The Prestige Movie, ending that nobody knows.....?

Question

To make it easy, I'll refer to the magicians as Wolverine and Batman

I haven't seen it explained this way, but after seeing the movie, I want input on if this is the true meaning. At first, I thought wolverine was killing his clone each time for his trick. But he states it was hard to drown himself each time, that HE walks to the electric machine knowing that HE will fall and drown and a clone of his is made and appears at a different part of the theater. So infact, the original wolverine died during the first trick, and always a clone took his place. The clone is made right before dropping down the trapdoor, so has all the memories until that point. And although ultimately he did this to setup Batman, he choose the drowning because, as you see in the beginning of the movie when he puts his face in the sink, he wanted to punish himself and go through what his wife did when she died. He did this many times until he framed Batman.

Is this right or is there something I got mixe

Answer 1

I agree completely! The "original" Wolverine dies each night, the "true original" died the first night and the clone died the next night and the clone's clone died the night after that.

Yes, each time, the "senior" version dies and the "new" version arrives to sacrifice himself the next ngiht.

Answer 2

I wondered the same thing. Hopefully someone answers this...cause you see Batman shoot Wolverine in the end and the camera pans off to see another Batman in that water tank. So what exactly did that mean? I know it was a clone but anyways...someone answer this

Answer 3

I thought he drowned himself because the mantold him drowning was "like going home" or something when his wife died.

Answer 4

Actually, Angier (Hugh Jackman) said that he never knew whether he was going to live or fall in the tank. For the rest, please see my answer to your other question.

Answer 5

You are spot on with your observation. The question I had was did the little girl's dad die or did her uncle?

Answer 6

i see it the way you did. so either we are both mixed up or we are correct. and even then I am still left with questions.