The other night, I sat down with my girlfriend and we viewed "The Prestige" featuring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman. For those who don't know, this movie is all about magic tricks and how conjurers - at least the ones in the movie - would stoop to any lows in order to learn the other's secrets. They wanted to be the best magicians, which is something that I'm sure all others in this line of work strive to be. How much more impressive would their acts be if kettlebells were employed?
One of the several magic tricks seen in the movie at great length is the water tank escape, which features the person being brought into a filled glass tank with the task of escaping the binds that tie them. It's a suspenseful trick, to be certain, but I'd have to believe that kettlebells could be made useful here as well in order to heighten the act. The added weight would not only force the person to cope with more leverage against them but make them utilize the versatility of the weight in question. Fitness authorities the likes of Lorna endorse these and there are many reasons for doing so.
Another trick that I'm sure many people have seen before involves the Chinese linking rings. The object behind these is to free them from one another, though it doesn't seem so easy with solid metal. It's possible, though, and I believe that such an act could be brought to kettlebells as well. Illusion is something which is utilized in many tricks - this one included - but I think I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't at least some form of maneuvering that was necessary to make the trick happen.
There is also one other strategy shown in the movie that I thought was both impressive and suspenseful. Alfred Borden, who is Bale's character, makes use of the bullet catch trick. The trick goes like this: the bullet is stored into the gun but it never reaches the point where firing it off would be deadly, or even painful. Deception is also used in order to mimic the sound and appearance of a gun going off so that the viewing audience is left impressed. It's a trick that only sensible magicians can pull off.
As someone who was only slightly interested in magic originally, "The Prestige" definitely opened my eyes to a world that I knew very little about. Not only did I learn about the secrets of these tricks - at least to some level - but I saw just how passionate these people can become when it comes to their own art. Sometimes they can downright barbarous, which is something that I suppose goes for any job where the public eye is present. I still have faith that these free weights could come into play.
One of the several magic tricks seen in the movie at great length is the water tank escape, which features the person being brought into a filled glass tank with the task of escaping the binds that tie them. It's a suspenseful trick, to be certain, but I'd have to believe that kettlebells could be made useful here as well in order to heighten the act. The added weight would not only force the person to cope with more leverage against them but make them utilize the versatility of the weight in question. Fitness authorities the likes of Lorna endorse these and there are many reasons for doing so.
Another trick that I'm sure many people have seen before involves the Chinese linking rings. The object behind these is to free them from one another, though it doesn't seem so easy with solid metal. It's possible, though, and I believe that such an act could be brought to kettlebells as well. Illusion is something which is utilized in many tricks - this one included - but I think I'd be lying if I said that there wasn't at least some form of maneuvering that was necessary to make the trick happen.
There is also one other strategy shown in the movie that I thought was both impressive and suspenseful. Alfred Borden, who is Bale's character, makes use of the bullet catch trick. The trick goes like this: the bullet is stored into the gun but it never reaches the point where firing it off would be deadly, or even painful. Deception is also used in order to mimic the sound and appearance of a gun going off so that the viewing audience is left impressed. It's a trick that only sensible magicians can pull off.
As someone who was only slightly interested in magic originally, "The Prestige" definitely opened my eyes to a world that I knew very little about. Not only did I learn about the secrets of these tricks - at least to some level - but I saw just how passionate these people can become when it comes to their own art. Sometimes they can downright barbarous, which is something that I suppose goes for any job where the public eye is present. I still have faith that these free weights could come into play.
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