Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

[LostSon88]

I liked 'Remember the Titans,'...though I do know people who despised it.

[Asteroid-Man]

I'm indifferent.

[Asteroid-Man]

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[rashad]

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[dogwonder78]

Wow, Gemma looks really amazing. I love that pink tint in her outfit!

[Asteroid-Man]

Why no picture of Alfred Molina?!

[xwolverine2]

I just think he has made a name for himself. Some of those television shows you listed are the very best on TV right now. I think for JB to conquer the film and telelvision world is also speaking a lot for his career and talents. I don't know one person who didn't like Remember the Titans....

Surprisingly, I have seen more than 90% of those movies on that list you made too, so I guess he names draws an audience...worked for me at least.

like i said i dont deny his name having weight or his movies being huge hits...

but his movies are not amazing enough to deserve all this praise he gets.

[dark_b]

if someone f.... complains about those posters. they look fantasitc. its really a good photoshop job.


and yes its again blue/orange.

[dark_b]

like i said i dont deny his name having weight or his movies being huge hits...

but his movies are not amazing enough to deserve all this praise he gets.he is a producer. hes job is to invest money and make more money. if hes movies make tons millions and billions of dollars then he is a good producer.

he is not a writter and he is not a director. he is not the ''art'' expert . and he is also not the guy who makes memorable intelligent movies.

he is a producer. so he gets praise because he is a producer.

IMO

[MiniBond]

http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/prince_of_persia_the_sands_of_time_poster_13-535x764.jpg

GAWD :wow::wow::wow:


Thank God she made a JB movie :grin:

[rashad]

Disney Movie Previews - Episode 41

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:wow: The new footage around the 4:00 minute mark.

[darkslayer101]

Disney Movie Previews - Episode 41

cHIrCsXSfso#t=2m22s

:wow: The new footage around the 4:00 minute mark.
they kinda mixed all the featurette...nothing new but a few little money shot pics...

[dogwonder78]

Wow, but I like the mix of it all! The extended video was totally amazing!

[omid17]

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[Doctor Jones]

Saw a new trailer with Kick Ass. I can't wait to see this!

[Silver Knight]

Is it just me or is there hardly any hype for this movie?

[dogwonder78]

Really? I think there is. I am constantly seeing TV spots and interviews of the cast and crew online and on television. I feel like I see more about this film, than Sex and The City 2, which is also coming out the same weekend. I just picked up the GQ with Jake on the cover (http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201005/jake-gyllenhaal-photos#slide=1)! :)

[Doctor Jones]

Oooohhhhhhh!

*jumps up and down and squeels*

Is he shirtless? :atp:

[rashad]

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[rashad]

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[dogwonder78]

I can't wait to see this entire movie come together finally! It is only about 1 month away now!

[Silver Knight]

Sweet pics.

[Red Cherry Lips]

Whoooo Jake is looking mighty fine there. I love the trailer and can't wait to see this!

[RoboAmish]

Empire gave it three stars and compared it to a "middle-order Harry Potter"

"It's restraint might put off thrill-seekers, but if you can endure the wooden dialogue and sloppy exposition, it musters the entertainment quotient of a middle-order Harry Potter"

[MiniBond]

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I'll die !!!!!

[dogwonder78]

Here is an awesome interview with Gemma Arterton from Details (http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/women/201005/actress-gemma-arterton-prince-of-persia-clash-of-the-titans)magazine.

[omid17]

Jake Gyllenhaal Goes Parkour In The First Prince Of Persia Clip

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jake-Gyllenhaal-Goes-Parkour-In-The-First-Prince-Of-Persia-Clip-18435.html

[XxDelta09xX]

^That was Awesome.

[XxDelta09xX]

^That was Awesome.

[hobo123]

second clip

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810041991/video/19498477

[The Apatow Crew]

So how much do you think its gonna make opening weekend? Isn't this opening same say as Sex in the city 2?

[RachelDawes]

^I doubt the target audiences are the same for both movies.

[The Apatow Crew]

^I doubt the target audiences are the same for both movies.I know, but you still have two big movies coming out the same day. But you're right, each movie has its own fans.

[Sam Fisher]

A pretty positive review.

http://www.movies.spoilertv.com/2010/05/prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-review.html

[Xerxész]

The reviews don't mention about deadly traps. Traps are significant featurettes of the PoP world. And if the parkour is there then why did they leave the traps out of the film?

[dogwonder78]

^I doubt the target audiences are the same for both movies.

Agreed. In a way, Prince of Persia has a much wider audience because men will enjoy this movie for the stunts and gaming aspect, but women will enjoy it for the plot and action too, as well as Jake. :) Kids will also be more interested in this movie than SATC2.

[Doctor Jones]

Why in God's name is there a Sex and the City 2? Why in God's name was Sex and the City even created for that matter? Watching 3/4 ugly middle aged women is exciting?

[The Apatow Crew]

Why in God's name is there a Sex and the City 2? Why in God's name was Sex and the City even created for that matter? Watching 3/4 ugly middle aged women is exciting?
Because Middle age women need something to watch also? :yay: LOL.:oldrazz:

And a second was made cause it made a crap load of cash at the BO.

[omid17]

imo they're doing a pretty crappy job marketing this film

[rashad]

Film Shaft - 4/5
http://www.filmshaft.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-review/

Comingsoon - 6/10
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=65922

Empire Magazine - 3/5
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135625

Hey U Guys - Positive Review
http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/05/14/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-review/

Blogomatic - Positive Review
http://www.blogomatic3000.com/2010/05/14/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/

[dogwonder78]

Awesome reviews. Loved the HeyUGuys! take on the film.

With this first blow comes the main opening sequence of the movie called ‘The Attack on Alamut’ and what an opening it is! Watching the creativity of the writers unfold was great, and for me it was a perfect opening sequence, showing the taking of an impenetrable fortress. This sequence was filmed at Pinewood Studios on the James Bond stage and the production value of this scene is excellent. Watching hundreds of horses and hundreds of extras storming towards the city is spectacular.

Love that this is a movie that just immediately starts out amazing!

[Doc Ock]

I'm pretty excited for this! So i'm going to ignore the critics....

[dark_b]

Why in God's name is there a Sex and the City 2? Why in God's name was Sex and the City even created for that matter? Watching 3/4 ugly middle aged women is exciting?i remember coming out of Indiana Jones 5 in 2008 and Sex and City was over. i never in my life saw so many hot MILFS .

thank god for this movie :hehe:

[Doctor Jones]

So how was Indy 5 dude? Milfs and Indy 5 in the same day? Lucky time traveling bastard. Two places at once.

[Figs]

So how was Indy 5 dude? Milfs and Indy 5 in the same day? Lucky time traveling bastard. Two places at once.

Hahaha!

[dogwonder78]

I'm pretty excited for this! So i'm going to ignore the critics....

I tend to do the same thing. If a movie gets good reviews I am happy, but even if it gets poor reviews I still like to watch a movie for myself and judge it then, especially when I have been waiting months to see it!

[Asteroid-Man]

I don't really care much for critics. It's interesting to see what others thought, but I don't wanna go into a movie expecting it to be good or bad.

[omid17]

the action sequences in particular are excellent. The script, to be honest, is not great, suffering from repetition and clumsy exposition. However, the cast attack it for the most part with gusto and conviction, with the possible exception of Kingsley who seems to be phoning in his bad guy schtick.
Mike Newell has heaped praise on Gyllenhaal for reinventing himself as an action hero, and it’s clear he’s worked hard, not only on his musculature, which is positively terrifying, but also on an English accent that never once falters.pretty much what i expected :up:

[Big Daddy]

I usually care what critics say but this is not the kind of movie that should be analyzed to death.

[omid17]

I usually care what critics say but this is not the kind of movie that should be analyzed to death.totally agree

[GoblinWhirlwind]

I can't imagine why anyone would ever care what critics say, unless you want to avoid thinking for yourself.

