were the magicians in Now You See Me wizards or what?

[@BXM922]

"Now you see me 2; Now ME see YOU" as quoted by my movie theater coworker

[@madalynnoleary741]

That's what I thought, but then I found out there's going to be a third movie.

[@vfxnelson]

@@madalynnoleary741 I’m so excitedddd

[@3thanguy7]

how did this get pinned. incredible

[@tonberryhater2286]

Now ME see YOU sounds like a peewee herman movie lol Really late I know....

[@russellbates8966]

Dannnnnn harrrrmonnnn

[@WTFPr0m]

13:40 Imagine if he opened the sarcophagus early and Thaddeus was just crouched down scribbling "YOUR MO" onto a napkin

[@zebjwest6709]

i laughed out loud

[@Torus06]

Your mom

[@kubaprosek9989]

Then he would probably just snap his fingers and disappear like Dobby

[@mikekasich836]

Hishe needs to do that lmaoo

[@Winasaurus]

It's been a while since I've seen the films, so maybe it's already been done, but a scene like that could be interesting, where it looks like one has been caught mid-trick, but in reality that was also another trick. Like if he opened it and Thaddeus was crouched there, he grabbed him by the collar to yank him up and just yanked up a suit with nothing inside and he was gone. It feels like something they either have done and I forgot, or they should have done just to wind up people who want to complain about minor things. *cough* sins of the cinema variety *cough*

[@JesterC88]

Listen, if I was at a magic show, and the magician "hypnotized" me to jump to action and tackle a guy that said "freeze" and then those magicians gave me $10,000, I'd definitely jump to tackle the guy that said freeze

[@McDonaldsCalifornia]

Same. Really that scene works as a hypnotism act since from the point of view of the audience it is all still part of the show. Hypnotism basically is the performer inviting you to be in on it and perform as well. Take that and the fact that the show went off the rails pretty hard and everyone got money I'd bet that at least some of the people would tackle the coo

[@alaskaiscold_9296]

So you say it’s not real magic, its just money?

[@Al-KA1mist]

@@alaskaiscold_9296 money magic IS real magic

[@josephbooker259]

And then spend the 10,000 on bail when you go to jail

[@wahyu38xd13]

@@josephbooker259 Just say you're under hypnosis lol

[@aaaa-ni9hc]

Dylan not knowing how to follow Thaddius into the trick sarcophagus is a key moment. Dylan doesn't have to know how trick items work because he's a wizard.

[@hagangray8006]

Of course! It all makes sense, he’s just definitely a wizard

[@hunterholliday9813]

😂

[@Gary_King1413]

I just like to accept the fact that they are just actual Magicians/Wizards who instead of being all powerful, they just wanted to be street magicians

[@Hecateofcrossroads]

Reminds me of zatara from dc comics.

[@ItsHimBro]

@coldsnap5742 Ah, yes, superhero comics, never change. Although, it can't be worse than Blackagar Boltagon, AKA Black Bolt. It's like Peter Parker going by Pet Park in costume.

[@MoojinBoi]

​@@ItsHimBrodifference is black bolt isnt hiding his identity, he's a king, not a teenage superhero

[@ItsHimBro]

@@MoojinBoi royalty or not, ridiculous names still stay ridiculous

[@pandemonium732]

I would too tbh

[@JonnyBriers]

not a single "now you don't" joke, impressive restraint

[@Matt_Bright_1983]

Speaking of that, have you seen the video of Dan Harmon losing his mind over them not calling the sequel "Now You Don't"?

[@brentjamesonparker]

@@Matt_Bright_1983 love that bit.

[@procrastinator547]

@@Matt_Bright_1983 he’s not wrong tho that drove me crazy as well. It’s the logical title.

[@edwilson397]

@@Matt_Bright_1983 The least they should have done is subtitle it that

[@Micke12312]

Atleast no "this channel deserves more subs"

[@lordmoldybutt1260]

Would have been funnier if Morgan Freeman's character went inside the sarcophagus, and when the dude opens it up and he's still there.

[@thesye1014]

"Oh hello there friend, I didn't expect company in here."

[@bigdallyc]

This made me laugh. Nice work.

[@mikekasich836]

"what are u doing under the table?" "Uhhhh"

[@HiperPivociarz]

Morgan Freeman enters the sarcophagus, Mark Ruffalo opens it, and it's empty, confused Mark Ruffalo enters the sarcophagus, then the sarcophagus opens and Morgan Freeman walks out of it.

[@nijohn12]

@@thesye1014 LMFAO 😂 "hello friend"

[@valmarsiglia]

I love how in movies, all anyone has to do is put on a security-guard or police uniform and none of their colleagues ever seem to wonder who this total stranger is.

[@MomoTheDisciple]

😂

[@outlawMovies]

The Craigslist construction worker heist is an example of it working in real life. They nearly got away with it but they didn’t pull it off completely.

[@valmarsiglia]

@@outlawMovies That's kind of a special case to say the least. I'm talking about putting on a cop or security-guard uniform to get access to a building and somehow none of the other cops or security wonder who the hell you are.

[@ApexGale]

​@@valmarsiglia because if you're wearing the uniform and walk around like you're familiar with the area, you naturally give off the false impression that you belong there when you don't. security guards reeeeally aren't as adept as you think they are. most of them are not actually there to actively prevent crime as it occurs, they're there to deter it from happening

[@myth0s766]

A channel called Chris and jack made a comedy sketch about that

[@ethanhogan2463]

In the banana trick, the banana literally just vanishes between frames, effectively the same as the firepoker and curtain tricks during the first film. Therefore, Jack Wilder is capable of opening rifts between dimensions and easily travelling through the fabric of timespace, but that is still not as impressive as Merrick twitching his eyebrow and knocking a man unconscious

[@skirtsam1441]

😂

[@Ragazaloth]

still not as op as thaddeus dissapearing tho he might be able to stop time

[@Omar-sj7wl]

Y

[@Omar-sj7wl]

Ty Ytt7

[@user-sx4qu4dz9z]

@@Omar-sj7wl You good?

[@jpk1626]

I remember watching now you see me 2 and being so confused how he was able to stop the rain because the explanation was using frequencies to create the illusion the water was stopping but the people put down the umbrellas and they were like “wow it’s not raining anymore” he’s more than a clothing wizard, he’s a weather wizard

[@Halucygeno]

Actually, now that I think about it, doesn't this trick only work when you have water dripping from a consistent spot, like a faucet? Rain drops are distributed randomly, so even if you used a strobe light, unless every next raindrop happened to fall in the exact same place with the exact same timing as the previous ones, the effect wouldn't work...

[@orangenostril]

​@@HalucygenoI haven't seen the movie but they mentioned using rain machines

[@Halucygeno]

@@orangenostril Ah, sorry. I also hadn't seen the movie. Using rain machines makes sense.

[@somedud1140]

The real explanation is, everyone was on it. FBI agent, interpol agent, baddie, henchmen, security, crowd, filming crew, you, me...

[@fdsajklre]

@@Halucygeno nah using rain machine doesn't make sense neither cause rain machine also don't drop waters consistently. the effect work for single droplet is because the droplet is being space consistently. There is no possible way in physics with the random motion of air and water turbulence to have thousands of water droplets at different position in space to all synchronize in drop rate . Also the biggest thing is if they use a rain machine, the only thing they need to do to stop the rain is to stop the machine lol no need for some kind of trick with strobe light lol

[@itchykami]

Fact: All of McKinny's tricks were done for real. It was quickly found that nobody could resist Woody Harrison's piercing blue eyes.

[@borispresley]

Lord knows I can't.

