Favourite Movie This Summer?

Assuming this means my favourite movie that has been released this summer it would definitely have to be “Now You See Me” Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson make amazing leads especially with the teaming of Jesse and Woody back from Zombieland and with an amazing cast behind them produced an brilliant movie about a team of illusionists who pull of bank heists during their performances.

Now I am a huge fan of movies like Donnie Darko, The Butterfly Effect, Red State and Primer. I love movies that make you think, ones that you don’t know what is going to happen. In short, if the plot has twists or you can’t predict what will happen at the beginning of the movie I will rate it highly and this movie does just that.

I love the cast in Now You See Me. I’m not a magic buff but the cast make me believe I am. When you’re watching them perform on stage you can feel yourself swell up in excitement thinking “What’s going to happen next?” The mystery of illusion really keeps you on your feet.

There is an underlying tone of social disturbance and social inequality within the movie. More of a modern day Robin Hood. The illusionists steal money from banks mid performance and give the money to the poor people in the audience. All the people receiving the money reveal to have been screwed over by the same company. It gives a sense of justice to the viewer.

Visually Now You See Me is stunning. At one point the Protagonists are seen digitally on the side of a building. Generating a crowd by initially firing bolts of light through the ground and onto the sides of the building, a breathtaking sight as everything comes together.

The reason I chose this movie over the summer has mainly to do with the fact I’ve only really been re watching older movies. Dog Day Afternoon, The Usual Suspects and American history X to name but a few. Now you see me just has a comparable script/plot to ones previously mentioned and it gripped me from the get go.

There have been some bad reviews claiming that the scattered plot relies on sleight of hand from the director to distract audiences. Now although a clever statement I found this to be the complete opposite. I felt the plot moved a little too quickly but I feel like watching the movie you wont believe your eyes, and that’s the point. It sends the viewer down corridors only to reveal that you’ve been looking in the wrong places the whole movie. It sent me on a comfortable goose chase only to reveal that everything I had been looking for was right in front of me the whole time.

I honestly don’t know if I’m allowed to spoil the movie so I’ll leave out what happens at the end but the script is just, beautiful.

Ashley Price