I was just looking forward to this before, but all the tv spots have got me pretty hyped now :up:

[Karelia]

Yeah, I wasn't really hyped about this movie at all until I saw all the TV spots, looks like it's going to have great action scenes. I'll be ignoring the critics response, seeing as a lot of them hated IM2 and I thought it was great.

One particular scene where it shows Prince Dastan standing and the camera spins around him, I don't know why, but it reminds me of Assassins Creed. :D

[Doctor Jones]

I'm getting more excited about this every day. I hope it's fun. I'm just looking for a care free fun adventure film.

[Dark Victory]

Meh, I'm a fan of the games, but this looks like your forgettable, lame blockbuster. The mixed critical reception so far isn't surprising at all.

[rashad]

On the contrary reviews haven't been that bad. A poster from BOM tallied them up so far.

- As always, some reviews do contain spoilers, so be warned
- New reviews added are indicated by (NEW)
- If you find a review that is not in here, let me know

43 reviews so far, %81 Fresh, average of 6.4/10

Positive reviews so far (35):

Examiner.com gives it 5/5 (http://www.examiner.com/x-30457-Detroit-Movie-Examiner%7Ey2010m5d4-An-early-review--Prince-of-Persia-The-Sands-of-Time-opening-May-28th)

Movie Film Review gives it 8/10 (http://www.moviefilmreview.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.php) (NEW)

Moviebrit.com gives it 8/10 (http://moviebrit.com/reviews/prince-of-persia-let-summer-begin/)

Voize gives it 4/5 (http://voize.my/movies/prince-of-persiathe-sands-of-time/) (NEW)

Film Shaft gives it 4/5 (http://www.filmshaft.com/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-review/)

Cinema Online gives it 4/5 (http://www.cinema.com.my/movies/movie_contents.aspx?search=2010.6053.princepersia. 11396)

The Movie Blog gives it 4/5 (http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/18043/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.html)

Cut Print Review gives it 4/5 (http://cutprintreview.com/reviews/4-stars/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-review/) (NEW)

In The News gives it 7.5/10 (http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/reviews/film/prince-of-persia-$21377365.htm) (NEW)

Hub Pages gives it 3/4 (http://hubpages.com/hub/Disneys-Prince-of-Peria-The-Sands-of-Time-Movie-Review)

Hollywood Reporter gives it a positive review (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film-reviews/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-film-1004089649.story) (7/10 according to Metacritic)

Screen Geek gives it 3.5/5 (http://www.screengeek.co.uk/reviews/article/prince-of-persia-the-sands%20%20-of-time) (NEW)

Box Office Magazine gives it 3.5/5 (http://www.boxofficemagazine.com/reviews/theatrical/2010-05-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time)

Eye for Film gives it 3.5/5 (http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=18688)

The Dooley Review gives it 62/100 (http://thedooleyreview.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/)

Comingsoon.net gives it 6/10 (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=65922)

Time Out London gives it 3/5 (http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/88210/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.html) (NEW)

OK! gives it 3/5 (http://ok.co.uk//movies/view/21929/Review-Prince-of-Persia-The-Sands-o%20%20f-Time/) (NEW)

Movie Fix gives it 3/5 (http://www.yourmovies.com.au/movies/?action=movie_info&title_id=38558) (NEW)

Robin Olly gives it 3/5 (http://robinollysays.blogspot.com/2010/05/prince-of-persia-sands-of-time-walt.html)

Scotsman.com gives it 3/5 (http://news.scotsman.com/entertainment/PIMP-401841.6296352.jp)

Total Film gives it 3/5 (http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time)

Murmur gives it 3/5 (http://www.murmur.com/tv_film/advanced_movie_review__prince_of_persia_the_sands_ of_time.html)

Empire Magazine gives it 3/5 (http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135625)

The Mirror gives it 3/5 (http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/movies-mark-adams/2010/05/jake-plays-it-mystical-in-prin.html)

Movie Muser gives it 3/5 (http://www.moviemuser.co.uk/Reviews/3906/Prince-Of-Persia-The-Sands-Of-Time.aspx)

Creature Features gives it a positive review (http://blog.creaturefeatures.com/2010/05/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/) (NEW)

Slashing The Seats gives it a positive review (http://slashingtheseats.net/2010/05/10/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/) (NEW)

Watch? Don't watch? gives it a positive review (http://watchdontwatch.com/?p=922)

Mild Concern gives it a positive review (http://mildconcern.com/2010/05/17/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of%20-time/)

Clothes on Film gives it a Positive Review (http://clothesonfilm.com/film-review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/10670/)

Cine Fundas gives it a positive review (http://www.cinefundas.com/2010/05/11/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-english-movie-review)

Screen daily gives it a positive review (http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/5013596.article)

Hey U Guys gives it a positive review (http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/05/14/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-review/)

Blogomatic gives it a positive review (http://www.blogomatic3000.com/2010/05/14/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/)

Negative reviews so far ( 8 ):

Variety Gives it a negative review (http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942703.html?categoryId=31&cs=1) (6/10 according to Metacritic - *Rotten on RT)

Emanuel Levy gives it a C- (http://emanuellevy.com/reviews/details.cfm?id=15665)

MSN UK gives it 2/5 (http://movies.uk.msn.com/reviews/action-and-adventure/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153427068&vv=750) (NEW)

News of the World gives it 2/5 (http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/film/814454/Time-to-chalk-up-another-flop-on-this-yearrsquos-summer-blockbustersrsquo-slate.html)

Digital Spy gives it 2/5 (http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/moviereviews/a218984/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.html)

Cluch gives it 2/10 (http://www.culch.ie/2010/05/17/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/)

The Art Desk gives it a negative review (http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1514:prince-of-persia-film-review&Itemid=27) (NEW)

Cinematical gives it a negative review (http://www.cinematical.com/2010/05/11/review-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time/)

[Bim]

I've seen some tv spots for this and it looks fun. I might end up checking it out :yay:

[matrix_ghost]

JUst returned from it.
I had very low expectations for this movie because honestly the trailers didn't wow me. I think that helped because i found the movie okay. Nothing memorable . Just an okay movie if you wanna kill some time ( at least in my case).

For a movie that was delayed in order to have time working on the VFX ( amongst other things) i found several of the background shots to look unfinished. And honestly there'isn't any shot in this movie where i went "Wow , that looks great". It was just ..okay.
While it's no surprise that Bruckheimer and co. hoped that PoP turns into another POTC franchise ( even applying the same elements that helped POTC become a success) , i think that POTC works primarily because of Depp and in the case of the sequels some truly astonishing VFX work such as Davey Jones and his crew.
However PoP doesn't have Depp as a charismatic lead. So it's up to Gyllerhall and Aterton . For the most part they have good chesmistry. Their back-and-forth banter did get annoying later on. Perhaps it's because i get sick after a while off constant blabbing around.
To use Robin Hood as an example. By casting Crowe and Blanchett as lovers the filmmakers wisely opted for a mature take on their storylines. Here we have two people who have just grown weary from all the problems in the world and when they finally warm up to each other , it's done very nicely.
In PoP i just got tired of their dialogue.

Still the performances are solid. Gyllenhall works as Dastan . Aterton also is okay as Tamina although her role is just written like that. Supporting cast ranging from KInglsey to Molina , who's comic relief worked quite well , all were good.

It's just that for me the movie wasn't as fun as the first POTC movie or visually entertaining as the 2nd and 3rd POTC movie.
Personally i don't see this movie making more then 200 million domestic but hey we've seen worst movie become hits ( twilight :oldrazz:)

If a sequel will be made i'm hoping that they do go with the dark prince route as well as maturing the storyline because frankly this movie just plays it too safe for my taste

6/10


Also Bruckheimer must really love the series Coupling .
He cast 2 actors from that series in POTC and PoP

[omid17]

thanks for the review man :up:

how were the action scenes?

