate with a new (invisible) friend.

I must say I was very impressed with the movie. I particularly enjoyed the soundtrack - very good! gets into you from the first scene - as well as the particular way in which the movie is shot. Well done to the (very) young director Juana Antonio Bayona.

Here's the trailer. Enjoy ;)