The Prestige

At first it seemed like Borden was obsessed because of the way he acted. It was all he ever thought about. He was just as ready to steal or find out other magicians tricks and make them his own and it seemed like he never had a second thought about it, or thought that it was wrong or unprofessional. After he met Sarah he started to become more secretive about his tricks and eventually she got fed up with it. As the movie went on, however, we see that his rival Angier becomes very obsessed and goes to great lengths to one-up Borden and eventually ends up retiring because Borden was convicted of murdering Angier. The twisted part of this movie is that when everything is revealed at the end it all makes sense but you almost feel sorry for Borden because his twin brother was the one hanged for supposedly killing Borden. In the end you realize that Borden and his brother were committed, not obsessed. Committed people don’t bury other people to get what they want, nor do they get their girlfriends to spy on their enemy because they can’t be original themselves. So in my view, Borden is committed not obsessed.