[matrix_ghost]

Okay..Like i said. Nothing really memorable. Personally i felt that they could've really pushed Gyllenhall to do the parkour scenes but the way the scenes are shot , i think they used stunt doubles for those scenes with Gyllenhall doing the safer wire assisted work.

The sword fighting were filmed mostly in close up with quick editing though not as nauseating as the bourne movies .

[Ahura Mazda]

I saw this and have to agree with the above. It had good action and was entertainning but not rememberable. It defintely had its moments.

On a side note, I would say that I found it quite funny that in the beginning they used an accurate map of the Persian Empire at the height of its glory even though not one of the characters comes from history and no one certainly spoke with an English accent. I did like that they actually used Iraninan dnacing in one of the scenes. This of course has nothing to do with the quality of the movie as anyobdy who wuold go see this movie for historical accuracy should go back to watching cartoons.

[ChaoticPsylocke]

im so excited about this movie! i need a really good action movie! and looking at Jake shouldnt be too bad either. =D

[dark_b]

Okay..Like i said. Nothing really memorable. Personally i felt that they could've really pushed Gyllenhall to do the parkour scenes but the way the scenes are shot , i think they used stunt doubles for those scenes with Gyllenhall doing the safer wire assisted work.

The sword fighting were filmed mostly in close up with quick editing though not as nauseating as the bourne movies .i am thinking in opening a thread now.

this is IMO getting out of hand.through fighting and sword fighting they almost always use close ups and mtv editing.

and i am noticing that directors who are making short movies are always using shaky cam. even for dialoge scene with close up shots on the face.

why do they think that this is good?

[dogwonder78]

im so excited about this movie! i need a really good action movie! and looking at Jake shouldnt be too bad either. =D

Another review I read mentioned that the chemistry between Gemma and Jake is unstoppable! That really wet my appetite for the romance aspect of this film. I also keep reading that the action was awesome and overall it did justice to game lovers. I definitely plan on seeing it next week.

[Silver Knight]

This will be a cool fun popcorn flick.

[TheVileOne]

I'm seeing it Tuesday at El Capitan, and it better have the live show beforehand.

Who from Coupling is in the movie?

[Mr. Earle]

I watched it last night! The movie was amazing! I thought it was equal to the first Pirates, which for me is the perfect summer movie consisting of action, beautiful characters, some comedy and great locations.

If you love the setting and characters (how can you not?), then you'll be taken away by this fairytale. I've only played the games a little but my friends who have played them all said that the movie is different from the SoT game, because there the hero (who is also nameless, WTF?) kills zombies to retrieve the Sands of Time. Here thankfully none of this happens.

Just sit back and enjoy this movie. It was the best one i've seen this year and i hope they make sequels that will be just as good (not like Pirates 2 & 3 which kinda sucked).
I usually care what critics say but this is not the kind of movie that should be analyzed to death.
EXACTLY!!! Its a fairy tale about a magic dagger. Dont use your mind too much. I didnt and i had a great time. Who cares about minor flaws anyway? Leave that for the critics.

[Silver Knight]

Any products for this film apart from the action figures?

[Mr. Earle]

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/film/814454/Time-to-chalk-up-another-flop-on-this-yearrsquos-summer-blockbustersrsquo-slate.html

Shameful

Egged on by their slimy uncle Nizam (Ben Kingsley), they lead a raid on the city of Alamut to find hidden weapons of mass destruction - yes, I'm afraid the writers DID go there - and get involved in a plot to steal a magic dagger that can rewind time.
Jake realises it could be used for evil - probably by his uncle, who's a cackling, bald maniac. So he and Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) smuggle it out of the city.
This opening sets the scene nicely for what is to follow - ie just shy of two hours of corny old nonsense - with its fake-looking sets, slack action and head-hangingly shameful dialogue.
Wait until you hear how they get Prince Dustbin to subtly explain how the dagger works in a totally natural and non-staged conversation with Tamina. "Releasing the sand turns back time! So I can change the past to my own advantage! And only the holder of the dagger is aware of what's happened!"
Nice work, Dustbin.
Dustbin's free-running acrobatic antics have been given the hard sell in the trailers - yet they're a fat disappointment.
There's only one sequence where he shows off his skills, and it's so clumsily shot and edited that you never believe for a second it's Jake on screen.
Most of the time, the camera's on his feet or the back of his head. But there's one point, after Dustbin slides down a roof, that you get to see his face. Only problem is, it's the face of a hairy stuntman.
Where the hell did the special effects money go? It's possible they blew it all on Fake Bake - cos snakes alive, I've not seen mugs this orange outside of the TV Quick Awards. And surprisingly, it's Sir Ben who's the main offender. The man looks like a satsuma with a comedy nose stuck on the front.
Alfred Molina, another decent actor, turns up as Sheik Amar, a cheap comedy character.
He would have filled the funny sidekick role, if he'd been given anything funny to say. Instead, he just cracks the same "joke" about dodging taxes all the time.
In fact, the only impressive thing about Prince Of Persia is how director Mike Newell has managed to squander so much talent. Jake could easily be replaced by any hunky F-list dimwit, and the strong supporting cast are smothered by the appalling script.
The only person who can come out of this with their head held high is Gemma Arterton.
Since arriving on the scene with St Trinian's in 2007, she's been in a range of films - not all of them great - but she's always acquitted herself nicely. She gives Tamina backbone, personality and a whole host of other good things nowhere to be found in the rest of the movie.
Will P.O.P be Disney's new swashbuckling franchise? Fat chance. On the strength of this, even a sequel looks unlikely.
Still. The whole time-bending dagger concept makes you think. I mean, have you ever wished you could turn time back just a couple of hours?
One thing's for sure. You will after watching this.
:facepalm:

Hating for hate's sake.

[Mr. Earle]

Any products for this film apart from the action figures?A life sized statue of Gemma would be nice... :cwink:

[Silver Knight]

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/film/814454/Time-to-chalk-up-another-flop-on-this-yearrsquos-summer-blockbustersrsquo-slate.html

:facepalm:

Hating for hate's sake.
Thats really bad.
A life sized statue of Gemma would be nice... :cwink:
Give me 5 please!

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Any products for this film apart from the action figures?

Hot Toys was supposed to be making figures, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of those. Other than that all I've seen is the retail stuff.

[Silver Knight]

Im surprised is no promotions with any of the fast food companies.

[Doctor Jones]

The promotion has been terrible for this. I'm really worried about how well this film will do. But right now I hope it's at least enjoyable.

[Silver Knight]

The promotion has been terrible for this. I'm really worried about how well this film will do. But right now I hope it's at least enjoyable.

I share the same thoughts.

[terry78]

Yeah, all they really have is the Lego sets and the video game. I figured there would be breakfast cereal toys, fast food, the whole nine.

[arman200]

Thats really bad.


Yeah, I like how the same guy who calls the prince "Dustbin", refers to most of the movie as "corny old nonsense"

[Silver Knight]

Things are NOT looking good guys.

[matrix_ghost]

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/entertainment/film/814454/Time-to-chalk-up-another-flop-on-this-yearrsquos-summer-blockbustersrsquo-slate.html

:facepalm:

Hating for hate's sake.

Typical tabloid BS review but beneath all that crap lies some valid points of criticisms IMO.
There are several things in that review that i agree with :
- the action scenes weren't that great IMO. I thought that this movie would've had tons of parkour scenes with Jake. We got Parkour scenes only not alot with Jake ( his scenes were more of the VFX type shots) and the bulk of the real parkour stuff was obviously done by a stunt double. OTherwise you would see Jake doing all those moves. THe sword fighting itself are uninspired. THere wasn´t one moment in the entire movie where i thought `yeah this looks fun `.

