• randomsnark@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    It’s a fictional diary entry, from The Prestige. The next entry is 2 months later, when he’s fallen in love with a different woman.

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          Oh I didn’t know that was based on a novel, thanks! But that entry must be meant to be hilarious, was the novel comedic?

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            The novel is made extra strange by a modern day framing story starting the last living ancestors of the two magicians. I read it 20+ years ago and remembered it as a strange book. The movie was excellent and made the whole story make much more sense overall.

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              Oh what? Interesting, That’s making the novel sound more interesting to me. It’s funny, I coincidentally watched the movie again for the first time since it came out just a couple weeks ago.

              Thanks

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                It’s not bad, the modern frame doesn’t even really change the feel of the story, although the way the rest of the story is presented is also complicated. I recommend reading it, especially if you’ve seen the movie and enjoyed it.

                I was grateful the movie simplified the presentation so that you could really focus on the underlying interesting bits. I left the novel still a little confused as to WTF was going on some regards and the movie makes the essential plot reveals much easier to follow.

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                  Okay, cool. I kind of wish I waited to watch the movie a little longer now, and appreciate your take on the book.

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            I haven’t actually read the novel version, just seen the movie enough times to know this wasn’t in it and that there was a novel