[@mennh]

_I Agree with this_

[@zaydzulqurnain594]

Harrelson

[@pootisengage6672]

Racist

[@zyoa]

Rampart

[@JoNarDLoLz]

Honestly, if they just revealed they were all unknowing wizards who happen to just use their powers thinking they're just practical magicians is an interesting idea

[@Matty002]

this is actually what happens in the show the magicians with the main character

[@aiocafea]

i always thought they have to convince the real world that what they do is practical, and also they are aware of this alternate reality camera that watches them

[@Billonator117]

You're not gonna talk about the part where Jesse Eisenbergs character flicks his hand and his handcuffs move from his hand to the other guys in an instant? Thats straight up magic

[@bpeel20]

the power of believing in yourself is a powerful thing

[@dumbnutz5145]

@@bpeel20 if anime has taught me anything its that friendship is the most powerful thing in the universe

[@lakshaykochhar6799]

@@dumbnutz5145 Well, four of them are friends, so I guess that's where they get their magic from.

[@ilikeknafs9563]

@@dumbnutz5145 anime is gay

[@Jjjof]

@@ilikeknafs9563 geh*

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

Honestly, becoming a stage wizard might be the best way for someone with actual magic powers to make money out of them while also having the perfect alibi.

[@cameronbennett5085]

@Miguel Angel Carrillo Infante and also the plot of the book The Night Circus!

[@Night221Shadow]

And also Zatanna from DC Comics!

[@solitary2]

With great power comes great responsibility

[@Thor-Orion]

That actually describes my D&D sorcerer who makes money as a stage magician.

[@shmoogersgoml2437]

It's perfect because you can come up with a plausible notreallymagic explanation. Then if someone tries to Penn and Teller your trick you can magic into existence new plausible explanations on the fly.

[@__SunFlow__]

The fact that the sequel isn't called "Now You Don't" is a missed opportunity

[@thefolder69]

It'd be clever, but it wouldn't act as a good movie title for anyone who wasn't aware of the first movie. They want to make sure the connection is crystal clear for everyone so no confusion arises. They could've called it "Now You See Me 2: Now You Don't", but that seems a little long

[@naxurr8697]

if it was then what will be the third film called (they said they *might* make one)

[@12Daniel34]

@@naxurr8697 "Now I'm gay"

[@bryeo2265]

@@12Daniel34 AHAHHAHHAHA

[@harbar8896]

I like it. But it would work better if it was an episodic thing.

[@SirDistic]

You forgot the scene with Mark Ruffalo and Thadeous in a jail cell where he teleports outside the locked cell.

[@sorendaniels754]

True to his word, he didn't make any wizard jokes about Daniel Radcliffe

[@TheBoyBanditKing1911]

He was sirius

[@louisbarrette8578]

@@TheBoyBanditKing1911 😳😳😳

[@sorendaniels754]

@@TheBoyBanditKing1911 Lmao holy crap 😂😂😂

[@MentalParadox]

That would be low-hanging fruit.

[@spookysalmon7082]

i didnt realize, thats probably why they had him for he movie

[@FirstNameLastName-zv7ui]

Personally, I like the idea of "insteading using fake magic to be con men, they're using real magic and making it look fake enough to ..be con men." Much more than "they're just really good really smart magicians and better than everyone else."

[@Kim_Witt]

That's Night circus basically

[@turquoise7817]

@@Kim_Witt i read that book and completely forgot what it was about. one of the three books ive ever read in my life

[@SeraphinSnecmel]

@@turquoise7817could I ask for the other two?

[@turquoise7817]

@@SeraphinSnecmel Artemis Fowl and, uh...... maybe it's just two....

[@SeraphinSnecmel]

@@turquoise7817 ooh nice, I remember enjoying that series a lot as a kid

[@brodeynelson3547]

Now do Harry Potter but are they simply slight of hand masters

[@tomiwaaina5499]

This is so fucking funny

[@nabillun]

Wand 'manipulation' is indeed an essential wizarding skill...

[@peepeemeowmeow]

This made me laugh so hard

[@Lee86THUNDER]

Expelliarmor is actually very scientifically explainable.

[@cazza710]

@@Lee86THUNDER i hope this is a joke

[@UltravioletNomad]

I love that anytime anyone does a Cinema Sins parody they just end up doing their job better.

[@rick.dominguez]

cinema sins is so over the top and petty it's actually unwatchable

[@technicolorskies5432]

Cinama sins is like watching a movie with that one annoying friend who constantly talks during the movie

[@anb1142]

I was born on '03 and didn't understand English till about 2017 When 11 year old me watched this without subtitles I thought this movie was about actual wizards

[@harisreee6045]

Wtf hahahahaha

[@Dragonpuncher123]

Haha that’s a great story to show how insane the magic is in this film.

[@tacti-cool4022]

Well that proves the titles point

[@harisreee6045]

Isn’t the movie released when

[@ivoryas1696]

Anuja Nimesh Ngl, these top three comments are top tier.

[@fl00shysushi43]

fun fact: when henley was in the water screaming she was actually drowning but the directors thought it was just great acting

[@minastark9364]

Is that true

[@fl00shysushi43]

@@minastark9364 yup

[@jaylicious4694]

What the fu-

[@dysphoria3997]

yeah, one of the chains to the cuffs got stuck or something, and someone on set had to smash the glass with the axe to get her out

[@jaylicious4694]

@@dysphoria3997 Jesus 0_0 ok I searched for the interview where she described it, that's horrible !

[@mehirohouseki]

Ok but imagine you're a stage magician who gets invited to do this con with these other magicians who you think are also stage magicians but then it turns out they're actually using magic

[@karak962]

now THAT'S a movie plot oh my LORD. confused magician in a group of actual wizards. Bonus if the magician saves the wizards with stage magic at the end of the movie.

[@karak962]

wait screw movie. this would make a DELIGHTFUL video game.

[@TheRealAgentZero6]

I want to voice someone in this

[@dankdio2887]

@@karak962 bro setting things up perfectly hitman style for the stage play and then having your partner start floating 💀

[@crecs5362]

This idea sounds like a twist in a cartoon network series

[@esidarasun8151]

Oceans Eleven is one where you want to follow the heist and pay close attention. Now You See Me is one where you switch off your brain and enjoy the spectacle

[@yesmyrealnameisprincess]

Imagine a crossover though

[@samw363]

My ex loved these films, first of many red flags.

[@esidarasun8151]

@@samw363 Ok

[@ChainikVlad]

Yea, I kinda like more Ocean Eleven more because of this - feels more satisfying, I dunno. But this movie feels Deus Ex Machina-ish.

[@citriosis]

​@@samw363never thought i'd see a day where "liking heist movies" is a red flag but ok

[@romxxii]

I've mostly avoided this franchise because I thought it was about a bunch of Vegas illusionists running a card counting scheme. Now that I know it's about a coven of wizards pulling off heists with the power of the arcane, I _need_ to see this shit.

[@TheLalalalani]

The first one is actually really solid

[@jiro110]

@@TheLalalalani It's a pretty enjoyable film. The second film though not that interesting.

[@ALadCalledPruitt]

A bit closer to the power of . . . well, Arcane. Defs some hextech fuckery

[@kaydubsthekoifish]

So... How did it go?

[@janNowa]

I loved the first film but haven't seen it in years, second one was just okay.

[@alegria1813]

Still mad that "Now you see me 2" isn't named "Now you don't". I think about this everyday.

[@LetsBendReality]

🤭😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@oxymoron296]

I'm with you, vaping cat.

[@lila133]

Oh god well now you've mentioned it I'm fuming too

[@Goudafortuna]

@@lila133 been fuming since 2016

[@emersyn444]

grrrrrrr

[@jackhogan6630]

This movie could've been so cool if the characters were legit wizards, not just ridiculously good magicians. Then the movie could lean into the unbelievability of events instead of tiptoeing around it and ending up like it did. I feel like it would've actually grounded the story more, despite being far less realistic, because it wouldn't challenge your suspension of disbelief as much. Also the idea of an urban fantasy heist movie with this cast sounds really damn cool to me

[@actuallyjustanapple]

I actully thought that was this movie was about. Real wizard disguising their power as magician stuff

[@dannypavlov913]

But isn't the whole idea that it's a battle of wits, not real magic. That's actually what I like about the movie. The unbelievable wizard magic were the weaker parts of the movies for me.

