The Prestige - Caravan Of Garbage 

James is going to get so much shit from people not knowing Caravan of Garbage is just the series name and they revisit good movies too

I almost forgot to thumbs up because James didn't verbally accost me to do so, but I verbally accosted myself and got that click in.

The Angier vs Borden points bit may have been the best thing I've ever seen in Caravan of Garbage. Well done.

The first and last word the English Chinese Magician said was "Maclunkey"

This film had a Batman, an alfred, a wolverine, a black widow, a Ulysses Klaue and another Alfred yet there was no blue beam of light into the sky that threatened the fate of the universe 2/10

The real magic in The Prestige was that Angier literally defied the laws of science in an attempt to recreate Borden's trick, and still wasn't able to complete it as elegantly as Borden was. That's the magic, that sometimes the simple, most obvious way of doing a trick well is the most effective. The Borden twins could switch on/off and take the applause, while Angier would never live past the grand reveal.

I love that after coming off five transformers movies week after week they have to cleanse their palate with Nolan films so they can find a passion in cinema again

My interpretation for Hugh Jackman drowning himself over and over was him punishing himself because he blamed himself for his wife's death

The teleporting man twist is still a master stroke of writing. The theory that the replication machine is just a tale told by wolverine to batman to mess with his mind is also a great fan theory to have in mind.

The best part of this movie is accurately showing how obsessive and petty magician grudges are. Source: Professional magician for 14 years.

David Bowie brings his friends to the premier of The Illusionist, and is humiliated when none of his Tesla scenes are shown. "Those bastards cut my scenes!"

"imagine..in this era being audience member so innocent ..you can applaud the reveal of a big machine" ....... *stares at apple events revealing the same products over and over but we still clap and get excited*

Hugh Jackman looks like he's have so much fun playing the drunk lookalike.

Always loved this one from Nolan & I think Tesla's appearance might be my favourite character introduction - just striding through the 'lightning' as cool as a Bowie shaped cucumber. This one is a miracle of editing also, as the boys pointed out. Bonus points for the Kingdom Hearts reference. Nice one, Ben.

I remember when we rented this movie to watch with my parents. My mom has an eagle eye for recognizing faces and was utterly confused why Christian Bale was running around in his full disguise, and ruined that twist for herself

I was a teenager hanging out at my friend's house one day when his mom randomly took us to the movies. Never happened before. Never happened again. The movie was The Prestige. I didn’t know anything about it. Never saw a single poster or trailer. Went in completely blind and was floored by this movie. Still probably the most memorable movie-going experience of my life.

Arguably this is Nolan's best film. Wonderful take on obsession, magic, and trickery.

The bit where you guys scored the characters against each other had me rolling god I love this series

Before there was BvS, before there was Civil War, there was Batman vs Wolverine: Battle of Magic.

I honestly Googled "The Title Christopher Nolan"

bowie’s role as tesla is so iconic and he can’t help but steal every scene he is in. the introduction itself is so badass.

This is one of the best written films I’ve ever seen. Easily his best imo

The editing in this movie is amazing. And I love how Nolan incorporated the Edison vs Tesla conflict in the plot. But I just can't believe that they would find another Hugh Jackman in the same city in some bar.

My interpretation of him drowning himself/the copy isn’t that he has to kill the other, it’s that he is planning on setting up Borden for his murder the whole time. He knows that eventually Borden will have to see the set up and is basically dying/killing himself to frame Borden. He does it every night in the hopes he will come beneath the stage. The reason he drowns in the tank he is knows that people will assume Borden decided to drown him due to their previous incident with the tank. It kind of sets up the whole ‘gotcha’ journal moment “sitting in your prison cell” etc because he know he’d be caught and arrested for his murder. Just the way I’ve always seen it. Great video as always guys

7:05 The Incredible Hulk is my favourite Scarlett Johansson movie

What if Jackman went into the cloning machine and at the last moment a cat was sick in the cloning machine and made a half Jackman half cat sick being? It's okay guys, I I know the questions we want answered

Petition for a cinematic universe where in every movie Tesla shows up, invents an incredible world-changing machine, then dismisses it immediately and leaves.

wow that summed up the movie; "Two men in different beards"

I could listen to these guys reading their grocery list

This is one of my favorite movies of all time - me and two of my brothers decided to watch it randomly and by the end we were (literally) sitting on the edge of the couch. And that twin reveal? Yea didn't see it coming -- it seems so obvious afterwards, but you're so focused on the rivalry you just don't take it into account.