- Molina and Kingsley are far better actors that IMO deserve more screentime. Hell Molina's screentine ( and performance...which is slightly better) is the equivalent of that Comic relief guy in the first Mummy movie.

the dagger effects also are far to short. As for the finale. Again meh.

[Mr. Earle]

What did you expect, that Jake would do the parkour himself? I dont get it. As for the quantity of it, i think we had enough of it.

Furthermore, the fact that Molina and Kingsley are great actors doesnt mean that they must have tons of screentime. Molina was cast in a comic relief role. What were they supposed to do, up the screentime of the Shiek just because its Molina? Same with Kingsley. They had as screentime as the script deemed necessary and it was fine. The movie was about Jake and Gemma anyway and Kingsley was the hidden villain.

[lespaul59]

A life sized statue of Gemma would be nice... :cwink:

Is it sad that I agree?:huh:

[Mr. Earle]

No, it just confirms your manhood.

[Silver Knight]

Haha!

1 more day guys.

[lespaul59]

No, it just confirms your manhood.

After seeing Gemma in Clash of the Titans I was like forget Andromeda give me more Io. And she's also part of the reason I even want to see PoP.

[dark_b]

POP is a 100% summer popcorn movie.and i like it :woot:

-nonstop action
-hot Jake and a hot Gemma with a fantastic tan. i think Jake had a close up on hes face every 1 minute. with perfect make up and perfect eyes. ;)(I SPIDEY will like hes scenes)
-movie looks epic and big on scope. so agani perfect for a summer popcorn movie. its huge.
-good comedy IMO. not to much but almost perfect . Molina was fanstastic.
-nonstop action.
-a lot of practical sets that are very big and detailed
-the dialoge between Jake and Gemma was also good.but i think that Gemma and Jake are so good that they made it work. it just worked. and it didnt felt dumb.

some complaints
- CGI snakes. there were 3 scenes with a CGI snake in a close up. sorry but this was not good for 2010. the problem is that the snake skin should be covered with of sand. to shiny and to clean looking.
-slow motion shots. i was shocked that they didnt use high quality slow motion shots. there were times where they jumped from normal speed to slow mo . and since they didnt film with the high speed camera it looked blury.you could see how they used a software to digitally slow down the shots and interpolate frames through the missing frames.
-fast camera movement and fast editing style ''mtv''. i thought that the point of a movie is that i see what they did?.there are some action scenes and some parkour scenes where you see nothing. it looks like the camera guy was bitten by a snake while he was filming. but hes movment through the action didnt make any logical sense. but not always.
- ending was cliche. i mean come ooooooooooooon. noone dies because we live in a happy world and everyone needs to live? of course Tamina would survive. i thought that he would only save Tamina and everyone would stay dead.but noone dies. only some soldiers.


the movie didnt feel to long and also didnt feel to short. the pacing in this movie is fantastic.

i had a great time in the theater.

[KenK]

What did you expect, that Jake would do the parkour himself? I dont get it.

Of course not, but it is pretty bad when you can make out the stunt man's face in any given scene! :cmad:

The film as a whole is just very flawed. Hiring a slew of white brits to play Persians (now Iranians), but hiring a white American, to play a Persian DOING a bad British accent?!? C'mon, son! And looking at the people they cast, I'm rather baffled that they couldn't hire anyone that'd be more ethnically correct. Gemma Arterton, despite her appearance in Quantum of Solace, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination, that she needed to be in this film. Toby Kebbel, while I love the mess outta dude and would love to see him in more high-profile films, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination that he needed to be in this film. Even Jake Gyllenhaal! The biggest films of his career are still Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain, two indie films that were never meant to be big-screen blockbusters! Although, I was surprised at how much I liked Jared Leto and his character! Go figure!

Even beyond all that, there are issues of story development, or lack thereof, sub-par acting across the board, unimaginative production design, and most unforgivable was the action. When you spend a certain budget on an action film, there's no excuse for the fight scenes to be staged and blocked out so poorly as they are in this movie.

And you're tellin' me you couldn't find some fine-ass Iranian actress to play the princess?!?! Like I said, Gemma Arterton ain't big-time, yet! Was she even on Maxim's Top 100, this year?!? (:hehe:)

[omid17]

POP is a 100% summer popcorn movie.and i like it :woot:

-nonstop action
-hot Jake and a hot Gemma with a fantastic tan. i think Jake had a close up on hes face every 1 minute. with perfect make up and perfect eyes. ;)(I SPIDEY will like hes scenes)
-movie looks epic and big on scope. so agani perfect for a summer popcorn movie. its huge.
-good comedy IMO. not to much but almost perfect . Molina was fanstastic.
-nonstop action.
-a lot of practical sets that are very big and detailed
-the dialoge between Jake and Gemma was also good.but i think that Gemma and Jake are so good that they made it work. it just worked. and it didnt felt dumb.

some complaints
- CGI snakes. there were 3 scenes with a CGI snake in a close up. sorry but this was not good for 2010. the problem is that the snake skin should be covered with of sand. to shiny and to clean looking.
-slow motion shots. i was shocked that they didnt use high quality slow motion shots. there were times where they jumped from normal speed to slow mo . and since they didnt film with the high speed camera it looked blury.you could see how they used a software to digitally slow down the shots and interpolate frames through the missing frames.
-fast camera movement and fast editing style ''mtv''. i thought that the point of a movie is that i see what they did?.there are some action scenes and some parkour scenes where you see nothing. it looks like the camera guy was bitten by a snake while he was filming. but hes movment through the action didnt make any logical sense. but not always.
- ending was cliche. i mean come ooooooooooooon. noone dies because we live in a happy world and everyone needs to live? of course Tamina would survive. i thought that he would only save Tamina and everyone would stay dead.but noone dies. only some soldiers.


the movie didnt feel to long and also didnt feel to short. the pacing in this movie is fantastic.

i had a great time in the theater.
nice review man, im checking it out this weekend for sure

[DocHoliday]

Gemma should have a big career, she was one of the frew highlights of Quantum of Solace.

While I agree that they probably should have went with an Arab or Indian actor, it isn't going to completely kill the movie for me.

[dark_b]

Of course not, but it is pretty bad when you can make out the stunt man's face in any given scene! :cmad:

The film as a whole is just very flawed. Hiring a slew of white brits to play Persians (now Iranians), but hiring a white American, to play a Persian DOING a bad British accent?!? C'mon, son! And looking at the people they cast, I'm rather baffled that they couldn't hire anyone that'd be more ethnically correct. Gemma Arterton, despite her appearance in Quantum of Solace, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination, that she needed to be in this film. Toby Kebbel, while I love the mess outta dude and would love to see him in more high-profile films, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination that he needed to be in this film. Even Jake Gyllenhaal! The biggest films of his career are still Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain, two indie films that were never meant to be big-screen blockbusters! Although, I was surprised at how much I liked Jared Leto and his character! Go figure!

Even beyond all that, there are issues of story development, or lack thereof, sub-par acting across the board, unimaginative production design, and most unforgivable was the action. When you spend a certain budget on an action film, there's no excuse for the fight scenes to be staged and blocked out so poorly as they are in this movie.

And you're tellin' me you couldn't find some fine-ass Iranian actress to play the princess?!?! Like I said, Gemma Arterton ain't big-time, yet! Was she even on Maxim's Top 100, this year?!? (:hehe:)i am from europe. and all my friends that were with me are also .

and noone noitced that every and i mean almost everyone in this movie was white. even the sodliers. noone noticed this.:awesome:

you wrotte ''Toby Kebbel, while I love the mess outta dude and would love to see him in more high-profile films, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination that he needed to be in this film. ''.

who needs to be in any movie? hes role was small. what has the BO of hes movies to do with hes role in this movie? should they only cast big BO actors?:woot:

[dark_b]

Gemma should have a big career, she was one of the frew highlights of Quantum of Solace.