[@Jet-fighter]

@@dannypavlov913 Yeah, agreed. They just need to pick one side, this uncomfortable middle ground works for nobody. Either have it be a realistic battle of wits or an epic fantasy heist movie. Both sound excellent to me.

[@jellyfish0311]

@Cryer24597 I did but the time cuts got way too messy

[@cryolumia]

I know books are kind of gross, but if you ever want to read about a fantasy-esque heist with wizards, I highly recommend the book “Six of Crows”

[@nogod1737]

I tend to come back to this video every 6 months and it’s just as funny each time

[@ArthurTorrias]

These two movies become 1000% better when you just accept that they are using magic.

[@vinaycn6557]

1.6k likes and no comments????

[@Delulu-To-Trululu]

The second film litteraly has evil Harry Potter

[@bobsmith4334]

I enjoyed the first movie because this is exactly how I saw it. The 2nd movie was definitely The Hangover 2 status in my opinion.

[@SpecialOperator]

@@vinaycn6557 yeah because the comment is so perfect there is no comment about it.

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

Just watch The Prestige, much better magician movie than this

[@dogatekin3020]

The video was going great until I suddenly fell asleep at 4:36.

[@surprisesdaedra2863]

Goddammit this made me laugh

[@sclair2854]

Same, caught me so off guard I woke up in china

[@krusher181]

Don’t let the fucking wizards hold you down, man.

[@alexlangenderfer6316]

I get it now.

[@Glassandcandy]

Thank you for the time stamp. I have severe insomnia so returning to this video every night just so I can sleep is a necessity.

[@RapperRank]

The thing about the card throw scene isn't that its not doable, its that every single throw was 100 percent accurate and thats the true wizardry.

[@samuelperezgarcia]

And that none of the Chinese guards saw the card.

[@QueenOfDarknes5]

The basic throws and catches are doable (they comlicated some but overall a version of this is doable). And having Luck even if the chances are slim is possible. The real thing, that makes this impossible is that the card flying around will produce sound. The guards would hear them.

[@TheSaintBigFoot]

And it was completely unnecessary lol

[@fart63]

@@TheSaintBigFoot true why couldn’t one of them just hide it the whole search scene and then do one risky throw through the metal detector at the end

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

It's why were they even doing it after passing inspection

[@greghoward1197]

I love revisting this video every few months. It lives rent free in my head

[@greghoward1197]

And now I'm watching the second one because reasons. And so here I am again feeding the algorithm 😊

[@Sarah_H]

The card scene is so ridiculous that I crack up whenever I watch it. This is SO extra and unnecessary and you cannot convince me that NONE of the guards noticed this random card doing fuckin' air gymnastics seemingly on its own

[@m4jki316]

yeah, I was young when I watched the first movie and I enjoyed it but it was imposible for me to watch the second one without cringing so many plot holes and bad writing, I genuinely think I could do it better with no experience at all

[@elgordobondiola]

It surprises me that shit doesn't make any sound cutting through the air like thag

[@LythiconPlays]

@@m4jki316Every day humans overestimate their ability to do something simply because they dislike whatever it is they are spectating. It’s spectacular.

[@m4jki316]

@@LythiconPlays obviously it was my first thought and I have no experience with movie industry but this is what comes to Your mind when You watch this kind of nonsense bullshit, especially afer watching many movies that are just well made and the plot makes perfect sense. You cannot convince me that a huge team of filmmakers took at least a mildly serious approach to the writing, all they cared about was special effects and firewroks in every single scene

[@channingtaintum]

And to think all they had to do was clench it between their buttcheeks. The guards never checked there.

[@LoganWH8]

The Eye was supposed to be the “keepers of *real* magic”, and they outright say that Mark Ruffalo has real magic, so it’s weird that the sequel acts like there isn’t real magic.

[@jasdanvm3845]

I really wonder if they retconned it.

[@NetherCrafterSMC]

@@jasdanvm3845 I hope the next sequel they start introducing this real magic

[@rafliavriza3651]

I love how you said Mark Rufallo and not Dylan, implying that canonically Mark Rufallo does indeed have real magic in real life

[@elizaelise5192]

the fact that they never outright confirmed if those were "real magic" or just super cool tricks themselves was one of my favorite things about the first movie. all the explanation in that one were just done by thaddeus, meaning that they're pretty much just speculations since we never actually saw the process happen outside of his point of view. I liked how ambiguous everything was, showing that even in the end, the magicians never revealed their tricks. them just retconning all that bummed me out when I saw the sequel

[@uilsoum875]

@@rafliavriza3651 he can turn green... of course he has real magic

[@destroyerinazuma96]

When an entire crew created the cooking manga Food Wars, they hired a pro chef who personally tested the feasibility of all dishes and provided ideas of her own. She was so good she stuck with the creators throughout the whole serie except for a short time when she went on maternity leave.

[@kittykat5090]

huh! that's actually really cool

[@destroyerinazuma96]

@@Mia_2512 you're welcome! I had no idea myself until recently. I believe her name is Yuki Morisaki.

[@aldemo762]

Wasn't the last arc of the manga, and the one most hated by the fandom specifically when she had to ask for maternity leave?

[@destroyerinazuma96]

@@aldemo762 probably. I have yet to watch the last season tho. I mostly watch ChepPK's reactions to it anyway, since it's riveting to hear a real cook give his two cents on the dishes and compare parts of the show to his own experience.

[@V3AM_]

@@aldemo762 The food started going wilder at that point as well

[@sigilvii]

This is like watching Mr. Crocker explaining the existence of fairy godparents to Timmy's mom and dad

[@cameronjadewallace]

Entertaining and hilarious?

[@DPadGamer]

I really enjoy these two movies because they are ridiculous. That said you have convinced me; they are definitely wizards.

[@Labradoodle1993]

I can only describe this films as the most unnecessary films of all time

[@fancorzzz]

I'm opposite. As heist movies go, these two films pissed me off the most, at least in Ocean series they kinda explained the methods and showed the walkthrough, in a more logic and realistic way. In this? MAGIC. And not just magician's ways but more like JK Rowling ones lmfao. What a lazy way to tell a story.

[@drugsmcsnortington]

I f*#king hate them simply because the sequel is called Now You See Me 2 instead of Now You Don't .....

[@rainegiangonzaga9885]

@@fancorzzz 1 word: Plot Convenience.

[@john-paulhunt9835]

Magicians and wizards are kind of like warlocks and witches in medieval dark age folklore the Catholic Church absolutely hated those people because they were considered blasphemy to the church back in those days in reality magicians are Magi messengers of the coming second coming of Jesus Christ if you believe that thing in the Bible it's something you would not want to ever read drunk cuz it can give you a nightmares when you think about it in that context.

[@Shoxic666]

Now I want a film where both real and fake magic are used together and figuring out when it's real or not is a big part of the movie.

[@NatureMichael]

The Prestige!

[@egoleo6693]

Yea that’s literally what the Prestige is about lol

[@irishPEDOelf]

@@egoleo6693 There is no real magic tho in Prestige.

[@egoleo6693]

@@irishPEDOelf I mean it depends on what your definition of real magic is. Hugh Jackmans characters magic trick isn't really technically real because he isn't actually teleporting but at the same time he did have a machine created to duplicate himself, and duplication is kind of what our world would consider "real magic" as it can't really be done.

[@irishPEDOelf]

@@egoleo6693 The thing is the machine does not actually work, the point was to fool the audience (us) to thinking it worked thats the ultimate trick.

[@mynameissomethingsomething5980]

They have Daniel Radcliffe the wizard playing a muggle in a wizardy movie

[@felipef1nn40]

Yeah, and Bruce Banner can teleport

[@Vallenium2]

Yknow, everything with wizards in it doesn’t have anything to do with Harry Potter. Pottyhead

[@elliswebster7041]

@@Vallenium2 it’s Daniel Radcliffe

[@broisyougobbling]

sarcasm or not? sarcasm or not? hmmm

[@Vallenium2]

@@elliswebster7041 your point being?

