The Prestige

Last night some coworkers and I caught a sneak preview of The Prestige--Christopher Nolan's new film with Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Christian Bale. While the movie was good, it wasn't great. A) The narrative was unneccesarily confusing. Nolan's directorial style tends to trip up itself, like in Memento which felt way too contrived. B) Scarlett is becoming a worse and worse actress--at least when it comes to period pieces. And the most damning let-down? C) No shirtless scenes with humpy Christian Bale.