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Richard Roeper gave an overwhelming thumbs down to the movie
“Now You See Me.” According to Roeper, the first few scenes of the movie indicate
a spectacular film about magic. However, after a few minutes into the movie, it
starts the downhill tumble. Roeper uses the above claims of value to
comprehensively devalue the movie. In the movie, four professional magicians
have been recruited by an anonymous person to pull off outrageous stunts on
stage. One of their ultimate acts was to rob a bank in Paris, while performing
single handedly in a Vegas hotel. Instead of an illusion, the actual money in
Paris disappeared. Detective Dylan Rhodes, an FBI agent, is brought to solve
this spectacular mystery/crime. Last but not least, Thaddeus Bradley, an
ex-magician, is brought into the plot to expose the secrets of the magicians
and how they pulled this stunt. Roeper points out claims of fact to prove this
movie was nothing but a substandard allusion. To begin with, Roeper points out
that there are numerous characters and most of them are not well developed.
Four tricksters are given comic book names, which take away the seriousness of
the plot. Then, the FBI agent who is brought to solve the case dismisses the case
by thinking it is a joke. This does not make sense because the concept of the heist
is intriguing. Also, Roeper points out the fact that most of the focus of the
movie takes place with the FBI agent instead of building the individualized
characters of each magician. Eventually, the movie ends with more questions
than answers. However, does the audience even want to know the answers?
After seeing the trailers, one would like to watch this movie but knowing that it was given a harsh thumbs down one questions whether they want to go see it or not. Knowing that Richard Roeper is an American columnist and has reviewed movies for a while, one would trust his opinion and would take his word for it. After reading this blog, one would rethink wanting to watch this movie even though most people are impressed by questions being asked rather than answers.
ReplyDeleteHaving seen this movie myself, these reviews are poorly thought about. The movie is by far one of the best of the year, consisting of an amazing plot with famous characters, not to mention large cities such as Las Vegas and New York City. The movie choice is outstanding, but the review is inaccurate.
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ReplyDeleteI would have to disagree with Richard Roeper's review on "Now You See Me". The film was absolutely incredible and left me stunned at the turn of events towards the end. Unlike all the other mainstream movies this one is highly unpredictable and interesting in a mysterious sense. I enjoyed watching the movie and I am sure many others would too.
ReplyDeleteRichard Roeper's thumbs down to this movie is a bit surprising. Having never seen the movie, I can not say a personal opinion. But all over the Internet people were raving on how great this movie is. It makes one wonder if Roeper's expectations were too high, leaving him unsatisfied with the reality of it. Although Roeper does have ethos, that does not mean his review is completely true.
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