[@BrandynMakes]

This is my 15th time trying to watch this video. I seem to keep falling asleep around 5:00

[@UchihaKat]

I honestly thought the end of the first movie, when I watched it, was confirmation that magic was real and that they were going to be fully inducted into it, and then the trailer for the second movie made me think they were going to be going around doing real magic, ngl.

[@TheOldSoul]

I had the exact same thought

[@calfriedman6981]

Yeah, wasn’t that the point of The Eye and the plan and stuff? That they were proving themselves so that they could be inducted into the Eye and learn real magic? What happened to that plot thread?

[@aaronsantos515]

Yo, that would've been cool

[@williamhinrichs6558]

@@calfriedman6981 probably a marketing move

[@TheJjcczz]

@@calfriedman6981 The guys who wrote the story for the first movie didn’t write the story for the second one

[@swalker9789]

Imagine you're a truck driver for a bank, working long hours, following every rule and regulation mandatory to your role and you watch this movie with your family (who you only get to see on the weekends), only to have your intelligence insulted by a movie about hipster magicians.

[@Agustin_Leal]

That's oddly specific.

[@bighex5340]

@Josen No oh yeah, whatcha do for a living sir

[@bighex5340]

@Josen No understandable, have a nice day mister

[@holachao4509]

@Josen No Someone gotta do it, I wouldn't it would scare me

[@CASPB]

Good point. It's currently acceptable to mock the working class :(

[@jameshuot3706]

i like the idea that they were scoped out by the eye because they had untapped potential for real magic that was seeping into their street magic, making their weirder stunts go from mildly plausible to completely believable, and by the second movie they've been taught how to harness it properly and use it more easily

[@glitchxmars7415]

oh i love this take

[@deltaloraine]

This is what I always thought. They were just average people who got into street magic and eventually figured out magic is real

[@mucklowthebaronofmercia8295]

Now this makes sense

[@TheKaarnageShow]

So are we saying theres a chance top magician in real lifemight be slight wisards

[@davemccombs]

@@deltaloraine That's literally just headcanon, though. It makes the movie make sense. Unfortunately, the movie kinda fails for requiring us to come up with a headcanon that solves its many plot holes.

[@danielnemesio3388]

They actually influenced the french billionaire to go to Vegas by swinging poker chips in his face for one second while crossing the street. Riiiight

[@cameronjadewallace]

Like there aren't better casinos in Europe.... That literally was the thing that made me go "well, this WAS fun, but now it's dumb..."

[@WrathOfTheHydra]

"I'm not CinemaSins... I'm here to find the truth." I have never whipped the thumbs up so fast in my life until that line.

[@RNSONLYYY]

I don't get it

[@IntrusiveThot]

@@RNSONLYYY CinemaSins kinda just wants to nitpick to no actual end other than views, they say themselves they’re not looking to do real reviews

[@lxrdkenji]

@@IntrusiveThot well yeah it's called cinema sins. THEY literally tell there watchers that there going to make fun or nitpick any little thing. That's kinda the point

[@jm329]

@@lxrdkenji The problem is that they try nitpicking things that are explained in the movies.

[@jeltje50]

@@lxrdkenji they purposefully cut clips to make out of context sins. They blatantly misrepresent the movie and act like they don't understand what's happening. Watch the pulp fiction one. It's infuriating when you know the movie. Blatant lying.

[@brooksfaucette296]

I’d like to point out the rain trick is also impossible. It relies on water dropping in the same place at the same rate as the strobe. Even if that was somehow possible in rain, in the movie people remove their umbrellas and don’t get wet so ... yeah, he’s a rain god as well.

[@fangere]

The issue would be that the strobe lasts *some* amount of time - you would still be able to see the rain falling while the light was on

[@brooksfaucette296]

@@fangere well the trick is based on a real life trick. But again it can't work on something like rain. But its pretty cool when done right.

[@d.j.casanova960]

Not a rain god, just a water bender.

[@joshelliott1826]

This one others me too. While the water/strobe thing is actually real (you used to be able to get little shelf versions at Spencer's Gifts), all the people who took down their umbrellas and rain coats would still show splashes and evidence of getting wet

[@SKyrim190]

In the logic of the movie it was not real rain, but some cleverly positioned sprinklers. On the other point you are right, it is not actually making water go up, so people would feel the rain and get wet like normal

[@fluffymyato3334]

Movie idea: a movie about a master street magician who got pressed into a wizard school after being mistaken as one. He has to keep up this facade of being a wizard or he'll be killed. But with his luck and skills as a performer, he hilariously managed to convince everyone he's a talented wizard so much that he's seen as the chosen one who'll fight some ancient evil or something.

[@adammaher403]

I would watch the shit out of that movie

[@bitwize]

_Oz the Great and Powerful_ features a battle between the witches, using "actual" magic, and Oscar Diggs/Oz, using stage magic tricks and special effects while convincing them he is a real magician to intimidate them.

[@gammagames1413]

Bruh this is like Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun but with wizards instead of demons. I would watch the heck out of this

[@rassel5384]

OMG please inform me if there's a movie like this!

[@jordanbwalt]

The twist? They knew all along that he wasn't a real wizard, and that's precisely why he has to fight the "ancient evil." Because the ancient evil can sense or negate wizardry or something. But they had to play along so that he felt obligated to keep up the act and go through with it

[@99dfresh]

Idk what it is but I can’t finish this video without falling asleep at 4:38

[@Bloveddestroyer]

It’s crazy cause for some reason I was interested in the video and at that point exactly I wasn’t anymore

[@juicyjuice817]

😂😂😂😂

[@Adtomskio]

I'm still mad the second film wasn't called "Now You Don't"

[@jdtv50]

Maybe it’s called “now you see me TOO” for a reason

[@dragonknightkx]

@@jdtv50 there was no reason, they missed the perfect name.

[@khaansulu5695]

@@jdtv50 Just because you work in mysterious ways... lol they just missed a perfect opportunity

[@alexisb3829]

Me too

[@matthewhonnor]

This triggered me so much

[@gf1006]

The “Qi Blast” scene as you like to call it actually had a shot cut out where Woody Harrelson actually showed the driver a clip from a CW show - resulting in instant boredom and thus sleep

[@mlghassan]

good one lol

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

Are you sure it wasn't RAMPART

[@sebastiansuazo2734]

CW??

[@ericf.a8623]

@@sebastiansuazo2734 the guys who made riverdale, arrow, the flash, etc...

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

The Legends of Tomorrow are too busy having fun to care about your joke.

[@notsosadbart6343]

I've seen this movie a couple dozen times, and I had NO IDEA that Jay Daniel Atlas was supposed to be hot or sexy at all. I took him as an "I'm better than you" smartass who you want to be mad at, but he's so skilled you really can't say shit about it. If they were going for hot and charismatic then Jessie Eisenberg and James Franco definitely should've swapped roles. Or maybe not, tbh I like the character of Jay the way he is, he just never came off the way they were trying to make him come off

[@piglet2548]

Dave

[@Rubiecat]

I don't think anyone would put Jessie Eisenberg in the hot category he's just normal there's no way that's what they were going for

[@idontneedaname318]

I HUNDRED PERCENT agree Dave Franco was so so so much more charming to watch than Jessie Eisenberg

[@WaitinInAmber]

Jessie Eisenberg always seems to play an “I’m better than you” smartass. idk if he’s typecast or that’s just how he actually is. Either way, definitely should have swapped roles if “hot and charismatic” is what they wanted for Jay Daniel Atlas.

[@LenaFerrari]

Agreed. Maybe this guy has a thing for Eisenberg and thought everyone else did?

[@I-am-saT]

Merit and a bank driver thing is kinda real. He could hypnotize truck guard in advance, for him to pass out the same moment he gonna see him again. Like "next time you see me you'll gonna pass out".

