The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the English name of a poem by Goethe, Der Zauberlehrling, written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in fourteen stanzas. he acclaimed animated dialogue-free 1940 Disney film Fantasia popularized the story from Goethe's poem, and the Paul Dukas symphonic poem based on it, in one of eight animated shorts based on classical music. In the piece, which retains the title "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," Mickey Mouse plays the apprentice, and the story follows Goethe's original closely, The title is also the name of a live action film based on Goethe's poem, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Nicolas Cage. A new live action comedy-adventure loosely based on the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment of Disney's Fantasia.
In modern day Manhattan , Balthazar Blake (NICOLAS CAGE) is a master sorcerer trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (ALFRED MOLINA). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (JAY BARUCHEL) , who might be described as the nerd's nerd (or, to put it a shade more charitably, lord of the dweebs). He plays Dave, a wayward NYU physics major chosen by fate to be ''the prime Merlinian'' — a junior sorcerer whose destiny, should he embrace it, is to help a centuries-old wizard named Balthazar (Nicolas Cage)., a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protege."The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a perfectly typical example of its type, professionally made and competently acted.
Imagine a graph with one line indicating the consumer's age and the other line representing his degree of enjoyment.Granted, there is nothing especially deep about The Sorcerer's Apprentice, so those who prefer their movies with lots of subtext will be out of luck. But if you're looking for enjoyable cinematic candy, pack your toothbrush, because this is one sweet ride.Perhaps it's a hangover from the remarkably imaginative and energetic "Inception," but nothing in this movie about magic, competently directed by Jon Turteltaub, feels the least bit magical. I'll be proud to you give this score as B.
In modern day Manhattan , Balthazar Blake (NICOLAS CAGE) is a master sorcerer trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (ALFRED MOLINA). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (JAY BARUCHEL) , who might be described as the nerd's nerd (or, to put it a shade more charitably, lord of the dweebs). He plays Dave, a wayward NYU physics major chosen by fate to be ''the prime Merlinian'' — a junior sorcerer whose destiny, should he embrace it, is to help a centuries-old wizard named Balthazar (Nicolas Cage)., a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protege."The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is a perfectly typical example of its type, professionally made and competently acted.
Imagine a graph with one line indicating the consumer's age and the other line representing his degree of enjoyment.Granted, there is nothing especially deep about The Sorcerer's Apprentice, so those who prefer their movies with lots of subtext will be out of luck. But if you're looking for enjoyable cinematic candy, pack your toothbrush, because this is one sweet ride.Perhaps it's a hangover from the remarkably imaginative and energetic "Inception," but nothing in this movie about magic, competently directed by Jon Turteltaub, feels the least bit magical. I'll be proud to you give this score as B.
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