While I agree that they probably should have went with an Arab or Indian actor, it isn't going to completely kill the movie for me.Gemma should from now on always have a tan and black hair.:awesome:

[Silver Knight]

Well the day has finally arrived. I will be watching this later today.

[Mr. Earle]

Of course not, but it is pretty bad when you can make out the stunt man's face in any given scene! :cmad:

The film as a whole is just very flawed. Hiring a slew of white brits to play Persians (now Iranians), but hiring a white American, to play a Persian DOING a bad British accent?!? C'mon, son! And looking at the people they cast, I'm rather baffled that they couldn't hire anyone that'd be more ethnically correct. Gemma Arterton, despite her appearance in Quantum of Solace, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination, that she needed to be in this film. Toby Kebbel, while I love the mess outta dude and would love to see him in more high-profile films, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination that he needed to be in this film. Even Jake Gyllenhaal! The biggest films of his career are still Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain, two indie films that were never meant to be big-screen blockbusters! Although, I was surprised at how much I liked Jared Leto and his character! Go figure!

Even beyond all that, there are issues of story development, or lack thereof, sub-par acting across the board, unimaginative production design, and most unforgivable was the action. When you spend a certain budget on an action film, there's no excuse for the fight scenes to be staged and blocked out so poorly as they are in this movie.

And you're tellin' me you couldn't find some fine-ass Iranian actress to play the princess?!?! Like I said, Gemma Arterton ain't big-time, yet! Was she even on Maxim's Top 100, this year?!? (:hehe:)So you just watch films with the big names. Got it. In the sequel they'll cast Pacino for the Prince and Streep for the Princess. :whatever: Seriously dude, both Jake and Gemma were great in this. Why do they have to be big names? Was the cast of LotR any big before they were cast in it?

Then, I couldnt see the stuntman because the action was fine. Next time you watch a movie, just enjoy the ride, dont just sit there looking for flaws. Gemma should from now on always have a tan and black hair.:awesome::up::up::up:

[hobo123]

am i the only one who thinks they need to update the shi**y official website

[Asteroid-Man]

Of course not, but it is pretty bad when you can make out the stunt man's face in any given scene! :cmad:

The film as a whole is just very flawed. Hiring a slew of white brits to play Persians (now Iranians), but hiring a white American, to play a Persian DOING a bad British accent?!? C'mon, son! And looking at the people they cast, I'm rather baffled that they couldn't hire anyone that'd be more ethnically correct. Gemma Arterton, despite her appearance in Quantum of Solace, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination, that she needed to be in this film. Toby Kebbel, while I love the mess outta dude and would love to see him in more high-profile films, is NOT such a box-office draw of any stretch of the imagination that he needed to be in this film. Even Jake Gyllenhaal! The biggest films of his career are still Donnie Darko and Brokeback Mountain, two indie films that were never meant to be big-screen blockbusters! Although, I was surprised at how much I liked Jared Leto and his character! Go figure!

Even beyond all that, there are issues of story development, or lack thereof, sub-par acting across the board, unimaginative production design, and most unforgivable was the action. When you spend a certain budget on an action film, there's no excuse for the fight scenes to be staged and blocked out so poorly as they are in this movie.

And you're tellin' me you couldn't find some fine-ass Iranian actress to play the princess?!?! Like I said, Gemma Arterton ain't big-time, yet! Was she even on Maxim's Top 100, this year?!? (:hehe:)

Ok, that's it! Where the **** do you think white people came from in the first place!?

[dark_b]

i was reading somewhere that in teh game Dastan has an accent.

[Asteroid-Man]

Yes he does, but he doesn't have a name, and the girl is Farrah, not Taminah.

[KenK]

So you just watch films with the big names.

Actually, the point I was trying to make that given the casting choices they made, they could have easily cast actors closer, at least more diverse in terms of their depictions of the Persians, if they weren't concerned with hiring actors that their primary audience would recognize. And while we can forgive earlier films from decades in the past where little to no regard was ever given to what accents characters from a certain region have, here you've got everyone speaking in a myriad of distinctly British dialects. It's one thing to have a fairly generic British theater accent, and another to sound something close to cockney when it came to certain characters. Then you've got Gyllenhaal having to do a British accent whilst playing a Persian, and based on the performance, were he ever to be in a film where his character is supposed to be British, I wouldn't buy it for a second!

Seriously dude, both Jake and Gemma were great in this.

As much as I like Gemma Arterton, she was basically playing Io from Clash of the Titans.

Then, I couldnt see the stuntman because the action was fine. Next time you watch a movie, just enjoy the ride, dont just sit there looking for flaws. :up::up::up:

Believe me, I didn't have to look very hard. If you liked it, fine. But don't tell me to just "enjoy the ride" if I find fault with it.

[Asteroid-Man]

Have you played the games? He's got an accent in those. The point is to make it sound older, not foreign. And again, you can get Persians whiter than Gyllenhaal in Iran, and also Persians darker than Denzel Washington in Iran. It's actually more ignorant to say you can't have an American playing a Persian.

[KenK]

Like I said, they could have been a little more diverse with major characters. They're all on one end of the spectrum you're presenting.

[Lord Valumart]

Watched this today and I liked it when I was watching it but about 20mins later could not for the life of me remember a damn thing about it.

Thats probably a bad sign right there...

But props to Disney for the amount of death and blood in a movie, would have thought they'd put it under one of their different stuidos...

[dark_b]

Watched this today and I liked it when I was watching it but about 20mins later could not for the life of me remember a damn thing about it.

Thats probably a bad sign right there...

But props to Disney for the amount of death and blood in a movie, would have thought they'd put it under one of their different stuidos...its a simple brainless popcorn movie.why would you even think about this movie?

its like a hamburger. you eat it and you go on with your life. :hehe:

[imaperson2]

...but then you realize that you paid for something that didn't taste so good, and regret it ;)

[jacobed]

I liked it, pretty good action flick and easily the best video game movie out there. I hope it paves the way for other great games to get the attention they deserve when it comes to making them into movies. Everyone saying that they're racist blah blah blah for Jake playing the prince needs to shut the hell up, he's very good in the movie. Gemma ah well she fits her role perfectly. Molina is hilarious in it and quite the show stealer.

[DocHoliday]

Gemma should from now on always have a tan and black hair.:awesome:

Any Gemma is good for me....however I am more a red head kinda guy, so Ms. Fields all they way!!

[omid17]

Hey Kenk is it better than Clash? Lot of people disliked it but i enjoyed it thought it was decent, wonder if it was the same for POP?

[rashad]

RT Consensus: It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but Prince of Persia is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler -- and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations.

[dark_b]

Hey Kenk is it better than Clash? Lot of people disliked it but i enjoyed it thought it was decent, wonder if it was the same for POP?its better then COTT IMO.COTT is just bad. it looked rushed and had bad acting.

[omid17]

:up:


there was a shot in a tv spot where he's holding up the two swords, looked pretty bad ass

[jacobed]

I actually liked COTT but I can understand why many people hated it and Prince of Persia is way better than that movie was. Prince's action is pretty good and the acting is lightyears ahead of what COTT had to offer.

[Mr. Earle]

RT Consensus: It doesn't offer much in the way of substance, but Prince of Persia is a suitably entertaining swashbuckler -- and a substantial improvement over most video game adaptations.The Pirates movies didnt offer any substance either. POP was great imho, better than Pirates 2 and 3 for sure!

I heard that they have planned a 7 movie franchise, so we still have 6 movies of tanned Gemma to go! :hehe: :up:

[Silver Knight]

Just got back from watching the movie. I really enjoyed it and it was a lot of fun.

[omid17]

I actually liked COTT but I can understand why many people hated it and Prince of Persia is way better than that movie was. Prince's action is pretty good and the acting is lightyears ahead of what COTT had to offer.:up:

[MOVIELORD101]

I'm seeing the movie tomorrow night. Will post my thoughts over the weekend.