[@davorzdralo8000]

Yeah, except hypnosis doesn't work like that in real life.

[@Aedi]

​@@davorzdralo8000real hypnosis has evidently no impact on the hypnosis in these movies. you need about 2 sentences of explanation to justify hypnosis doing anything here

[@notsosadbart6343]

That truck scene with Merit really could've been fixed with a 5 second scene of him talking to the guy driving the truck. He was already dressed as a cop so he could've walked up to the window or had the guy step out. Then he could've kept hiding the wizard he truly is!

[@synaesteddy]

Sometimes when you're under pressure you just need to use your wizarding magic and be done with it. No time for chit-chat.

[@MegaTech81]

Hard to hypnotize the guy tho if he doesn't understand English since he was French

[@fredranzalot4849]

@@MegaTech81 I mean, it's more plausible than putting him under with a look. Besides, they were planning the heist for a year. He probably had time to pick up some basic french.

[@Kokopelli711]

It was the lights. Look at the motorcycle’s lights and the reflection in the windshield. I haven’t seen it in years but I don’t think it was ever said that Merritt knocked him out from just looking at him. I think this guy just assumed it.

[@antokarman2064]

@@Kokopelli711 so what you're saying is some head lights and light reflections on the windshield can make people sleepy? Damn, I knew i wasn't drunk when i hit that kid and his dog too

[@dracocrusher]

The Pirannah trick is actually pretty explainable when you realize that actual piranhas don't eat people, so you swap her with a body double with a trick tank of some kind, start flailing for drama, light up a few blood packets, and the actual magician hides in the audience. The hardest part would be when and how they did the swap, but considering actual magicians have found ways to do similar things, so it's workable.

[@YEs69th420]

The piranhas were audience plants

[@dracocrusher]

@@YEs69th420 Every single piranha was paid off beforehand and they're acting as hard as possible. You look in the tank afterwards and you can see them flashing bills at each other to compare who made the most bank off of this gig.

[@i9incher]

The piranha trick could work like this in real life: LED screen on hydraulics. blood capsules. and trap door. The top tank has water in it with an led screen that makes it "look" like it's a see through container, but its not. When it opens up the water covers the front of the glass container for a bit that faces the audience, masking her for a bit. When this happens it turns on the led screen on hydraulics. It comes out of the floor behind the glass, but the tank actually has its own section built into it that is see through but has a top and second layer of glass behind it so that water can't get in. (Think of like those mugs that you put in the freezer that have liquid in them already) The water covering the front part would mask any inconsistencies in positioning between her in real life and her pre recorded video. She then squeezes the blood capsules to match the video. Then, while its playing, she is actually sent through the trap door at the bottom to then reappear in the audience. There never were piranhas. 😎 And you wouldn't even need a body double. 👍

[@dracocrusher]

@@i9incher Super easy alternate situation: The tank has a smaller 'tank' inside of it, basically, a glass square that the piranhas can swim around. So she goes down into the inner tank, the fish start moving, she flails around to work up some bubbles and sets off the blood pellets for drama, and then she slips out the trap door and into the crowd in the chaos. Even if the water drained out from the inner tank, you wouldn't really be able to see a difference because there'd be water in the outer tank, as well, I think.

[@fugyfruit]

That's only technically correct Penn and Teller tried doing a piranha trick and Teller got bit really bad to the point he had to get medical attention, so while piranhas don't eat people jumping in a piranha tank and flailing around would still be incredibly dangerous

[@ArnLPs]

You didn't even mention the woman at the very beginning who was hypnotized to not be able to move or talk as she had to watch the fact that her husband cheated on her with her sister, only for her mind to be erased afterwards. That's not just immoral, that sounds like a horror scenario to me.

[@cakes6537]

LMAO WHAT???

[@BarackLesnar]

hypnotism is a sexual fetish and it is very creepy and gross

[@BioshockDrill]

What??????

[@ArnLPs]

@@BioshockDrill If you have seen the movie you probably can tell what scene I'm talking about. But basically this Hypnotist guy, hypnotises a woman to not be able to move or talk, then negotiates a payment with her husband for making his wife forget what happened, before telling him that he knows he cheated on his wife. So basically his wife is completely frozen and can't move and has to live through her memories being sold. This scene is very early in the movie, having a very "look how quirky this guy is" vibe to it, as it's there to introduce the audiences to the hypnotists powers.

[@kentinson1670]

This shit is definitely magic. I 100% believe the four horsemen are some sort of wizards from the Harry Potter world

[@alexmoon066]

The dumbest plot hole was cop being magician all along

[@dead_vibes]

When I saw that I took back everything good I had to say

[@AtomicFlounder42]

I find that these movies are much more fun if you watch them just accepting that they're wizards and can do real magic. Goes from "how are they doing this shit with slight of hand" to "oh he teleported in the curtain, that's fucking awesome"

[@joshuaperrine2019]

Even then it still doesn't make sense

[@chaosandbunnies8291]

@@joshuaperrine2019 Magic doesn't have to make sense, that's why it's magic

[@AtomicFlounder42]

@@92brunod cause not every wizard has unlimited powers you fool. You think just possessing magic and bouncing some cards means you can teleport out of a building? No, it's magic based on illusion, not just stupid fucking normal magic

[@AtomicFlounder42]

@@92brunod it's magic based on illusion, like what cards tricks are. They're not teleporting out of a building, that's not an illusions, they're gonna make it seem like they walked through a wall or some shit. Seems like you just want to dislike these movies if you missed the point of my comment that hard

[@fart63]

@@joshuaperrine2019 bro magic doesn’t make sense it’s magic

[@cameronphenix2096]

Something a lot of grand illusion magicians attest to is being able to simply walk through the crowd and nobody notice them at all. In the tricks where they disappear from stage and reappear in the crowd, they quite literally do just walk into it and nobody notices because everybody is distracted. Also, piranhas have no desire to eat living things unless they are starved immensely, and really won't eat at all if they're already full. Also I'm pretty sure they were implying the driver of the truck was already hypnotized to fall asleep when he saw Merit. The rest of the movie and the sequel is pretty much impossible.

[@fangere]

I think the problem was more that Henley was able to from thbe tank to the crowd between frames.

[@TheAcdcninja]

Yeah quicksand and piranhas were two things that as a child I was made to think would be actual hazards in my life.

[@i3rucei3ruce]

The fact that piranhas might sometimes not kill humans is irrelevant; on screen, we are shown a human being killed by piranhas.

[@cameronphenix2096]

@@i3rucei3ruce On screen you see piranhas dumped into a tank and a red liquid appear inside the tank while the women is no longer visible. Trap door underneath the tank, red dye injected into the water, body obscured by panicking piranhas. It's pretty simple, really. Now, of course the movie opted to use camera cuts to create the illusion instead of thousands of dollars and several months of engineers and metal workers making the mechanisms and set for the trick, but the end result is the same.

[@idontneedaname318]

i still have a hard time believing even if he was alreayd hypnotized merrit could activae theat hypnosis withal ook

[@javicontreras2315]

“We can tell it’s impossible because we also look at his face and we don’t fall asleep” Top level analysis right there. Absolutely loved it 😂

[@natenelson9102]

Well we can add some space for his wizardry there if we assume he had previously hypnotized this guy and has his face as a trigger to sleep. Did the movie show this? No. Is it still magic? Yes, but it would have been inline with his other spells he cast earlier

[@nickjpowers]

I can't get past the usage of the phrase "CHI BLAST". Incredible video!!!!

[@speedysloth2868]

"I'm not cinema sins, I'm here to find the truth" honestly my favorite statement, that made me chuckle a lot

[@dontcare7086]

I read this comment right as he turned the video into cinemasins at 16 mins or so 😂

[@RazzleRyan]

"You little shit!" "You little shit!" "What game you playin'?" "What game you playin'?" That scene goes so hard, it's by far the one part of the movies that stays in my head.

