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Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice




The Sorcerer's Apprentice is another example of recent films that completely took me by surprise. I expected cliched sorcery aplenty. There is something deeply original about this film by producer Jerry Bruchheimer that had me hooked from the start.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice encompasses a scenario involving three of Merlin's (aka ancient medieval wizard's) apprentices from 700 A.D. whose relations with Merlin went awry in different ways. This good against evil history-narrated in the first two minutes of the feature-prepares the way for a contemporary New York that contains the heir of Merlin's bloodline and the only person who can ward off the evil destruction simmering nearby: a nerdy physics major at NYU-Dave (Jay Baruchel). Balthazar (Nicholas Cage) discovers the boy redeemer at long last and engages in a mighty battle against Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina).

The manner in which Director John Turteltaub enraptures medieval characters into the contemporary is quite unique and yet I can't quite describe why i was enraptured. The script dialogue and narrative are very sharp and coherent respectively. I was not cringing at all of this wizardry a la Harry Potter. Perhaps it's because I was surprised by the unexpected scenarios of events that took place-not to mention the spectacular special effects. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a movie with a narrative where the actors and occurences do not stop from the very beginning.

Its production design is also very smart. The interiors of New York magician Drake Stone (Toby Kebbell-who befriends Maxim Horvath) can best be described as a mix between Buckingham Palace and Studio 54. Action-packed, compelling stuff with astonishing post production. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is an expensive movie and I highly recommend it. Then again my film companion had a completely opposite opinion.

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