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Assignment: Movie Review on The Illusionist

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 There were a few grammatical mistakes  Review was filled with story content  There was no description about cast‟s performance  The reviewer's opinion about the movie was not expressed.

Grammatical and Structural Changes

1A

 The main character is a renowned stage magician 'Eisenheim the Illusionist'.  That night Eisenheim asks Sophie to come away with her.  Then Eisenheim starts summoning ghosts like things in his shows.

1B

 The main character is Eisenheim, a renowned stage magician with stage name „The Illusionist‟.  That night Eisenheim asks Sophie to come along with him.  Then Eisenheim starts summoning ghost-like entities in his shows.

Removed unnecessary story description

1B

 The first half focuses on Eisenheim's earlier life and how he became the Illusionist. Then story moves on to Eisenheim's encounter with his childhood love Sophie, the Duchess von Teschen during a performance in Vienna. Soon, he was called upon for a private show by the Crown Prince Leopold who is portrayed as an intelligent man and lover of Science. Eisenheim humiliated Leopold in the show. Consequently, Prince ordered the Chief Inspector Uhl to shut Eisenheim down.  That night Eisenheim asks Sophie to come away with her. Sophie explains to him, Leopold's plans to overthrow the emperor by marrying her to win the Hungarian half of the empire. Next evening, Leopold confronts sophie, attacks her and she was found dead in the river the next morning. This quick turns of events generate a huge tension in viewers. Then Eisenheim starts summoning ghosts like entities in his shows. One night he summons sophie. Prince enraged by this

• rdered him to be arrested on the next show. In the next show, when Uhl

approaches to arrest him, Eisenheim disappears in thin air.

Removed unnecessary story description

1C

 The movie is a love-story about a young carpenter boy

who is in love with a duchess, but they are separated due to society constraints. He comes back as a reputed

• magician. Alongside, the duchess is about to marry a

prince who has decided to overthrow the emperor. Rest

• f the movie is about the boy's clever plans to get rid of

the Prince.

Added personal opinion about the movie

1A  As a whole, the movie is a nice experience. Though some of the illusions are clearly fake, they still fit nicely in the story-line.  It clearly shows how the ambition can take its toll on even an intelligent man and how love make people do anything even if it is murder in a sort.

Added personal opinion about the movie

1C

 Director Neil Burger has ensured great visual consistency, with the story weaving fluidly through various locations, he has treated each locale as a vital part of the story.  Neil tries to bring in the romance, suspense, love, hate, jealousy, arrogance and ego in divulging the nuances of various characters.  In spite of the movie having different threads all flowing simultaneously, Neil manages to tie them all together very well and never lets anyone get too far ahead of the other.  As a whole, the movie was a nice experience. It clearly portrays how the ambition can take its toll on even an intelligent man while love can make people do anything even if it is murder in a sort.

Added a summary/title

 A title was added to give readers a quick perspective of the reviewer‟s opinions.  The title we agreed upon was “Love Story wrapped around a mysterious plot!”

Added star rating

 The initial review did not contain any rating.  This was added in version 1B

Used Version Control to track changes

 We used “git” to track changes between different versions