[@indominuswrex9465]

Honestly peak scene, I love these movies idc

[@trequor]

"Stop that this instant!" "Stop that this instant!" ".... Or what?" Only true cinema snobs remember the OG

[@camo6465]

“I’m not CinemaSins. I’m here to find the truth.” Ouch 😂

[@elpenguinoofmexico1388]

CinemaSins themselves acknowledge that they're just bullshitters and hardly have actual points, especially abt half their hypothetical scenarios they proprose

[@corbans5796]

@@elpenguinoofmexico1388 😂 theres literally always one guy with this exact comment.

[@swaglevi4315]

@Kirby virus with a knife UPGRADED VERSION another thing they bring up "we're assholes! :D"

[@JayCurb]

@@elpenguinoofmexico1388 please don’t do that bullshit. they can say that all they want, but during their videos they make legitimate criticism about shit, thus, negating the actual reason why they say they exist on KZbin in the first place. They are a shit channel and very hypocritical and there is a lot of evidence to back that online...

[@jager6444]

@@JayCurb Cinima Sins is a comedy channel. I don’t see how you can think what they do is bad. It’s not a good review for a movie but that was never the point of their channel anyway.

[@Dublin.DareDevil]

The Henly opening trick. Piranhas are actually very docile and tame unless they have been starved. If you feed them they won’t attack

[@illogicalbear6200]

Pirahnas wont attack anything the swarm can't devour entirely, and Pirahnas dont eat that much as an individual- they'd have needed more fish. My 8th grade homeroom teacher had one in a tank in his classroom, and the red-bellied fish would let you pet him, which scared the shit out of the other students when i did it.

[@cameronjadewallace]

From what I've come to understand (mostly through Danganronpa 3, so I'm still not thoroughly convinced this is true) they prefer unalive meat. If it's moving/thrashing, they see it as a threat, rather than food.... But! I don't know how that works if they're unconscious, I'm not very smart or knowledgeable....

[@tubester358]

The real stage magic is how the movie distract you with all the flashing lights and noise from all the plot holes, and it's all so high quality.

[@nignamedmutt7270]

This movie makes me think of when I hear people say something like "KING KONG RIPPED A T-REX'S JAW OPEN! HE MUST BE SO STRONG TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DUDE ISN'T THAT CRAZY?!?!" ..... not really?.... it's a fictional character..... he could be as strong as the writers imagination wants him to be. If king Kong is a bad example just replace it with the hulk. I don't understand when people are amazed by a fictional entities strength. Like it get it might surprise you or something but..... otherwise just wait till the end of the movie or whatever, and just take the whole story as it is, there's not really anything "amazing" when the topic being discussed is just being made up with no limitations applied from the start.

[@tubester358]

@@nignamedmutt7270 You mean to say it's not amazing or crazy how strong Goku is because he's a fictional character? Can't say I agree, if the character is crazy strong it's exciting coz you can theoretically throw even stronger things at them and get some intense spectacle as a result or even exceed the limits you'd set Not sure what this has to do with the NYSM movie anyway, but magicians aren't a fictional concept if that's what you mean, wizards are I guess, that's the point of the title, asking the question "are we supposed to believe this could happen or not?"

[@user-sx4qu4dz9z]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@nignamedmutt7270This is just stupid logic. People are amazed because we can’t see that in normal life. Yes it’s obvious that King Kong and Hulk are strong. What’s NOT obvious is the choreography that goes into the making of any action sequence. It is a literal goal of the directors to make certain scenes like that memorable and eye candy. Shit is NOT hard to grasp my guy, people are amazed at the SPECTACLE. Get your head out of your ass and things like that will be a little more clear to you

[@SecretMarsupial]

@@tubester358saitama destroys Goku in every scenario so who cares. Also thanks for proving DB fans really are some of the most obnoxious people to ever suck air.

[@b_delta9725]

@@tubester358 i think if the movie shows a guy that can make you fall asleep by just looking at you, and a magic carpet that reveals a portal then, yes, you're supposed to believe none of it is really possible. idk why the director even pretends they're trying to be realistic

[@Galactic_15]

The chair spin is actually possible. I spent many a bored day in highschool and I can tell you that anything can be balanced, even chairs.

[@nixiejamies2330]

True there are tons of videos of impossible things being balanced

[@sasueuchiha7408]

Yeah try balancing my life...checkmate!

[@bladeHunterYone]

Ah self-burn, those are rare

[@modernyin6275]

@@sasueuchiha7408 naruto can lol

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

I've never done it but I know that it's possible because classmates have.

[@semibreve]

I like how he sets his ground rules of what he's going to nitpick and what he's allowing to be "suspension of disbelief"-ed away at the start, and then presents his (good) commentary. Too many review channels just critique any fault they find, without taking into any consideration the setting of the film, the real-world issues surrounding production, etc. Good shit man.

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Arguing over what "rules" of nitpicking are allowed for a _fictional_ work is retarded.

[@joaoassumpcao3347]

@@MichaelPohoreski no they are not, because suspension of disbelief only goes so far and is dependant on the setting. Magic in Harry Potter is believable, but magic in Wolf of Wall Street wouldn't be (unless it was in one of THOSE sequences)

[@MichaelPohoreski]

​@@joaoassumpcao3347 Utter nonsense. 1. There is _no such thing as a perfect movie._ 2. You can ALWAYS be critical. (And for the Stupid Juvenile Whiners it IS possible to be extremely critical of a movie and STILL love it.) 3. Suspension of disbelief is based on what the person KNOWS. That is, the LESS they know the less likely they are to be critical and be less aware on inconsistencies and continuity errors. Likewise, the more they know, the more likely they are likely to be aware of inconsistency and continuity errors. i.e. As a graphics programmer CG lighting errors in movies stick out like a sore thumb to me because I know what to look for. Other's don't see the problem because they don't know what to look for. Animators easily see mistakes in walking / running animations because they work with that all the time -- it is their job. There is only ONE question you need to ask yourself? *Was I entertained in-spite of all the problems?* Putting up artificial barriers for what can be criticized is retarded. WHO decides what is acceptable and what is "untouchable"? You? Me? Is it _nice_ when movies are Logically Consistent? Yes, of course! Is it _necessary_ ? No. It is 100% fictional. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if you are aware that for one frame there was a continuity error. It only becomes a problem when obsessing over dumb nit-picks stops you from enjoying the movie. Bad writing, bad character development, bad acting, plot armor, etc. all detract from the user experience. Tossing out critical thinking is extremely myopic -- it makes excuses for a shit movie. Likewise, obsessing over being hyper-critical also misses the entire fucking point of a movie: To have FUN. We should never stop questioning everything. It helps us grow when we learn a different perspective.

[@gileee]

@@MichaelPohoreski Nice job write a whole essay that doesn't make any point beyond "mOvieS aRe AbOuT hAVinG FuN" and still being wrong somehow

[@MichaelPohoreski]

@@gileee /whoosh

[@unclenegan6694]

3:50 genuinely made me laugh out loud. well done pointing out that part

[@JacobGeller]

Oh, a perfect video, cool

[@auroralong5437]

Jacob!!

[@PengusKhan]

I knew I sniffed a nose nearby

[@speakwithanimals]

Now I know why this was in my recommended!

[@gigglefats]

Cool to see Jacob supporting smaller content creators

[@nativehammerhead]

Oh, a perfect comment

[@superbad8008]

“I’m not Cinema sins. I’m here to find the truth.” *Hot Damn* , I need some ice water after that one.

[@noahboone524]

“I got a great idea for the title for the sequel to ‘Now You See Me’” “Oh, lemme guess, ‘Now You D-‘“ “-‘See Me 2’, that’s right” “Oh so its like ‘Now You See Me, Too’, like t-o-o, right?” “Nope, Now You See Me 2”

[@333dae]

@@balloonfiesta15 if they make it explicit that it's part of the duology then it won't be bad, fits the campy nature of the movies

[@iiiivvvv9986]

@@balloonfiesta15 but, like, "now you see me, now you don't"?

