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This weekend I saw The Queen, which you know, what can you say about Helen Mirren that hasn't already been said (awesome, awe-inspiring, holy-fucking-cow I thought it was a documentary, she was so brilliant, crap like that) and The Prestige.

Now, I had no expectations of The Prestige. None. Despite it being Chris Nolan and Michael Caine, and like other people -- because you know Scarlett Johannsen makes me gag, and Christian Bale may be Bruce, but holy fuck is he a scary one to look at. And well, damn.

Every now and then a movie comes along that towards the end you find yourself cocking your head to the side more and more until your head is at a 45 degree angle, and you're all '...the fuck?' Did they really just pull that off?'

Remember when you saw The Usual Supsects for the first time? Yeah, this is kind of like that. Not quite that shocking. I saw it coming, but still, it was very good.

So good that I yearn longingly for someone to write it for yuletide. Really. Don't make me go there on my own. Come talk to me about it in the comments if you've seen either one.

If you haven't, what are you waiting for? A goddamn invitation from the queen?!

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hmmm... where did the rest of my sentence go?

Tom Skerritt and Alan Thicke, is what I meant to say. Odd. Now LJ comments is getting all into the transported man.

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Seriously, I totally thought of Tom Skeritt, too! And I hope you weren't supposed to be sympathetic to either one of them, because you know, uh, yeah, NO. I just really enjoyed the story, because you know it was kind of clever and very fanboyish. Plus, Michael Caine. Even though he wasn't answering to the name of Alfred.

I knew you'd squee at the Bowie.

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Well, then, good. Glad it's not just me who was channeling 'Viper' there. And really M. Caine and D. Bowie had the best parts in the whole thing. The men of great wisdom that no one listens to. I totally understood what the price of Tesla's machine was from the beginning but the Bolden twist? I must admit that was news to me. I'll blame it on my early start to the day. That and the inappropriate snickering at the whole 'Go to him, you deserve each other' line. I couldn't help my fangirl self.

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I think this all stems from some sordid sex thing between Borden and Algiers in some alley, or the wife caught the two brothers doing something dirtywrongbad together, because go to him could really go either way.