[KenK]

Hey Kenk is it better than Clash? Lot of people disliked it but i enjoyed it thought it was decent, wonder if it was the same for POP?

See, I had problems with Clash, but the parts of it I enjoyed, I really enjoyed, so when I saw Prince of Persia, there just wasn't enough to really captivate me the way the moments in Clash did. One of the problems I had with Clash was the screening I went to was in 3D, and like most people, I hated the 3D conversion for that film.

[Bad Superman]

I may watch it next Wednesday after my birthday dinner.

[omid17]

See, I had problems with Clash, but the parts of it I enjoyed, I really enjoyed, so when I saw Prince of Persia, there just wasn't enough to really captivate me the way the moments in Clash did. One of the problems I had with Clash was the screening I went to was in 3D, and like most people, I hated the 3D conversion for that film.for sure man thanks

[dogwonder78]

am i the only one who thinks they need to update the shi**y official website

Really? I loved how the site starts out w/ the dagger in the middle and then you land on the homepage. What didn't you like about it?

[Mr. Earle]

Damn, Prince of Persia always reminds me of the Legend of Zelda games. You know, magic sword controlling time and all. I'd love to see a LoZ movie at some point. Why havent they considered it yet?

[Big Daddy]

Damn, Prince of Persia always reminds me of the Legend of Zelda games. You know, magic sword controlling time and all. I'd love to see a LoZ movie at some point. Why haven't they considered it yet?

cuz its 4 n3rdz

[jacobed]

After the huge debacle that was Super Mario Bros, Nintendo has become very very protective of their properties.

[Silver Knight]

There will be a LOZ game one day nd it could very well be epic.

[TheVileOne]

http://www.411mania.com/movies/film_reviews/140433

I saw the movie and I LIKED it.

For once I didn't want to throw a shoe at Jake Gyllenhaal.

[lespaul59]

Any products for this film apart from the action figures?

I'm a fan of film refference books and ran across: Prince of Persia: Beneath The Sands of Time, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: The Visual Guide, We Make Our Own Destiny: Behind the Scenes of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm which is a graphic noval.

I hope to get to check these out in person this weekend, but they all read like they might be interresting.

[Mr. Earle]

cuz its 4 n3rdz
And Batman, Green Lantern, Prince of Persia, etc arent?

[Speedball]

And Batman, Green Lantern, Prince of Persia, etc arent?

Yeah... he's in the wrong place then. I bet he's a troll. We kill trolls where I come from.:cmad:

[Silver Knight]

What do people think of the movie?

[TheVileOne]

I liked it and had a fun time. It was a little flawed. The parkour is way too obscured and over-edited at times. It's not a good way to shoot parkour. A few of the effects shots are a little dodgy.

Besides that it was a good throwback swash-buckling adventure. Jake Gyllenhaal was good. I actually liked him in this role which I never expected.

[hobo123]

Really? I loved how the site starts out w/ the dagger in the middle and then you land on the homepage. What didn't you like about it?

well first of all there is no full-screen option, then there same background and there are no good wallpapers, i mean to me it just falls flat

[Karelia]

From reading reviews, this seems really mixed. I'll be going to see it tonight. If it's entertaining and fun to watch, I'll be happy. Wasn't really expecting a deep plot from this, just some sweet action. The parkour stuff they showed looked awesome. :D

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Damn, Prince of Persia always reminds me of the Legend of Zelda games. You know, magic sword controlling time and all. I'd love to see a LoZ movie at some point. Why havent they considered it yet?

A Zelda movie would be the stuff dreams are made of. Heath Ledger would've made a great adult Link in the 'A Knight's Tale' days.

Zelda, Metroid and maybe even a Pixar Pikmin movie... so many possibilities. Nintendo could have such a great film lineup.

[xwolverine2]

so whats the general consensus here?

is this movie worth watching?

[omid17]

http://www.411mania.com/movies/film_reviews/140433

I saw the movie and I LIKED it.

For once I didn't want to throw a shoe at Jake Gyllenhaal.

I liked it and had a fun time. It was a little flawed. The parkour is way too obscured and over-edited at times. It's not a good way too shoot parkour. A few of the effects shots are a little dodgy.

Besides that it was a good throwback swash-buckling adventure. Jake Gyllenhaal was good. I actually liked him in this role which I never expected.:up:

[omid17]

some positive reviews from the audience

The movie was very good and was spot on from the game. Jake did all the same moves as the prince from the game which I wasnt expecting. I was getting flashbacks from the game while I was watching the movie. I wish they did do more with reversing time with the dagger. Alfred Molina was funny.Overall it was great!


I disagree with the time re-wind as being a cop-out because the theme of the movie is turning back time. Its like saying any time the Doctor in Dr Who goes back in time to fix something it’s a bad plot device and that’s just not the case. It sucks when movies do this that have nothing to do with temporal movement but otherwise if the movies theme is just that like as was the case for the BACK TO THE FUTURE series (a highly successful trilogy) its not only OK its almost expected.
At least the way they did it the movie wasn’t blaringly obvious in advance. I mean when we got to the end and the dagger was stabbed into the hourglass there was nothing in the movie so far to lead one to believe everything would be re-wound as far back as it was.
I also like how they handled the rest of the film after the rewind; something that was missing in Nicholas Cage’s NEXT that made it a terrible film, at least not near as good as it could or should have been. In Prince of Persia you got to see some wrap up at the end verses being left with a cliff hanger as was the case with NEXT.
I’ll admit that my tastes are not as tough to satisfy as many but I see that as an advantage because it means I can enjoy a movie, even more than once without it having to be on pair with something like THE DARK KNIGHT or IRON MAN. Prince Of Persia was well done especially considering its background is a video game and I believe it will reign as the top movie in its “Video game to Movie “ genre.

[Silver Knight]

so whats the general consensus here?

is this movie worth watching?

Yes, watch it.

[TheVileOne]

Yes it's worth a view. It's a good adventure ride movie.

Also as far as the way time was turned back it was basically exactly the same in the 2003 game. Endings are virtually the same.

[xwolverine2]

i just saw it... i was not as impressed lol

it was so terribly mediocre. The acting and cast were all great, but the story, dialoge, and action were awful!... they couldnt even edit it normally. They would even do the now dead editing technique of showing something really lame happen twice like an hassassin jumping down or w/e... lol

the only decent action scene in the movie was with the most random character... some slave dagger thrower lol

and dont get me started on the vfx.. it looked like it was done in 2002. They didnt even try with this movie for anything. Like the one pebble causing the avalanche.. after a million years of rocks falling on that floor. -_-

5 out of 10... but ill never see it again.

[Sam Fisher]

How close is it to the game?

[cyborg ninja 14]

I haven't really played any of the video games this is based upon. I played the Sands of Time game once for about 5 minutes and that was it. I remember being able to breifly go back in time and this movie portrays that several times.

So, best video game adaption ever?

I don't know, the film itself doesn't ever give you the impression the source material was a video game really. Jake Gyllenhall's Prince Dastan isn't one for a personality either. He goes through the motions of being an Aladdin-esque street rat unwittingly brought into a royal Persian family on an act of goodwill. He has two brothers, one uncle (Sir Ben Kingsley) and his father the Persian King.

The political metaphors of this movie are completely "I see what you did thar." An invasion of a holy land under the guise of "they have weapons, we need to stop them but we can't prove it just yet" was pretty obvious. Through this escapade involving Dastan doing lots of fun parkour moves, he crosses paths with Princess Tamina (the hot red headed ***** from QoS and was also in Clash of the Titans). Together she and Dastan have one wacky adventure in Persia where they need to protect the special dagger that turns back time from Ben Kingsley.

Jake Gyllenhall's stuntman is more or less the star of the show as he does crazy stunt after crazy stunt. Princess Pussy Galore is hot but she isn't given a lot of meaningful dialogue other than "we must protect the sacred dagger and deliver it to the sacred temple where it will be safe in a sacred place." Needless to say she likes to talk about sacred this, sacred that a lot.