[@star88wars]

@@balloonfiesta15 It will rightly fit with these movies tone. I dont know how would make it worst

[@jakelee7083]

@@balloonfiesta15 That name is memeworthy of people not watching the movie. Now you see me, now you don't.

[@kenzij]

It still makes me mad that it's not named "Now You Don't", but I never thought of the "Too" thing, so now I'm going to be mad about that.

[@Benennatis]

Had this video constantly in my recommended for over 2 years so I finally decided to watch it.

[@jarvis]

i have never laughed harder at a video title

[@halfsquat2363]

Thank you for uploading ❤️

[@ayaanosaurasrex6582]

Lier

[@ghosttraintittiebeaan4879]

oh hey its my biggest youtube crush

[@BenjiM514]

You are trying your best

[@ayaanosaurasrex6582]

@@AZP-im7gk thanks hehe

[@pearljam6976]

The piranha tank trick is slightly more plausible to pull off. Piranhas aren't inherently that agressive so they probably wouldn't attack her just for entering the tank. Then all you need is a bubble/wirlpool effect, sone red dye and a trap door at the bottom of the tank for her to escape from and you're good.

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

+++

[@lenkagamine4145]

If she escapes from the tank through a trap door after its already full of water, how does the water... stay in the tank?

[@fedyaintheflesh]

@@lenkagamine4145you could have a constant flow of water into the tank, then it wouldn’t be a problem to have some of it flow through the trap door

[@potatosordfighter666]

@@fedyaintheflesh You don't really understand how physics works do you?

[@dr.blockcraft6633]

​@@lenkagamine4145The trap Door has An area Also filled With water, That acts Like an Airlock. Open the Trap door, Swim down, Close trap, Exit watery Air lock, Tip the Janitors, and Sneak your Way into The crowd

[@DonEBrooke32]

if you looked closely, you could SEE which card was about to be shown on the lights of that skyscraper. 1:10 the card was focused on i think maybe a tenth of a second longer than the rest of the deck.

[@cadufraga6851]

"most of those people wouldn't tackle a cop' That hits different today

[@LeoVader]

not that they shouldn't.

[@funnyepic7054]

@@LeoVader ok

[@davidtucker9498]

Well, yeah, they're not bla- Oh, wait, at cops the good guys or bad guys now? I get so confused depending on who they are arresting...

[@im_creature4690]

i happened to read this comment at the exact moment he said the line lol

[@DiggitySlice]

@@LeoVader they shouldn't

[@eeeeee5079]

i cant explain it but this video is one of the most beautiful and talented things i have ever seen come out of comedy. the structure of the jokes, the succession at which they come, the delivery, your cadence, the editing, and video topic just make it one of those things that would be studied in masterclasses on how to be a Funny KZbin Guy. kinda like how they make u read frankenstein and shakespeare in creative writing classes

[@eeeeee5079]

like i cant stress this enough. its been a couple weeks since i saw this for the first time but its still so fucking cool!!!. like i could write a little thesis on the structuring in this video!!! it's like pioneering a new genre of art, like how van gogh was immortalized for his use of color and is studied in classes teaching painting but this is pioneering a new genre of comedy if that makes sense. like u'd never find this on snl or late night tv, but it fits so perfectly on youtube and encapsulates what differentiates internet comedy from standup or sketches. its just sooo cool to see people recognized for the merit of their art, especially when that art is comedy and u my funny little guy have done it. you have made art. awesome beautiful art about some big budget movie that i like seeing more than the actual movies and still has me laughing even though i've seen it so many times i've memorized it and has burrowed itself so deeply i wrote my silly little comments.... so awesome

[@LeoVader]

​@@eeeeee5079 wow, i'm glad i saw this. thank you so much, that is incredibly meaningful to hear! i appreciate you taking the time to write it.

[@annakepes8050]

So true eee eee!

[@dabocousin]

Its not that deep

[@GalaxyAeterna]

@@LeoVader you funny now I subscrib

[@marcreep]

him yelling "she's a witch!" while failing to spin a chair is gonna be iconic cinema history moment

[@sterlingklein5626]

THANK YOU I was looking for anyone to have said it already bc it's true and should be said. That being said, his shout of "She's A Witch!" Needs to be immortalized as a gif.

[@emissary8071]

I remember watching this movie with my parents and being so confused at some of these tricks so watching this video has been so fun

[@52flyingbicycles]

The moment the writers knew they had access to CGI, at least some of the tricks were guaranteed to be witchcraft. The only way to make them all plausible magicians with zero magic (I.e. stuff that breaks the laws of physics as we know them) would be to be 100% irl practical effects. And no trying to get away with stuff through editing. Long takes.

[@FrancisR420]

Practical effects could easily create impossible against the laws of physics magic just like CGI could Make it look like you did simple sleight of hand. I'll assume by practical effects you mean unaltered magic tricks

[@Kali-bs7oj]

What? Things can still be plausible even if you use CGI. For example, the very first card trick. You don’t need to practically light up a building like that.

[@Max-df5zp]

I strongly disagree because thats nonsense! You just need one guy like this youtuber to analyze it all and then done.

[@joeltimonen8268]

@@Kali-bs7oj I think their point was that because of CGI the writers would most definitely go beyond plausible real world magic tricks. Which they did.

[@samus88]

I want to live in a world where the word "magic" stops meaning fictional powers. Magicians are peolpe who do tricks, illusions, etc. They are real and magic exists. That's what magic means to me. I have no idea why superpowers are also called magic.

[@Mysteri0usChannel]

You can even plot them to the different schools of magic! Jack Wilder: Conjuration McKinney: Echantment J. Daniel Atlas: Transmutation Lula: Illusion Now, if we could just get a Necromancer in there somehow...

[@AK-qh6lr]

Henley Reeves: Necromancy. She clearly died to those pirrhanas (no idea how to spell that), but she had cast Contingency with Revivify before the show, and then used Misty Step to appear in the crowd

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

The first’s movie’s tricks where somewhat believable but the second one’s were off the rails

[@ryansizemore5064]

You got it backwards. Isnt 2 just them literally hacking a guy. These are the worst movies ever made either way.

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

@@ryansizemore5064 The worst movies ever made huh? That’s a ridiculously tall order

[@ganbitx2391]

@@ryansizemore5064 Wonder Woman 1984 would like a word with you

[@jacobblake7474]

@Wesley EP except aquaman, shazam, man of steel, and wonder woman

[@heatherheath3834]

@@jacobblake7474 y'all are really sleeping on the worst films. you ever seen battlefield earth?

[@DominicVanBunnens]

Thats me at the front of the london crowd scene 16:55 with the silver hair and brown gloves black coat and camel scarf. We filmed that scene in london in the pouring rain for a long night into the early hours and we were screaming in english but i think we got dubbed as we were all swearing due to the cold and it being a shit film. I got a nice feature though!

[@lukenel29]

I realize that this is likely largely irrelevant by this point but piranhas aren't actually that dangerous. As long as they aren't on the brink of starvation/are moderately well feed their pretty much harmless. The blood could be achieved easily enough with some red dye in the water, and a trap door wouldn't be that difficult either. The only problem would be that you'd have to keep the other side of the trap door flooded to allow for the water pressure to equalize and thus ensure that it didn't all just empty out.

[@FS4SS]

Yeah but as always has to be brought up when talking about Magic + Piranhas ... When Penn and Teller did an episode of Bullshit! on Piranhas being dangerous, Teller did in fact get bit pretty bad while his foot was in the tank with them haha.

[@jordanleighton6893]

@@FS4SS you don’t see that she has no bites tbf

[@chrisliveinyourroom]

@@FS4SS why did Penn and Teller not use the breed of piranhas that don't bite? I doubt the laymen would know the difference

[@jamiecumbee4108]

Easy they had all the piranhas put to sleep and a dentist came in and pulled all thier teeth. Just throwing it out there. I'm on shrooms and starting to come down some.

