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The Sorcerers Apprentice isDisneys latest attempt to bring a live-action version of a popular animatedcartoon to the big screen. They succeed with a magical and entertaining familymovie. Be sure to watch The Sorcerers Apprentice online for free.

In the world of cartoons, theremay be no animated sequence more hallow than Mickey Mouse frantically splish-splashingand abracadabra-ing in a hopeless attempt to reign in dancing brooms in theThe Sorcerers Apprentice chapter of Walt Disneys Fantasia. That is fromwhere this movie is named, and that sequence does appear in this movie, but therest of the story is completely new.

Nicholas Cage plays Balthazar Blake, one of 3apprentices of the original Arthurian Wizard Merlin back in 740 A.D. Blake wasin love with the 2nd apprentice Veronica (played by MonicaBellucci), but was betrayed by Maxim Horvath (played by Alfred Molina) .. the 3rdof Merlins apprentices. As part of this betrayal, Veronica ends up possessedby Merlin's arch enemy Morgana. Morgana, Veronica and Horvath eventually becomeimprisoned for centuries in a nesting doll.

Blake, ever so much in love with Veronica, spendsthe next several centuries searching for a special descendant of Merlin theMagician "The Prime Merlinian. Only with his help can he free Veronicaand defeat Morgana.

The story jumps to the present day, where Blakefinally meets "The Prime Merlinian, a young 10 year old boy named DaveStutler (played by Jay Baruchel) , when he wanders into Blake's magic store andaccidentally frees Horvath.

Horvath dedicates the rest of his life to freeingthe evil Morgana and destroying the mortal world. But a clever plot twistresults in Horvath and Blake getting trapped together in an urn. Eventually 10 moreyears pass until they are freed. Horvath immediately begins his quest to freeMorgana. Blake has no choice but to search for that kid who walked into hisshop 10 years ago.

He finds the kid, David, as a 20 year old, nerdyNYU science major. David is Blakes only hope of freeing Veronica and defeatingthe combined forces of Horvath and Morgana.

The rest of the movie deals with Blake teachinghis new apprentice David the finer points of wizardry in preparation for theshowdown with the evil wizards. This will remind older viewers of the Master /Apprentice scenes in Star Wars where Yoda tutors Luke Skywalker in preparationof his battle with Darth Vader. The special effects and CGI during this portionof the film is spectacular.

Nicholas Cage is just great when he can play quirkycharacters, and his wizard is just fantastic. He delivers lines with amusingsmirks that would sound so corny if uttered by other actors. But as we discoverlater on, he is a dangerous foe when the chips are down.

As the apprentice, Jay Baruchel is just aboutperfect as the nerdy college student who at first treats Blake as a crazyvagabond, then slowly begins to realize just how powerful he really is. Hisearly training scenes with Cage are priceless as he slowly learns of his latentwizard 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 onhis 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 triesdesperately to undo his errant magic spell. The director and actors nailed thisscene. And the look on the Sorcerer Blakes face when he walks into this messis easily one of the best double takes of the year.

The main components of the National Treasuremovies are here director Jon Turteltaub, actor Nicholas Cage and JerryBruckheimer. As in that successfulseries, the director blends a nice combination of action and comedy. The moviedoesnt overdo the special effects except in the magic scenes.

I would have never thought it possible to create afeature length film from a small animated sequence of Disneys Fantasia.

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