Three movies up on the docket:
Eden of the East: The King of Eden - My general thought after finishing the Eden of the East anime series earlier this year can basically be summed up as "wait, that's it?" I was willing to give the lack of resolution a bit of a pass since I knew 2 movies were on their way to wrap up the story. Unfortunately, literally the first thing I said when the credits rolled at the 1:20:00 mark (which is really short for an anime movie) was still "wait, that's it?!" While things do happen in this movie and we finally meet another of the 12 Selecao, there's probably only about 20 minutes of actual plot advancement in this movie. The rest of that time is spent looking for the main character, and then convincing him that there's stuff that needs to be done. And when the credits hit, there's no sign the movie is about to end. The characters just enter a jet like in any other scene, and the credits roll. Like the TV series, this movie is all build-up and little else. The second movie, Paradise Lost, has a lot to wrap-up now, and I have little faith it will satisfactorily.
The Prestige - I watched this on the recommendation of a friend of mine. Unfortunately, my copy had audio problems so it was hard to hear a lot of the dialogue, but the movie overall was pretty decent. My main gripe is that the editing is needlessly complicated, with the movie constantly skipping forward and back in time. I don't generally have a problem with framed storytelling, but this editing is just artsy self-indulgence and doesn't really do the film any favors. The movie's biggest magical trick is also a fatal flaw, as it basically breaks the rules set by the movie and requires a phenomenal leap of faith to take seriously.
Source Code - Just saw this one in the theaters (something I rarely do), and I liked this movie quite a bit. There's a lot of high-concept science fiction going on in this film, and I think the writers did an excellent job of conveying it in an understandable manner. The caveat is that you have to be willing to suspend your disbelief a lot with this story, as the moment you start poking at plot elements the entire movie falls apart. The movie also ends on a really unnecessary epilogue that muddles what was otherwise a rather well-done ending. It's problematic when this movie is built on a very well-established list of rules, and then the writers throw all those rules right out the door in literally the final minute. Still, I really recommend this movie. It's artsy without being pretentious, something quite a few movies could learn from.