Now You See Me: Audiences Deserve Better

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Shirleon joins Melvin to discuss 2013’s insane surprise financial hit, Now You See Me! Despite being a critical flop the film was a blockbuster blowout earning nearly 5x its budget! So, who’s right, the critics or the audiences? Tune in and find out! 

Topics:

• Editor’s Note: No Patreon Exclusive discussion! But, I do intend to trim this episode down from its original 1:08:02 length, so if you want to hear the UNCUT version, tune in on Patreon here!
• Shirleon says she’d rather rewatch Death Note (2017) than ever watch Now You See Me again.
• Melvin, “I just thought the movie was bad.”
• Every character basically sucks. If they don’t suck, they’re boring.
• Melvin has an issue with how normies and the working-poor are depicted, and he also feels it takes its audience for granted. It thinks its audience is a bunch of morons.
• Shirleon is overtaken by how much stuff is stuffed into this film, and the two discuss why that’s a serious problem.
• Melvin talks about Safety Not Guaranteed, a movie that’s got similar themes of belief and hope but isn’t a total mess.
• Trying to make sense of the ending.

Recommendations:

• What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher (2023) (Novel)
• Smiling Friends (2020-X) (Series)

Now You See Me is Rated PG-13 for language, some action and sexual content. It features Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Michael Kelly, and Common. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Now You See Me is available here.

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