“Two” Jackman. Priceless.

I completely forgot that Niles from the Nanny was in this movie.

My favourite bois talking bout one of my favourite films. *perfection*

David Bowie walking through the electricity is so bloody iconic.

10:55 "which ever one is the real Hugh Jackman" They're both the real Hugh Jackman, the cloning machine isn't creating a copy - its creating another original. Bowie explains this when he says "they're all your hat" after Hugh asks which hat is the original

Now I want Maso to pitch every character against one another for every movie they watch.

The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy theme was a nice touch, Ben!

This is my favourite movie of all time and I don't care what anyone says.

This is one of those movies that came out too early. If The Prestige comes out today after Nolan has established himself with the Dark Knight trilogy and his many great films afterwards, and THEN comes out with what I consider to be his best film… I think he wins best adapted screenplay, possibly best director, David Bowie and Michael Caine get nominated for supporting actor, Bale and Jackman get nominated for lead actor, etc… it’s a masterpiece.

This is my favorite Nolan movie. I've watched it at least 50 times. Allow me to explain some things you missed: 1. Don't let Nolan's obsession with having his films feel realistic, make you believe he thinks they are realistic. He wants to tell stories that are supernatural, but just feel real. 2. Angier drowns his clones because he wants to feel what it's like to drown just like his wife. This is foreshadowed when Angier is submerging his face in the sink. 3. Angier and Borden are two versions of the same type of person. Borden's character represents a man wrestling with himself, but Angier represents a man who's already killed the self he wrestled with. And any time the other part of Angier comes up, he kills him again. 4. Borden's twin being hidden in plain sight is meant to be a figurative representation of how his ulterior self is always with him. 5. The ultimate moral of this story is that, Borden's and Angier's ambitious selves, recognized the emptiness of materialism and wanted to rise above it. Borden says this at the beginning of the film - after they saw the Chinese magicians show, "Sacrifice. That's what it takes to escape all this." Borden says as he makes a fist and taps the city building next to him. Then at the end of the film, Angier says to Borden's non-ambitious self, "You never understood why we did this, did you? The world is simple, miserable and solid all the way through." then says that, "... it was the look on peoples faces" as to why the two magicians were so obsessed. 6. Point #5 is why Angier never used the machine to duplicate material things.

This is one of my favorite movies

"A sea of mustaches and fake teeth" - James, 2020 Quote of the year

One interesting bit that I think some people miss: The recurring tricks with the birds give away how the The Transported Man is performed, and what it costs. The first bird trick we see, the magician that Borden is assisting, the man kills the bird by smashing it, and using a trap door, he sends the bird below the "stage" of the table, then a few seconds later, produces a second bird that he passes off as the first (a boy in the audience even cries, saying "but where's his brother?". This is resonant and significant, since he's saying it to Borden himself, who visibly winces -- Borden uses his own brother to perform the same trick, and knows that this bird's "brother" was murdered to make the trick happen. Then later on, Angier tries a new bird trick, with a collapsing bird cage, where the dove is transported instantly from the cage to behind his back. It appeals to him, because he thinks he "doesn't have to get his hands dirty" and kill doves. But when he attempts to perform it, the dove is indeed killed, and his hands are splattered in blood (and an audience member's hands are mangled). This again reflects Angier's Real Transported Man trick, a trick he didn't realize the consequences of until the first time he tested it. And finally, the words Cutter says at both the beginning and end of the film -- "it's not enough to make something disappear ... you have to bring it back." and we see scenes of him performing the disappearing bird trick for Borden's daughter, and then her being overjoyed when Cutter produces her supposedly executed father for her as well. Interestingly, I don't think we get to see Cutter's method for the version of the disappearing bird trick he performs for the daughter.

