Can someone expain the movie "The Prestige" to me?!


Question: 1)the storyline but most importantly
2)the ending


Answers: 1)the storyline but most importantly
2)the ending

The story is about these two friends (Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale) who used to work together on magic tricks. When Christian accidentally kills Hugh's wife, their friendship ends pretty much there. They each become good magicians, but they are bound and determined to best each other in their tricks, no matter what the cost.

The ending I can only describe as perplexing. Remember, they are both incredibly talented magicians, so you can throw logic out the window and not believe anything you see. When Christian comes back and kills Hugh, it is discovered that Christian actually had a twin brother and that's how he pulled off the teleportation trick. His brother would disguise himself in public as his agent or something (the guy with beard and glasses). Sometimes they'd switch roles. So, when Christian was in prison, it was actually Christian #2 (the brother) and Hugh's former friend was actually free.

Now if you're still confused on how Hugh could've survived after drowning in the tank, remember back at Tesla's house. When they were demonstrating the device and the hat wouldn't teleport and then later, they found hundreds of hats. That's because Tesla ended up mistakenly inventing a cloning machine, not a teleportation machine. So, everytime Hugh used the machine, he made a duplicate of himself, but they were still the same guy.

Hope this helps.

Jealousy, and competition.
They both are trying to out-do the other person, come up with the better trick.

The ending was a little weird to me at first, so i had to watch it a second time to get it. Borden had a twin, so he purposely let his twin die, so he could get revenge on (Grant's character), who never really died until the end.

I know confusing, but really good movie! :)



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