Most of "Now You See Me" is far-fetched but essentially plausible. Except at the end when they all jump off that rooftop and become CGI MONEY. I'm still waiting for an explanation.
Once, I worked on a movie with a pair of characters called "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." I asked the right or why he named them that, and he said it was because they were a fat man and a little boy.
And I was like, " you understand the central events of the 20th century is World War ii, and the climax of that event was dropping two nuclear bombs on japan, and those two nuclear bombs were named 'fat man' and 'little boy,' right? And if you name your characters that, people are going to wonder why you're referencing the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
"No one's going to think about that. It's just a common phrase."
Sometimes midwit filmmakers just pick words out of the social/cultural ether, and use them because they sound good. It's entirely possible that the makers of The Illusionist have no idea what A Clockwork Orange is.
Most of "Now You See Me" is far-fetched but essentially plausible. Except at the end when they all jump off that rooftop and become CGI MONEY. I'm still waiting for an explanation.
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Heh. One of my fave quotes. All good, then.
The “technology/magic” comparison comes from Arthur C Clarke, I believe.
You're absolutely right. I even looked it up and STILL wrote the wrong name down.
Did they think...? Wait. Was that the joke? Was it literally supposed to be A Clockwork Orange?
I honestly am not sure.
Once, I worked on a movie with a pair of characters called "Fat Man" and "Little Boy." I asked the right or why he named them that, and he said it was because they were a fat man and a little boy.
And I was like, " you understand the central events of the 20th century is World War ii, and the climax of that event was dropping two nuclear bombs on japan, and those two nuclear bombs were named 'fat man' and 'little boy,' right? And if you name your characters that, people are going to wonder why you're referencing the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
"No one's going to think about that. It's just a common phrase."
Sometimes midwit filmmakers just pick words out of the social/cultural ether, and use them because they sound good. It's entirely possible that the makers of The Illusionist have no idea what A Clockwork Orange is.