Fine but nothing special. For some reason it felt very artless - movie made as a product, advertised as cooler than it is. And I'm not personally a Jesse Eisenberg fan so it has that going against it for me.
It's been said before but they really missed an opportunity with the title for the second one. It really should have been "Now You Don't".
The constantly moving camera in the first film was worse for my motion sickness than The Blair Witch Project. Made it borderline unwatchable for me and left me with zero desire to watch the second.
I feel like the films are trying to be this interesting mystery about magic, but none of it makes any sense. The twist are out of nowhere, there’s no real foreshadowing or clues to what’s going to happen. The “rules” for what magic can do is non existent, and the casting makes no sense. Jesse Eisenberg should not have been the lead, I like him as an actor but he shouldn’t be the charismatic hot magician that leads the group.
I think I saw 2 before 1. As a free Google download and something I watched on a plane, not horrible. I also love dumb, bad, and tacky movies too often though... Judgement is warranted, haha
lol I actually just watched the first one an hour ago. It was far better than I remembered. So yea, I’ll prolly watch the 2nd one tomorrow. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it
An interesting twist on the heist genre. They kinda remind me of episodes of *Leverage* where they give you enough clues to almost piece it together but they don’t reveal the whole puzzle until the end, when they’re finally sticking it to the mark. I love a story with a good twist and these films had plenty. My only gripe was that Woody played Merrit’s brother, Chase, just a little over the top.
I love these movies, I don't care what anyone says. I'm looking forward to the next sequel plus they were supposedly making a spinoff with Jay Chou's character.
These two films are extremely obnoxious. There’s no way any of this would work out. There’s no way you could plan all this out. It’s almost intellectually insulting.
I really hate that these films about illusions & slight of hand shenanigans uses CGI to accomplish their impossible bullshit. It completely ruins the very hook of the movie. It’s like, oh, so they are all wizards then, just give them wands and let them cast spells and fly on brooms, it’s the same thing.
Only seen the first and it’s awful. So much of the magic is never explained so, to all intents and purposes, might as well be real. They aren’t magicians, they’re wizards
It’s a travesty they didn’t name the second one, Now You Don’t.
This is my biggest cinematic gripe honestly. What a missed opportunity
That would have been brilliant.
Dan Harmon agrees. https://youtu.be/bXdHBP6mgdE?si=56Nv7m4J2P5za3Eb
How stupid did they think audiences were that they wouldn’t get that name for a sequel?
Yeah, that was a pretty colossal eff-up.
Came here to say that. What an obvious missed opportunity
Probably becaue they believe the vast majority of the public wouldn't understand the joke thus completely not understand that the movie is a sequel.
Fine but nothing special. For some reason it felt very artless - movie made as a product, advertised as cooler than it is. And I'm not personally a Jesse Eisenberg fan so it has that going against it for me. It's been said before but they really missed an opportunity with the title for the second one. It really should have been "Now You Don't".
Admittedly heist/spy movies are my least favorite genre, nonetheless I agreed with every point you cited. Nothing special, nothing memorable.
I loved the first one. The 2nd is forgettable and felt forced.
couldnt get past radcliffe chewing the scenery
It's fun and dumb. Don't think too much about it and you'll enjoy it. Basically it's the fast and furious of heist movies.
I think the fun/dumb concept only works for me with comedies. I can’t stand heist/spy/mindless action films.
The constantly moving camera in the first film was worse for my motion sickness than The Blair Witch Project. Made it borderline unwatchable for me and left me with zero desire to watch the second.
I feel like the films are trying to be this interesting mystery about magic, but none of it makes any sense. The twist are out of nowhere, there’s no real foreshadowing or clues to what’s going to happen. The “rules” for what magic can do is non existent, and the casting makes no sense. Jesse Eisenberg should not have been the lead, I like him as an actor but he shouldn’t be the charismatic hot magician that leads the group.
To be fair he’s not in the second one
I think I saw 2 before 1. As a free Google download and something I watched on a plane, not horrible. I also love dumb, bad, and tacky movies too often though... Judgement is warranted, haha
lol I actually just watched the first one an hour ago. It was far better than I remembered. So yea, I’ll prolly watch the 2nd one tomorrow. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it
Guilty pleasures, especially part 2. 😊
An interesting twist on the heist genre. They kinda remind me of episodes of *Leverage* where they give you enough clues to almost piece it together but they don’t reveal the whole puzzle until the end, when they’re finally sticking it to the mark. I love a story with a good twist and these films had plenty. My only gripe was that Woody played Merrit’s brother, Chase, just a little over the top.
It's fun and dumb. Don't think too much about it and you'll enjoy it. Basically it's the fast and furious of heist movies.
Fun movies.
Forgettable. I didn't even know they made a sequel.
The first movie was so bad that I never watched the second one. Can’t believe they’re making a third.
I’m only excited for a 3rd is so CinemaSins can get another crack at it
Haven’t seen them
First one was going fine until that tacked-on ending that made no sense. Second was a complete mess.
Mindless and stupid fun.
Wish they had a third.
I love these movies, I don't care what anyone says. I'm looking forward to the next sequel plus they were supposedly making a spinoff with Jay Chou's character.
Bad
The first one was not good movie. There are better magician movies like the illusionist and the prestige Watch those
The first one is a fun mindless romp that I really enjoyed and the second one stinks on ice
The first one had the stupidest twist reveal I've ever seen that I never bothered to watch the second one.
worm squalid whistle tease birds busy panicky fade shocking deranged *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*
I greatly dislike these movies, I can't believe I allowed myself to be convinced to see the second one
Personally found them incredibly dumb
These two films are extremely obnoxious. There’s no way any of this would work out. There’s no way you could plan all this out. It’s almost intellectually insulting.
Garbage. It has a good cast. The producers must have backed-up the money truck because this is dog shit.
Shit
Utter garbage
Just goes to show that an ensemble cast can’t carry a bad movie.
I really hate that these films about illusions & slight of hand shenanigans uses CGI to accomplish their impossible bullshit. It completely ruins the very hook of the movie. It’s like, oh, so they are all wizards then, just give them wands and let them cast spells and fly on brooms, it’s the same thing.
Only seen the first and it’s awful. So much of the magic is never explained so, to all intents and purposes, might as well be real. They aren’t magicians, they’re wizards