Best Science Fiction Film Round 2b: The Terminator (3) vs The Prestige (35)

[Chris]

The Terminator
Release Date: October 26, 1984
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton, Paul Winfield
Plot: A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.



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The Prestige
Release Date: October 17, 2006 (El Capitan Theatre), October 20, 2006 (United States), November 10, 2006 (United Kingdom)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson
Plot: After a tragic accident, two stage magicians engage in a battle to create the ultimate illusion while sacrificing everything they have to outwit each other.
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[Kairi HoHo]

So many twists and turns in the Prestige especially the ending but The Terminator with that all rawness going for it it's a must watch for me every year. Kyle Reese even though Sarah Connor is great in her own right carries the film to me in so many ways. I wonder what is the Films fate if his performance is not a home run.

 

[Chris]

Went with The Prestige, insane movie

 

[Marty McFourth]

I'm going to go for The Prestige here. One of the Nolan's best films and I think Terminator 2 is better than the original in more ways than one.

 

[Keith]

Need to rewatch The Prestige didn't get into it first time around. Terminator easy for me.

 

[Lady Redfield]

I fucking hate voting against Hugh, but, as great as the prestige is, it’s not the terminator.