[@captainbadassitude1845]

There is slot of petty nitpicks here, it’s weird.

[@gracealyssa28]

I think about this constantly, the entire time I was watching expecting it to be revealed that they’re supernatural beings

[@revimfadli4666]

I'd rather have one of them being actually magical, while the rest use "mundane" trickery with varying flavors, from sci-fi tech to simple sleight of hand Mixing the mundane and the magical always interests me

[@rashiroselin]

Wait until Now You See Me 3.

[@ThePrinceofHisOwnKingdom]

Isn't that what they was hyping in the end of the 2nd movie?

[@GlizKhalifa]

My theory for Merritt's Chi-blast was always that he had just hypnotized the guy ahead of time, some "next time you see my face you'll sleep" deal. Perhaps a little outside the realm of hypnotism, but definitely less wizard than a chi-blast

[@ThatPianoNoob]

I'm not convinced that hypnotism could ever be practised on an unwilling suspect. And even then the stage hypnotism is just stooges anyway.

[@px43]

The blue flashing light might have helped too.

[@amgoat5167]

I was under the impression that Merritt pretended to pull him over for speeding and the head drop was just an “ah crap” from the driver

[@poggorseel]

and they coudlve just explained it by saying they somehow just got some gas that madeh im fall asleep in there

[@samus88]

@@ThatPianoNoob Hypnotism doesn't exists, dude. If a person has to be "willing", then is it hypnotism, or just a person literally playing along? It's all fake.

[@squidwizard4319]

Brother stopped the rain are we forgetting

[@TitusBrawn]

The fact that the sequel was not named “Now You Don’t” is the biggest sin of them all

[@Madeleinewith3Es]

ANOTHER ONE OF US. I will forever be disappointed in them for the missed chance for the perfect sequel title.

[@derrilazkia1002]

That'd be as cheesy as Iron Man saying, "No sh*t Sherlock" to Doctor Strange

[@derrilazkia1002]

@Souven Tudu no they didn't do it,but it'd probably really cringe if they did

[@GreyeHazel]

@@derrilazkia1002 That's actually really funny that 2 Avengers both played Sherlock Holmes

[@DiamondFire]

It's because they had a third one planned lol

[@josha5933]

I'm concerned the KZbin algorithm managed to recommend this video that seems so perfectly and specifically designed for me

[@JM-oc2bs]

MAGIC

[@AngelaMerici12]

God!! I really love our god Algorithm, but sometimes, I'm afraid of him.

[@wryn.is.trying]

Lula May is 100% the kind of wizard who uses her wizard magic to set the stage for her actual sleight of hand in an unreasonable amount of time (i.e. she modified the couch with magic so she could do the decapitation thing as just a prop trick)

[@nugget3687]

She may be a wizard but she appreciates the art of stage magic

[@aidan.armstrong]

The comedic timing in this video is perfect I’ve watched it too many times to count

[@KeanuOR]

Then JK Rowling admits to the audience that they, too, were wizards all along.

[@AlephSharp]

and then tells them that they are all biologically a single gender, because she heard it from a friend she agreed with while drunk 10 years ago, and also they use their floors as toilets

[@jerubaal101]

Careful, the mere mention of her name may send sections of this audience reeing.

[@VelaiciaCreator]

@@jerubaal101 I loved her work growing up, but god is she soooooo... wrong these days. (would like to say that people having legitimate issues with her is not "ree" culture)

[@daimhinaubrey3194]

i laughed out loud at your comment omg too accurate 🤣🤣🤣

[@cashnelson2306]

ohhhhhh that explains the transphobia

[@kunyoruyo]

I always thought that the whole point The Eye was that they were actual magic wizards and were testing the 4 horsepeople to join them and reveal the secret of true magic. Thats why in the second one the can do more imposible things.

[@realtalkz3930]

Exactly

[@memyself898]

You're a wizard harry....

[@handsomesquidward5160]

Is that confirmed?

[@mattwayne9128]

@@handsomesquidward5160 Nope. I have no idea what made OP think this. It's pretty blatant in this movie that it's all supposed to be fake.

[@Granglife]

Oh wait I thought your name was greed

[@unknowncreature-0069]

The bounce throw is actually one of the most feasible throws of that scene. It's basically the same as that thing that sometimes happens when you drop a piece of paper and it just fuckin levitates across the floor, the air underneath the card (or paper) gets compressed, causing the card to bounce back up. Birds like seagulls, pelicans, etc. use the same thing to their advantage when they fish.

[@jret65541]

Someone never made a vinyl balloon hovercraft and it shows

[@unknowncreature-0069]

@@jret65541 except I did but ok

[@giselle9230]

True, it is a known move in ultimate frisbee too

[@michaelkim3930]

@@giselle9230 was about to say this too.

[@unknowncreature-0069]

@@giselle9230 I don't play frisbee, but you're exactly right.

[@somerandomschmuck2547]

Just going to assume this is secretly a Mage: The Ascension movie, and these are all Awakened hiding their Magic behind performance art to avoid attracting Paradox.

[@Anomen77]

14:30 If rain is artificially generated and falling always at the same speed from the same spots and being flashed by a certain frequency, it is possible to make it look like the water drops are frozen in the air, or even going up. However water is still falling down, people feel it drop on their body, hear the sound it makes when hitting surfaces and they get wet. So it's absolute bullshit. There's a reason why this trick is always performed in a controlled environment, be it inside a box or a fenced-off fountain. It does not work if the water is falling onto people.

[@matthewhubka6350]

Also, outside wind would cause huge problems. There are other problems causing it to never be done as good as it was done in the movie, or even close

[@julesking1303]

Also I can’t help but watch that scene and think “anyone in that crowd with epilepsy coulda fuckin died, just so Jesse Eisenberg could smugly say he was more powerful than god”

[@elias4416]

@JosiexJosie lol true 😂 “Hey, look at all these people dying around me, see? I’m a god”

[@Etherman7]

" The Christian God parted a Sea, sent down pillars of fire that lasted weeks, destroyed cities, made a woman pregnant, flooded the world and started the whole universe. But I have a strobelight, checkmate god."

[@lakshaykochhar6799]

"Made a woman pregnant" Just a womAn? What's so special about that? You should meet Zeus.

[@ProjectEkerTest33]

@@lakshaykochhar6799 The woman question: "Yes... God made me pregnant... Totally didn't just have sex before marriage."

[@jakelee7083]

@@lakshaykochhar6799 Because he didn't need to come down to Earth. In fact, He came after the woman. Zeus might have more children, but he ain't a better Father XD

[@66maybe66]

I can do one of those. I mean, I haven't. But I could.

[@snowtrick2907]

@@66maybe66 you can part the sea?!

[@UpstageBeast]

This movie is actually composed of live performances throughout the whole thing, and pulled the greatest magic trick of all- pulling a sequel out of thin air.

[@judy3827]

I was so high when I watched those movies and I still struggled to have any suspension of disbelief ...well from what I remember which isn't much tbh

[@wqwwqwqqpoppopoo]

I was so mad watching these movies. They were pulling off impossible, supernatural miracles and then just smirking at the camera like "pretty good trick huh?"

[@reyasem]

Exactly. One of the premises is to show that magics are just tricks. But then they just straight up used wizardry

[@DukeofStratosphear]

I was waiting for them to reveal how things were actually done and then the movie ended

[@frog1405]

I mean, from what I remember, the original intention is that "The Eye" from the first movie are just actual wizards, and were basically testing the horsemen to see if they were worthy of learning actual magic, but then the second film had a different director (and I'm guessing writer) who decided they didn't want to go through with that.

[@DukeofStratosphear]

@@frog1405 that would make the first movie watchable if it was revealed at the end that they were actual magicians, or at least an elaborate explanation of how everything was done. But instead it was a twist ending that made no sense and 0 explanation for how any of the tricks were done lol

[@Bingo_the_Pug]

The only thing missing from these movies was that there wasn’t a giant portal to another dimension that opened up in the sky