The Sorcerer's Apprentice Film Review Online
In the world of cartoons, there may be no animated sequence more hallow than Mickey
Mouse frantically splish-splashing and abracadabra-ing in a hopeless attempt to reign in dancing brooms in the The Sorcerers Apprentice chapter of Walt Disneys Fantasia. That is from where this movie is named, and that sequence does appear in this movie, but the rest of the story is completely new.
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Nicholas Cage plays Balthazar Blake, one of 3 apprentices of the original Arthurian Wizard Merlin back in 740 A.D. Blake was in love with the 2nd apprentice Veronica (played by Monica Bellucci), but was betrayed by Maxim Horvath (played by Alfred Molina) .. the 3rd of Merlins apprentices. As part of this betrayal, Veronica ends up possessed by Merlin's arch enemy Morgana. Morgana, Veronica and Horvath eventually become imprisoned for centuries in a nesting doll.
Blake, ever so much in love with Veronica, spends the next several centuries searching for a special descendant of Merlin the Magician "The Prime Merlinian. Only with his help can he free Veronica and defeat Morgana.
The story jumps to the present day, where Blake finally meets "The Prime Merlinian, a young 10 year old boy named Dave Stutler (played by Jay Baruchel) , when he wanders into Blake's magic store and accidentally frees Horvath.
Horvath dedicates the rest of his life to freeing the evil Morgana and destroying the mortal world. But a clever plot twist results in Horvath and Blake getting trapped together in an urn. Eventually 10 more years pass until they are freed. Horvath immediately begins his quest to free Morgana. Blake has no choice but to search for that kid who walked into his shop 10 years ago.
He finds the kid, David, as a 20 year old, nerdy NYU science major. David is Blakes only hope of freeing Veronica and defeating the combined forces of Horvath and Morgana.
The rest of the movie deals with Blake teaching his new apprentice David the finer points of wizardry in preparation for the showdown with the evil wizards. This will remind older viewers of the Master / Apprentice scenes in Star Wars where Yoda tutors Luke Skywalker in preparation of his battle with Darth Vader. The special effects and CGI during this portion of the film is spectacular.
Nicholas Cage is just great when he can play quirky characters, and his wizard is just fantastic. He delivers lines with amusing smirks that would sound so corny if uttered by other actors. But as we discover later on, he is a dangerous foe when the chips are down.
As the apprentice, Jay Baruchel is just about perfect as the nerdy college student who at first treats Blake as a crazy vagabond, then slowly begins to realize just how powerful he really is. His early training scenes with Cage are priceless as he slowly learns of his latent wizard abilities.
But the scene everyone is talking about of course, is the one where the too big for his britches Dave tries out some magic on his own to an attempt to short-cut his chores after the Sorcerer Blake leaves. The dancing brooms and never ending buckets of water are all here as Dave tries desperately to undo his errant magic spell. The director and actors nailed this scene. And the look on the Sorcerer Blakes face when he walks into this mess is easily one of the best double takes of the year.
The main components of the National Treasure movies are here director Jon Turteltaub, actor Nicholas Cage and Jerry Bruckheimer. As in that successful series, the director blends a nice combination of action and comedy. The movie doesnt overdo the special effects except in the magic scenes.
I would have never thought it possible to create a feature length film from a small animated sequence of Disneys Fantasia.
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