Movie Review: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
And - surprise - another movie review from yesterday.
My beloved and me were pretty sceptical 'bout this one, especially her, 'cause she's not exactly a fan of Nicolas Cage.
But I gotta say: I was surprised. In a good way.
The movie tells the story of Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage), one of three apprentices of the great sorcerer Merlin which got killed by Morgana. Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), also a apprentice, betrayed his master and his companions to help her. Balthazar can defeat them but his love interest Veronica gets caught in a Grimhold with the traitors 'cause she absorbed Morgana's soul to save Balthazar and the world.
Well, as you can imagine, after years (1000 by the way), someone discovers the Grimhold and opens it accidentally. It's a boy named Dave which is the last heir of Merlin's powers and will become Balthazar's apprentice. Horvath gets out of the Grimhold, Balthazar has to catch himagain and they both get imprisoned in some Urn.
Another ten years later, Dave is a physics student and nerd. Seems like nerd is the new cool in hollywood latest. Wow. Both sorcerers manage to get out of the urn, start fighting and so on. Nice choreographies! Balthazar is much cooler 'cause he doesn' have to use a staff to cast magic. Looks good, actually. Like his style, anyway. Leather coat, long hair, somehow... rough, eccentric. Uhm, he recruits Dave, becomes his master and they have to fight Morgana in the end.
At the same time, Dave tries to impress his love interest, has success and so on. They manage to defeat Horvath and Morgana, save Veronica and the world. Typical but nice to watch, anyway.
One funny thing is the oh-so-known scene from Disney's Sorcerer's Apprentice - Dave tries to cleanb his lab, casts some magic on brooms and mops and they go crazy! Nicely done - they even used the right music.
Speakin' of that: stunnin' soundtrack. I got a thing for big orchestras and epic scores and this is very much my style. A great fantasy soundtrack with some elements that sound a bit like PotC. Good mix.
What I also liked was the using of different fighting elements. Each sorcerer had his own style. Balthazar fought with his hands, Horvath with a staff, Sun-Lok with needles and by controling a dragon. And I loved the choreographies 'cause it wasn' just a punch-up, more a mix between sheer force, magic and martial arts.
What I didn' like so much was the end. Somehow abrupt, out of the sudden. But well...nothing's perfect.
My favourite scene was definetively the one from the trailer: Dave asks Balthazar if he's insane and all he answers is showing "A bit" with his fingers. Ah~ I love such characters. I'm not a Nicolas cage fan either, but in this role, I found myself likin' him a lot. Maybe it was just the character but...dunno...gotta thing for weird guys with cool clothing.
Good movie. Awesome soundtrack. Cool choreographies. Special effects are thrilling, too. Like different-coloured fire. Lightings. Very cool. If you expect something new or revolutional you shouldn' watch it, but if ye just wanna see a classy fantasy movie set in modern New York, go ahead.
P.s.: Saw season 3's first episode of BBC's Merlin. Gosh, what an upbeat!
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