Now You See Me

I'm always up for a good movie that makes you think and has cool effects and out of the ordinary things. I went into this movie expecting all those things, and it only partly delivered. My girlfriend and I were pretty excited about this one, but we didn't really know what to expect. All we knew was that it was about magicians, and they were doing some pretty cool stuff. It tends to happen a lot, when you see a movie trailer and it looks fantastic, but it turns out that all the cool and fun parts were all in the trailer, and not much else happens in the movie.

Don't get me wrong, it was definitely an enjoyable film. The group of magicians called themselves The Four Horseman. Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Dave Franco are these four magicians. One thing that caught my eye was that Jesse Eisenberg was a very smart and intelligent talker, like we saw in "The Social Network." He is able to talk very quickly and just silence everyone around him. That is one of the only things that I can really remember enjoying in the movie. Woody Harrelson's character was pretty comedic, but he seems to always be like that.

This movie just seemed to go downhill for me. It started out on a high level, getting us to know the characters and their different unique abilities, and then seeing what they are capable as they all join together and form The Four Horseman. As seen in the previews, they rob a bank which is across the world. Something like that is pretty crazy sounding, and would make anybody interested in seeing how that is done. The movie was full of twists and was meant to make you guess what would happen next, but for me, I wasn't really shocked or surprised by anything. I feel like I could have written this movie myself. The ending seemed too obvious, and as we got further into the movie, not much seemed to be happening. There wasn't any cool magic tricks or anything. It just seemed to wrap itself up pretty quick and call it good.

Not really one I need to see again, but I think if someone is more into magic and maybe even supernatural kind of things, it would be enjoyed a little more.