I like to call Hugh Jackman, Huge Ackman. No one has noticed

didnt he keep drowning them so that one day when borden went down he would get done for murder?

16:20 "...that's worth a million points" *THPS SPECIAL SOUND EFFECT* Worth the like right there.

Batman with enough prep defeats Wolverine and Black Widow is a double agent as always

The 'boom' sound of inception is not made by Hans Zimmer but by Zack Hemsey.

As hilarious as always - bloody love this film, clone machine doesn’t bother me because by that point I’M ALL IN BABY!

Me: The illusionist is a real movie? Christopher Nolan: Yes it is and it's AMAZING!!!

No one: Ben's edit at 16:32 🤣

"The blending of science, and magic, and the mystic arts-" "And racism!" "Yes, and casual racism!"

I always wondered why Hugh Jackman's Character let Old Michael Caine's Character break the glass when he could have done it himself with much greater Strength!!!

I loved the Illusionist. I have never seen the prestige, so thank you for the rundown. :D

Angier vs. Borden at the end was hilarious🤣🤣

Ah The Prestige. The best Nolan movie. ( *Shields myself beforehand Fanboys attack* )

9:40 Hugh Jackman‘s cameo as Nigel Thornberry,

Who laughed in the background when Maso said, "he's the greatest showman" 😂

I'm REALLY enjoying these videos! I've watched a few here and there in the past but now I'm a regular subscriber. Your banter is on point and the editing is fantastic. Really great work. Thank you for doing these!

Such an underrated movie. Glad it's getting some love here.

Most underrated movie ever

Batman v Wolverine: Dawn of Magic

i LOVE the idea that Angier comes into possession of a device that can DUPLICATE ANYTHING, including human life -- an infinite money, infinite energy, infinite resource machine -- and he uses it to perform tacky magic tricks that he expects people to assume are fake. It's so bonkers in its lack of perspective. But that's how obsession works. It's a credit to the story, IMO, not a plot hole.

One of my favorite channels discussing one of my favorite movies and I've got a cup of coffee. A perfect morning.

I like how they create actual magic and the first thing they do with it is try to make people think it's a fake trick

The cloning and the magic are really just devices to portray the difference between obsession and dedication.

Absolutely amazing use of Kingdom Hearts, Ben. Thank you.

+1 for Captain Disillusionment cameo! Also good on you for dropping Corridor Crew into a couple of these (I probably +1'ed them too, who knows?)

I think Nolan could release half of tenet as a trailer and I still wouldn't have a clue what was going on

This is my favorite movie. It blew my mind the first time I saw it. I catch something different every time I watch it.

Of course mason is obsessed with the beards and moustaches 😂

The book is a very different, yet equally riveting, experience. It has a more sinister feel, and the teleportation works differently, but is a great read. Just don't expect a novelisation of the film.

I love this movie, it's not Nolan's masterpiece but it's just so watchable and fun, and what a sexy cast!

Top 3 Nolan film for me. One of my favorites. The first time I saw this I was shook. Highly recommend. One of the best twist endings ever.

My FAVORITE theory I've seen is that Tesla's assistant played by Andy Serkis was actually the REAL Tesla, and David Bowie's character was the true assistant or simply an actor hired to play the role. I can't remember the video but somebody made a pretty fantastic breakdown

HILARIOUS use of the clip from The Fighter at 8:03 !!! hahaha! well done!

I watched this over and over as a kid and only recently I understood what was going on in this movie 😂 also you should do the illusionist next week😂

Always nice to see Maso coming up with segments !!! Best part of the video!!

Another top notch job from Ben. The bit with the Inception poster was very funny

I thought Jackman's character explicitly said in the film that he never knew which one of him would stay put and which one would reappear, so we may not know where the original Jackman is.

