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It took years for me to accept Daniel Craig as Bond so my first Casino Royale watch wasn't a success. After a recent (objective) re-watch Casino Royale my #9, quickly became one of my favorite films, not only a favorite ‘Bond film’.
Fun fact; after a MoFo poll the chase scene ended in a draw against the legendary chase scene from Point Break.
The Prestige made my 25 briefly but after some rearranging it now sits around #38. However I do have another Nolan on my ballot..

Ballot: 7/25






The Prestige...Yahoo! well almost yahoo. I just now checked my list and it wasn't on it. Seems I remember having to cut two more movies before sending in my list and The Prestige was one of them. Glad it made it and I thought it would.

Casino Royale
...The last James Bond film I ever seen and I believe it was one of the last films I seen in the theater too. Remember the thread about movies getting to long? That was my reaction to Casino Royale, good but too long.



With 8 and 12 points between the previous entry and between each other, both The Prestige and Casino Royale have the biggest gap in points so far. The biggest gap so far had been 6.
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Casino Royale was my number 9. I intentionally put it a tad bit higher because I figured it needed more points to make it, but I was wrong about that. I remember seeing this movie front row in the theater with my friends, we frantically drove to the theater and barely made it on opening night.

The Prestige was my 15. It's Nolan's best and I love the acting and the twists.



No votes from me on this pair.

I like Casino Royale. I've never been much of a Bond fan, though, so there's kind of a ceiling there.

I feel like one of Nolan's weaknesses is his tendency to overstuff things, and The Prestige is a good example of that. David Bowie is always fun, though!



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Casino Royale is great.

I love The Prestige and desperately wanted to put it on my list, but I didn't. I gave it to 2 other Nolan films of that era. Couldn't justify putting 3 of the man's films on my list.
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• I've seen Casino Royale several times through all these years mostly unintentionally, last time about six months ago. Although I can enjoy this film, I didn't consider it for my ballot.
The most important thing is that this exactly movie showed to the world the great Mads Mikkelsen. Le Chiffre - What a superb character, masterly performed by Mads, the one that should rule the so popular lists about top villains ever. Worth seeing the film only for his scenes in the casino.
From this point onward, the shortage of fresh top level male movie stars was solved!
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• I tried to see The Prestige about five years ago when I hardly stood half an hour. No matter of the nice cast, the mediocrity of the screenplay and the talentless directing made me stop the agony soon after the start.
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Casino Royale pulled me back into a franchise that I thought I was mostly done with...and here we are again. Didn't vote for it though.

I really like The Prestige as well even though it kind of leaves me after each viewing, of which there has been a whopping two. No vote.

Good pair despite me not voting for them. I would much rather see Nobody Knows at this point, but knew that wasn't happening.
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Yeah, at this point in my life, I almost don't even want a plot anymore. Just throw a bunch wild sh*t at my eyeballs

I second that emotion... I just want a surprise, something unique.



Just like food.. Maybe pizza is great, but if you eat it every day, you might opt for something/anything else for dinner.



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Critics thoughts on our #38, The Prestige...



It currently has a 76% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 8.5/10 score on IMDb (with 1,300,000 votes).

Roger Ebert gave it ★★★ and said:
"What you will learn in the movie is, I believe, a disappointment -- nothing but a trick about a trick. With a sinking heart, I realized that The Prestige had jumped the rails, and that rules we thought were in place no longer applied."
While Brian Tallerico, of UGO, said:
"An example of old-fashioned storytelling, the kind of magical movie that could have been made fifty years ago and, consequently, will still be watched fifty years from now."
As for our MoFo reviewers, @spudracer said:
"While I find it hard to really go into details on this, I will say one thing that should make your mind up, if you haven't seen this yet. The Prestige is a masterpiece in its own right. Whether it be the two magicians struggle to be the best, or the their fight to remain sane while justifying their efforts to sabatoge the others work, The Prestige will leave you wanting more."
Also, @Gatsby said:
"Like every good magic trick, The Prestige has a twist leaving us wanting more. While I acknowledge its quality, its execution still leaves me a bit puzzled. Without spoiling anything, I'll just say that I prefer an ending which leaves the audience to interpret the illusion for themselves. Or maybe cut the 20 minutes leading up to the twist that feel as slow as molasses."



Prestige is very good. Another one I’ve seen once and should rewatch

Casino Royale was on my list. An excellent film all around and my second favorite of that franchise after Goldfinger.



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Critics thoughts on our #37, Casino Royale...



It currently has a 94% Certified Fresh Tomatometer score among critics, and a 8.0/10 score on IMDb (with 634,000 votes).

Roger Ebert gave it ★★★★ and said:
"Casino Royale has the answers to all my complaints about the 45-year-old James Bond series, and some I hadn't even thought of. It's not that I didn't love some of the earlier films, like some, dislike others and so on, as that I was becoming less convinced that I ever had to see another one."
While Tom Long, of the Detroit News, said:
"Casino Royale tries to have it both ways, moving toward the genuine while still grasping for the outlandish. The result is a film that's caught between caution and abandonment. And that's probably not a place where James Bond wants to be."
As for our MoFo reviewers, @MovieMad16 said:
"With amazing acting, story telling, directing, score and stuntwork, Casino Royale is a pitch perfect Bond film that will be remembered for years to come."
Also, @meatwadsprite said:
"A so-so movie, isn't worth seeing if your looking for the next great action film - due to it's lack of character depth and boring action scenes."