Bring The Conspiracy Back!

Finally got around to watching The Prestige, and it turns out to be more fun than the touted Batman vs Wolverine battle. Battle of wits turn out to be more interesting than batarang and adamantium, and besides, as much as a bat-freak I am, no bat-bolas or bat-whatever can possibly destroy wolverine. Of the two characters Bale seems nobler, but Jackman’s is way more entertaining as he reminds us of our annoying high school and college classmates who turn themselves inside out to be at the top of the class, those who scream "Yes! Yes!" after each exam. The best character of them all, of course, is that of Scarlett Johansen. Scarlet manages to do something the two guys’ leading ladies in the past have failed to do, which is to be prettier than the boys. As much as a MILF Famke’s Jean Grey was, her veiny neck was just too distracting. And of course, we all barf at Katie Holmes in Batman. I recognize the actor who played the Amazing Maleeni in the X-Files episode, also about magicians, which, strangely, also uses the body-double device. This, of course, brings to question: Are they even going to create a 2nd X-Files movie at all? After Season 9, which I really like, by the way, ended in 2002, everyone was excited that a 2nd movie unhampered by continuing series would be shown, first in 2004, then moved back, then totally forgotten. I don’t care if David and Gillian and Robert and Annabeth are in their late 40s, bring the conspiracy back! (Jan. 12, 2007)