TVCH FORUMS HOME . JOIN . FAN CLUBS . DONATE . CONTACT . CHAT  
 Wikia  Quick Links   TOPICS . TREE-VIEW . SEARCH . HELP! . NEWS . PROFILE
The Illusionist

The TVClubHouse: Movies/Library ARCHIVES: Movies & Library 2007: The Illusionist users admin

Author Message
Auntiemike
Member

09-17-2001

Monday, September 11, 2006 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
Has anyone seen this? We saw it this weekend and I was happily surprised at how good it was. Ed Norton and Paul Giamatti are wonderful and the story captured me from beginning to end. I love endings like this movie has...won't give it away (wink).

Post if you've seen it and/or liked/disliked it.

Jan
Moderator

08-01-2000

Monday, September 11, 2006 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
I LOVED it Auntie. I went with some friends and we all agreed it was the best movie we have seen this year.

and the cinematography was really wonderful as well.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Friday, September 15, 2006 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I didn't care for the ending. A little too clever imo. Otherwise a very good flick :-)

Alegria
Member

07-05-2002

Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 2:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alegria a private message Print Post    
We really enjoyed this movie. The casting was great. All the characters were interesting. It is an unusual story, well told, with some suspense & unpredictability. The ending was clever. Overall, it transports the audience to another time/place and is wonderfully atmospheric. Smart, interesting & fun!

Jen
Member

07-27-2003

Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
I saw it last May. It was interesting and kept you guessing the whole time. The ending was blah.

Caprica
Member

02-10-2007

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 5:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caprica a private message Print Post    
I found the whole thing very predictable. Except for the rewriting of history,the suggestion that cause of WWI was faked was a stretch.

Caprica
Member

02-10-2007

Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 6:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caprica a private message Print Post    
Franz Ferdinand, eldest son of Carl Ludwig, the brother of Emperor Franz Josef, was born in 1863.
In 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf, the son of Franz Josef, shot himself at his hunting lodge. The succession now passed to Franz Ferdinand's father, Carl Ludwig. When he died in 1896, Franz Ferdinand became the new heir to the throne.

Franz Ferdinand had first met Sophie von Chotkovato at a dance in Prague in 1888. The couple fell in love but although Sophie came from a noble Bohemian family, she was not considered a suitable woman to marry Franz Ferdinand. To be an eligible partner for a member of the Austro-Hungarian royal family, you had to be descended from the House of Hapsburg or from one of the ruling dynasties of Europe.


In 1899 Emperor Franz Josef agreed a deal with Franz Ferdinand. He was allowed to marry Sophie von Chotkovato but it was stipulated that her descendants would not be allowed to succeed to the throne. It was also pointed out that Sophie would not be allowed to accompany her husband in the royal carriage nor could she sit by his side in the royal box.


When it was announced that Franz Ferdinand was going to visit Bosnia in June 1914, Dimitrijevic began to make plans to assassinate the heir of the Austro-Hungarian throne. Dimitrijevic sent three members of the Black Hand group based in Belgrade, Gavrilo Princip, Nedjelko Cabrinovic and Trifko Grabez, to Sarajevo to carry out the deed.



The assassin stepped forward, drew his gun, and at a distance of about five feet, fired several times into the car. Franz Ferdinand was hit in the neck and Sophie von Chotkovato in the abdomen. Princip's bullet had pierced the archduke's jugular vein but before losing consciousness, he pleaded "Sophie dear! Sophie dear! Don't die! Stay alive for our children!" Franz Urban drove the royal couple to Konak, the governor's residence, but although both were still alive when they arrived, they died from their wounds soon afterwards.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Monday, April 16, 2007 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Ed Norton will be Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk. Release date is June 2008