In The Prestige...(Spoiler)

[Warhammer]

Ultimately, Who did you root for?

Both Angier and Borden did some heartless, cold things. They obviously had bad things about them, but who were you behind in the movie and why?

I rooted for Angier, because earlier in the film, but then started to root for Borden toward the end, but ultimately Angier again. I thought Borden was an ******* for the murder of Angier's wife. He may have felt sorry, but I don't blame Angier at all for shooting Borden. If I were in that position, I'd lose it to. Angier, later on in the film, also became an *******, but I also felt that Borden was one to his wife, even by letting his brother (or clone if you believe that) treat the wife like s***. (I hated him when I thought he was cheating on his wife, but we all know what really happened)

Obsession ultimately led both rivals to bad things, but just something about Angier made me root for him. Angier did what he could to make the act work, even with self-sacrifice. Even though it was bad, I felt that he only really harmed himself, unlike Borden, who killed Angier's wife (which could've been an accident or not), eventually led his wife to kill herself, and lived his life as an act, with his brother/clone, putting the act in front of everything.

 

[xwolverine2]

hugh jackman....... because bale started it.
and the ****er got away with it

 

[Max J Power]

As the movie progressed, I shifted from rooting for Angier to Borden.

 

[Spelunking Man]

Borden started it all. So I'd blame him.

However, I voted for none of them. They were both full of s***. However, Angier's s*** is better than the traditional, Borden's s***.

 

[Anita18]

I have conflicting feelings about the Borden twins. I was rooting for the nice twin most, then Angier. I blame Borden's bad twin most of all. Next week I'm tempted to go into the theater with a notebook and see if I can tell which twin is in which scene...

I believe it's the bad twin who ties the knot, and it's the nice one who goes to the funeral. That's why he really doesn't know which knot it was. Yes, he allows all of Borden's relationships to go down the drain, but I didn't find it that surprising since they are twins after all. The bond and trust between twins (especially magician twins) probably trumps everything.

I also root for the nice twin most because he gives up his quest near the end of the movie. He says, "That's it. We're finished," and that gives the audience hope that he's able to finally move on. Therefore, he'd be the first person I'd root for since he's the one who smartens up and realizes how futile it all is. However, his still-obsessive counterpart is the one who presumably sneaks under the stage to see how Angier does his trick.

At that point, I felt sorry for Angier (especially after it's revealed that he kills himself every night), but I could no longer root for him since he's digging himself into that predicament. And when he threatened to take away Borden's daughter...that was basically it. In my moral scale of things, you effin' leave the children alone. I didn't blame Borden at all for shooting Angier, since his main motive then was to get his daughter back.

 

[The Shape]

As the movie progressed, I shifted from rooting for Angier to Borden.

Yeah, same here. Angier started off as the good guy, but ultimately got so ****ed up that he became the bad guy.

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Borden. While both have their faults, ultimately Borden attempts to save the life of his rival when he sees him drowning, while Angier has no problem with letting Borden die for something that he didn't do. That alone says it all. There is a reason Angier's main allies (Cutter & Olivia) leave him for Borden.

 

[Dark Donnie]

I found Jackman to be annoying for most of the film...but that's just me.

Borden

 

[StorminNorman]

I have a feeling that if any other actor was playing Borden - I may of found myself rooting for Angier.

But come on - which God Blessed Bat-Fan WASN'T waiting for rurn of the century Batman to pwn turn of the century Wolverine?

 

[JTStarkiller]

I don't like any of those choices. I'd say neither, but both had their strong points as well. That last choice is too harsh.

 

[Danger Mouse]

I had sympathies for Angier. He was a bitter man.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Through the first half I was with Angier but when he started getting "his hands dirty" with the whole trick and taking Borden's daughter I sided with Borden but in the end I just ended up feeling bad for both of them considering all they had lost and seeing in the end they both had gained nothing.

 

[Anita18]

Oh, I wouldn't say that they both gained nothing. Out of the two, Borden is probably the "winner" since he gets to live a real life now and raise his daughter. Angier (or at least his bloodline) is now really dead. But yeah, both their lives had been thoroughly messed up.

I also sided with Borden since he was able to share the spotlight with his twin. The main reason why Angier wasn't satisfied with his "double" version of the Transported Man (besides the fact that he couldn't trust his double) was that he couldn't stand acknowledging the audience's applause from beneath the stage. If one of the Borden twins thought that way, the trick would quickly fall apart. Of course, it was easier for them since they switched off regularly and could trust each other with their lives...but yeah.

 

[Darthphere]

I rooted for Borden. So Angier's wife died, get over it, it was an accident and she wanted to be tied up in that knot.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

I rooted for Borden. So Angier's wife died, get over it, it was an accident and she wanted to be tied up in that knot.

Your joking right?

 

[Darthphere]

No, why would I be?

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

No, why would I be?

Wow. Just...wow.

 

[Darthphere]

Just wow?

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Yes if you seriously have that "just get over it" attitude. It was an accident yes but one which Borden WAS partly responsible for. Angier and Cutter both warned the wife and Borden not to do it because it was too dangerous but Borden did it anyway because he couldn't resist sticking to a continuous formula. His thirst for doing something new killed Angier's wife. Your saying if you were in the same position you would have just said "oh well"? Lol.

 

[Darthphere]

Doing that type of trick is dangerous, and I I knew my wife wanted to perform it like that, do I have a reason to be mad at the dude? No. Of course emotions get a hold and you would be angry, but as i said, he shouldve gotten over it.

 

[Ronny Shade]

They were both a**holes.

 

[Darthphere]

They were both a**holes.

That I can agree with. But in the 8 level tier of *******s, Borden was less of one.

 

[RedIsNotBlue]

Doing that type of trick is dangerous, and I I knew my wife wanted to perform it like that, do I have a reason to be mad at the dude? No. Of course emotions get a hold and you would be angry, but as i said, he shouldve gotten over it.

I find that very hard to believe that if you know the man was partly responsible for the death of someone you deeply love and you would just get over it. But whatever.

 

[Ronny Shade]

That I can agree with. But in the 8 level tier of *******s, Borden was less of one.

Algiers at least had a good reason for being a magician. Borden just wanted to be famous.

 

[Darthphere]

Algiers at least had a good reason for being a magician. Borden just wanted to be famous.

I think it was the other way around.