Their love connection meanders along predictably knowing how it's going to end.

Alfred Molina you can tell is having the most fun playing a guy who runs Ostrich races in the middle of the desert. He has the most personality out of anyone and is reduced to a side character. For shame.

The effects with the sand dagger are pretty good, but you never get a sense of peril with any of our heroes in danger so it can be a bit of a bore. Overall it's decent enough if you're looking to kill 2 hours but it's by no means spectacular, seemingly another run of the mill Jerry Bruckheimer produced adventure.

7/10

At one point the goons hunt down Dastan the only way they can. Comb the desert!
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[bullets]

I heard that they have planned a 7 movie franchise, so we still have 6 movies of tanned Gemma to go! :hehe: :up:

:wow: Haven't seen the movie yet but 7 is really pushing it for something like this

[GoblinWhirlwind]

7 movies? Sounds like they'd just be making stuff up... just do the game trilogy, jeez.

[Silver Knight]

7 movies? Haha no chance. Hopefully we get a sequel though.

[bapi]

Extremely boring summer popcorn movie... Where's Sommers or Bay when you need him? 4.5 or 5 out of 10

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah, at first the ending seemed like a cop out, but then again, Back to the Future did the same thing. But I think they overused the dagger. There was never a sense of peril or suspense when the action happened. I just kept thinking, "Well, you have the dagger, why dont you use it?" It should have only been used once. They could have taken some pointers from BTTF even. The sand being emptied from the dagger was a great idea, but unfortunately, it was around her neck. It works to some extent, but the dagger just always felt there. It should have been like the Ark in Raiders. Switching from good guy to bad guy. But the problem is, the sand in the dagger is empty, so they could have used that angle to lessen the time sequences, which were impressive, but they would have been more impressive if they used it once of twice at minimum.

[Mr. Earle]

What are you talking about? In the game he uses the dagger all the time but in the movie he couldnt because it run out of sand. He only used it a few times and i never felt that it was overused. In fact i expected that he'd use it in a final fight with that snake guy and predict all his moves, but he didnt.

[Doctor Jones]

I think three times was a bit too much. I think once, the time when Dastan realizes its power and danger could have been used in a much bigger scene. It could have happened near the beginning of him and Tamina's adventure or in the middle of the film, or it could have been used twice. But both times they had to signify big events. The cobra attack at the camp was cool, but to me that just felt like like they could use it at any time. Or did the sands empty when he used it?

I just never felt any danger or suspense from the scenes. Lessening it makes the usage more amazing but also it makes everything more dangerous. They could have done some more stuff with that. It didn't help that the dagger was with them all the time. Maybe Aldred Molina could have double crossed them and taken it to the city, but then had a plan to take it back all along? His character was great though. He reminded me of Tuco from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. He could have been portrayed as not only a likeable guy, but kind of suspicious and untrustworthy.

When it comes out on DVD I'll give it another chance.

[The Apatow Crew]

I'm going to be seeing later this today. Hope this is as fun as the POTC films even not even more.

[zeptron]

I've never played the games so I was wondering if I needed too in order to understand some things in the movie?

[The Apatow Crew]

I never played the games either, i'm just looking forward to a entertaining film.

[dark_b]

when was the last time you had to play a game or read a comic to understand the movie?

;)

[zeptron]

Well at the end of the first Resident Evil movie I think only fans of the games would have been able to understand that was supposed to be the Nemesis.

[terry78]

I saw it. It was fun to an extent...honestly it had the tone of what Robin Hood should have been. I missed the battles with supernatural creatures, but if they get a sequel hopefully they bust out the Dahaka.

[Wolfwood]

Is that the Death thing that chases him around in the second game?

[The Guardian]

I just got back from seeing the movie, I really liked it, it was fun!!! The story was good and the FX were great, I hope they make another one!!! The story is nothing we havn't seen a hundred times but it was well done and it draws you in, great movie 10/10!!!:awesome::up:

[zeptron]

I just realized something. If Sony hadn't interfered with Spider-man 3, this movie would have two actors that played villains in that franchise.

[Poeman]

are people crazy here?

I was so excited to see this movie for the past few months...The best part about this movie was its trailer...This was a rushed, terribly edited, cheesy acted film...The visual effects were weak as well. It was not even close to POTC...There is no plot and no time to think about anything in the story...Its like a corny action flick gone really wrong...There is no time to think about the characters and moreso care about any of them.

Jake Gyllenhall just did not seem right for the role, Molina and Kingsley put to waste in their roles...Gemma Arterton looked hot though

My gf dragged me to see Sex and the City 2 last night and its embarrassing to say that I enjoyed that movie more than this...ugh what a big letdown.

If anything...maybe the little kids will enjoy this...


2/10

[dark_b]

how is this movie rushed?

[Big Daddy]

when was the last time you had to play a game or read a comic to understand the movie?

;)

Watchmen

[Poeman]

how is this movie rushed?

From the starting point of the movie till the end...There is no time to absorb the plot...With all the action sequences Mike Newell inserted randomly into the movie there was no time to take in the landscape, the characters, and the freaking story. Im looking at each page here and I really dont understand the 7/10, 8/10, 9 or 10/10...I'll be honest, I dont bash movies this bad...But maybe the film's main problem is with Mike Newell's directing...Maybe the script was better but the transition in this film annoyed the **** out of me

I feel like this movie needed some time to explain the cities, characters (hassasins or even Molina or Dastan's bros) and even at least spend some more time explaining the ancient lore surrounding the dagger.

I LMAO out when the King sees a boy fight back with the guards over the apple and he instantly accepts him as his new son.

I knew I was in for a tough time

[xwolverine2]

are people crazy here?

I was so excited to see this movie for the past few months...The best part about this movie was its trailer...This was a rushed, terribly edited, cheesy acted film...The visual effects were weak as well. It was not even close to POTC...There is no plot and no time to think about anything in the story...Its like a corny action flick gone really wrong...There is no time to think about the characters and moreso care about any of them.

Jake Gyllenhall just did not seem right for the role, Molina and Kingsley put to waste in their roles...Gemma Arterton looked hot though

My gf dragged me to see Sex and the City 2 last night and its embarrassing to say that I enjoyed that movie more than this...ugh what a big letdown.

If anything...maybe the little kids will enjoy this...


2/10
lmao thats word for word what i wrote on the previous page...

and i even completely agree that somehow Sex&City2 was a better and more entertaining film

[omid17]

saw it today, thought it was good, pissed off the action scenes weren't that good but i liked everything else even the corny dialogue, acting, the sets and the story wasn't even that bad

7/10

[xwolverine2]

anyone else think the finale scene with jake and kingsley seemed exactly like the end of tomb raider with jolie and whats his face running up the pyramid lol

[Doctor Jones]

I don't think they needed to explain much. I just think they should have done a better job with the scenes themselves. They had the right scenes at how to tell the story, but they weren't completely there. Like the scene in tent during the sandstorm. It's a nice exposition scene, but I didn't feel like I absorbed everything. I wish Gemma was given moe to do than "We have to take this back to the city because it's sacred... it's my duty to protect it... etc" I felt Gemma and Jake had some chemistry, but it kind of suffered due to the scenes that weren't handled very well. The dialogue didn't really have a spark with them.

And I was annoyed by the slow motion. I mean it wasn't very good at all. When Dastan came from on top of the guy and said "Hey." Geez, it should have just been a quick take down.

Some of the editing sucked too. I was surprised because Michael Kahn was credited as one of them. Those fast motion shots of the Hasanssins annoyed the hell out of me (those shots in general do; they make the shots look cheap)

That black knife throwing dude was pretty bad too. He looked confused and kept wondering "What do I do?" while going through the scene. Or he looks as if he half reheasred or wasn't clear on what to do.