My partner pointed out that her only issue was how strange it is that Hugh Jackman ALSO has an identical twin, and wished theyd tweaked it just so Rook was an accidental clone when they first checked the machine and decided it didnt yet work. Also, when i rewatch it (often) i can track which brother is which because one brother is more aggressive and the other is often apologetic. Its actually quite consistent that they flip almost every scene so you can tell merely by assuming that each time that time passes they swap; you'll see that he flips from angry to calm every scene. Its almost never the same brother for two scenes in a row.

omg the timing is amazing, i just watched this again the other night

Bless you for using a clip of the Heartless and Nobody from Kingdom Hearts 2

Michael Cane in every Nolan movie is the one who has a grand lie that he reveals in the end.

Kingdom Hearts and the hearltess/nobodies... Brilliant!

I couldn't sleep and ended up here. This was absolutely chaotic but delightful. I was not ready for your energy, and now I'm wide awake! I'm excited to find out how much you both enjoyed every single of the transformers movies until the sun comes up.

0:21 Love the poster for Nolan's "The Title" on the right haha

This is to this day, Nolan's best movie IMO

As a Bowie fanboy. My focus was *biased*

Sigh... how are you guys so good?! I swear to god, everytime you guys can’t pull a better segment, well... just thank you so fucking much Mason. Funiest shit i’ve seen this year hands down.

Watching a review of an awesome movie like The Prestige was like a natural antidote for enduring the Transformers series.

You touched on the 'knot issue' I'd never thought about before, bravo. You didn't mention the wife's suicide because she (?) realized her husband were lowkey twins

It's funny, if Jackman had just used that first clone to be a double for him then he wouldn't have had nearly as much trouble.

Reveal of a big machine! Nice editing Ben

So underrated, I think this is stunning

I remember in my High School Film Studies class, our teacher chose to screen The Illusionist when we all made it clear we preferred The Prestige. We nearly rioted, but then a curtain opened and a TV on a cart was revealed. We politely applauded.

I swear ben thinks exactly how i think. The captain D reference is great!

The Prestige is in my top 5 favorite movies. I couldn't click this video fast enough.

Considering Jackman killed that many clones of himself, pretty sure you missed a trick here: "The Deadest Showman." A quick Google suggests I'm the first to actually use this about this movie, so I'm taking this W.

I had a theory on the Hugh Jackman “sacrifice” line a while back. Bowie said the machine wasn’t working properly. And near the end of the film Jackman says “it took courage to go into the machine” and to not know if he was going in the water or in the prestige. I think the first time it happened the original Jackman was transported and a clone took his place. I think the problem with the machine was Tesla couldn’t figure out why it was doing it and not just cloning him elsewhere. When Jackman first clones himself the new Jackman (hehe) says “No don’t I’m...” and then gets shot. I think a clone took his place at the machine. When he’s looking at his hands, it’s like he just blacked out and woke up. If you think about a clone being brought to life, he’d have a gap between the last memory of throwing the switch and when he appears. So I think the original Jackman got transported and said no don’t I’m the original, or tried to, before the clone shot him. Why exactly is more of a mystery but possibly because Jackman thought he couldn’t trust what would happen if more than one of him were alive (the whole fight for control thing with his body double plays into this I guess). So I think that every time Jackman flipped the switch it was 50-50 whether he’d be moved or stay in the spot. If he was moved, the trapdoor opens quick enough that the clone can’t escape and if not, he knows drowning will be painless, because Michael Caine told him it was like going home. Only that ended up being a lie, and so Jackman ended up playing roulette with his life dozens and dozens of times and died an agonising death if it didn’t go right. But what’s more, the Jackman at the end says “never knowing if he would be the one etc” meaning that Jackman has possibly survived multiple attempts, or at least the very last one when the clone died. I think the point of the ending is actually that exact sentiment. It focuses on Jackmans lifeless corpse and we now know there are hundreds, who all died in agony. We spent the film figuring out Borden’s trick and through a perspective that he was the protagonist and the moral victory. When actually we weren’t looking for the secret plot that Jackman was the true magician in the end. We wanted to be fooled.