Honors Lab Group Outing
Saturday, October 21, 2006
The lab group went for an outing yesterday at Suntec. I thought we enjoyed ourselves much since there was so much boisterous laughter at the dinner table that the 翡翠小厨 waitress had to remind us to lower our volume.
After dinner, the night was spent on the movie, The Prestige. I haven't heard much about the movie before Lijie recommended it to us. In fact, I thought it was quite a boring movie. Man, I was wrong when I read the reviews and I was convinced that it could be the best movie of 2006 after watching it. The movie intrigued me and I could relate to many of the scenes since I was an amatuer magician just a couple of years back. Through my interactions with fellow magicians, I have experienced much of the deceptive nature of magicians, the desire to fool fellow magicians and sometimes the ruthlessness in them.
Here's a short introduction to The Prestige on Yahoo! Movies:
It all begins in rapidly changing, turn-of-the-century London. At a time when magicians are idols and celebrities of the highest order, two young magicians set out to carve their own paths to fame. The flashy, sophisticated Robert Angier is a consummate entertainer, while the rough-edged purist Alfred Borden is a creative genius who lacks the panache to showcase his magical ideas. They start out as admiring friends and partners. But when their biggest trick goes terribly awry, they become enemies for life--each intent on outdoing and upending the other. Trick by trick, show by show, their ferocious competition builds until it knows no bounds, even utilizing the fantastical new powers of electricity and the scientific brilliance of radical inventor Nikola Tesla--while the lives of everyone around them hang in the balance.
Trivial:
- Nikola Tesla (the electricity-freak physicist) and Thomas Edison (the Inventor) appeared in the movie.
- The Chinese magician, Chung Ling Soo, is a real magician back in the Victorian Era. He died while performing the bullet catch.
posted byWilliam at 12:38 PM