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on 12/24/2012
Aaron Sorkin's in-your-face dialogue has never impressed me. Maybe it's because he doesn't trust the actors who're playing his characters enough that he has to insert a witty comeback line or an audacious speech from time to time to hold the viewer's attention. The finished product ends up feeling like an Aaron Sorkin film no matter who the director is. Fincher's distinctive style, which was noticeable in Se7en and Fight Club, was pretty much absent in TSN. Nolan's script for The Prestige was precisely what Priest's novel needed: a screenplay dressed up like a magic trick. On witnessing the unexpected twist, Michael Caine's pledge-turn-prestige monologue strikes you harder than a baseball bat.
Prestige for me as well.
on 10/27/2015
Both great movies, but I'm going with the (literally) magical The Prestige