Anyone else think the Hasassins should have come into the plot at an earlier time?

[omid17]

I don't think they needed to explain much. I just think they should have done a better job with the scenes themselves. They had the right scenes at how to tell the story, but they weren't completely there. Like the scene in tent during the sandstorm. It's a nice exposition scene, but I didn't feel like I absorbed everything. I wish Gemma was given moe to do than "We have to take this back to the city because it's sacred... it's my duty to protect it... etc" I felt Gemma and Jake had some chemistry, but it kind of suffered due to the scenes that weren't handled very well. The dialogue didn't really have a spark with them.

And I was annoyed by the slow motion. I mean it wasn't very good at all. When Dastan came from on top of the guy and said "Hey." Geez, it should have just been a quick take down.

Some of the editing sucked too. I was surprised because Michael Kahn was credited as one of them. Those fast motion shots of the Hasanssins annoyed the hell out of me (those shots in general do; they make the shots look cheap)

That black knife throwing dude was pretty bad too. He looked confused and kept wondering "What do I do?" while going through the scene. Or he looks as if he half reheasred or wasn't clear on what to do.

Anyone else think the Hasassins should have come into the plot at an earlier time?im with you, the editing was horrendous, everything was a blur

[omid17]

made $10 million on Friday

[Doctor Jones]

Wow, $3 million behind Sex and the City ain't bad.

[Karelia]

I thought it was a pretty good movie, it could have been a lot better but it was still enjoyable. Some of the slow-mo scenes just didn't fit at all. I didn't expect Doc Ock to be in this, he was probably one my favorite parts of the film. :woot:

[Upset Spideyfan]

Oh God.

Why do I watch these things?


*Big ol thumbs down.

[Avengers-Report]

So is this movie a huge flop? I heard the budget was ridiculous.

[bullets]

Alfred Molina was the highlight of the film for me. Other than that it was ok , a lot of action and the scene where Jake fights the snakes was cool . The ending kind of lost me a bit though.

[dark_b]

Watchmencome on. :cwink:

[dark_b]

So is this movie a huge flop? I heard the budget was ridiculous.where ?

i think it had a normal summer blockbuster budget. so over 150 .

[matrix_ghost]

So is this movie a huge flop? I heard the budget was ridiculous.

It's too early to say if it's a flop because we don't know how it'll hold up.
Look at How To Train Your Dragon. The movie opened below expectations yet had minimal drops in the subsequent weeks.
PoP definately opened below expectations and using the OW and the budget to discuss the BO prospects.
There are unconfirmed reports that PoP cost 200 million though i seriously doubt that because 200 million gives you POTC 2 visuals and this movie just didn't have those kind of VFX.
Also there are reports that the reason why PoP was delayed was because of the budget not rising so high.

The movie was delayed so there wasn't a rush job to finish all the VFX. THe movie doesn't have $ 20 million commanding actors and the VFX are nowhere near the level of what you expect of movies that cost 200 million ( or more).

I'm going with dark_b's number as well. 150 to 180 seems about right.

[AnorexicBatman]

Just saw the movie. Very "Meh"
Nothing particularly impressive or memorable

[terry78]

We still got today and Monday to wait.

[The Geek Vault]

I'm so disappointed at this movie. The Game has such an amazing plot and from what I've seen the movie has nothing to do with the original games plot aside from the dagger being in the film. No sand monsters, no hourglass of time. This is the exact reason I don't want a bioshock movie being made.

[AnorexicBatman]

This could have essentially been a fantasy zombie movie. 4 or 5 people trying to survive a literal apocalypse trying to find a solution to their predicament. It should have been Dastan & Tamina exploring the castle just like in the games.

But instead we get an Alladin wannabe complete with a street rat becoming prince
In the games, the prince was in fact of royal lineage and he was the snooty one, not Farah/Tamina

Oh and sex scene in the royal hot tub... COME ON!!!

[Mr. Earle]

What, you guys would have preferred the Prince and Princess to be fighting monsters and zombies? This is much better than that because we get many human characters, the world is at stake and its not already destroyed, we got the Prince's family, and all that.

Even my friends who are huge PoP fans preferred the movie plot.

[AnorexicBatman]

It should been set in chaos. Monsters, human soldiers all fighting.
It would be better than the over the top assassin's we got.

[terry78]

Then they would have *****ed about it being like The Mummy.

[Silver Knight]

How much did this make?

[AnorexicBatman]

The main problem is that it lacks the magical and wondrous feel of the Sands Of Time games. It feels too gritty as if they were making Gladiator in Persia

It should have felt out of this world yet it felt too real.

[Mr. Earle]

"Too real"? With the magic dagger, the magic holy city, the magic sandglass, the magic assassins, the magic sand trap, and all those cities with buildings as tall as the Empire State? It felt great to me and i am the dude that's bashing Nolan for making batman too realistic.

[DarkKnight88]

How much did this make?

A terrible 30 M. It probably won't even pass 100 M domestically as I don't see this one having any legs. This definitely won't be the franchise starter like Pirates of the Caribbean. Jake Gyllenhaal (while a fine actor) is simply not a box office draw.

[Erundur]

After being very excited to see this movie I finally got the chance to watch it last night and all I have to say is "meh" Aside from the evil vizier and dagger there really was no relations to the original video games I mean I would not have minded if they were able to deliver a good story but they didn't. The movie was basically one action scene to another mixed in with the prince and princess cross dialogue which I felt was way over used. Alfred Molina's role was to come across as some sort of comedic relief but even then I did not find most of his banter funny. Everyone in my theater was quite from beginning to end.

[dark_b]

After being very excited to see this movie I finally got the chance to watch it last night and all I have to say is "meh" Aside from the evil vizier and dagger there really was no relations to the original video games I mean I would not have minded if they were able to deliver a good story but they didn't. The movie was basically one action scene to another mixed in with the prince and princess cross dialogue which I felt was way over used. Alfred Molina's role was to come across as some sort of comedic relief but even then I did not find most of his banter funny. Everyone in my theater was quite from beginning to end.noone was laughing when Alfed Molina was on screen?

hard to belive

[Erundur]

I've never played the games so I was wondering if I needed too in order to understand some things in the movie?


No you don't the plot is very basic and everything is explained in the film for some parts more than once.

[Erundur]

noone was laughing when Alfed Molina was on screen?

hard to belive


His anti-big gov't i don't wanna pay taxes did not appeal to the masses:dry:

but his quick spread of venerable disease in a turkish harem wasn't bad :awesome:

[Asteroid-Man]

The ending kind of set up for a sequel that would be like a mix of the Sands of Time trilogy. He escaped his fate (here comes the Dahaka...) and he released the Sands (As time was rewound, the well was never dug so now we just have to wait for those sands to seep through) and then the people will -one by one- become infected.

[Wolfwood]

Okay, was it just me or did a lot of this movie seem like a metaphor for the Iraq war?

[Mr. Earle]

Yeah well maybe US shouldnt have attacked Iraq you know?

[Wolfwood]

Well I don't really want to get into a whole Legitimacy of Iraq War debate in a Prince of Persia thread lol, but did anyone else see parallels, or is that just me?

[terry78]

America, **** yeah!!!

Comin' again to save the mutha****in' day, yeah!

[omid17]

maby M Night Shyamalan should have directed this, Last Airbender looks awesome imo i think he could have done some cool s*** like that with POP

[san15]

Maybe the cast of non-Persians had something to do with the low opening. :hehe:

[Asteroid-Man]

Here's my complete breakdown.


Acting
Everyone did very well. Could have used a bit more chemistry between Dastan and Tamina


Story and Adaptation
Adapting a video game is very hard and when I had written my own version of a PoP movie, I took elements of all the games and came up with a new plot with the same essential plot. Why? You can't have what the game only did. It just doesn't work. Jumping straight into sand creatures might not have been the best decision on a series standpoint, but the Hassanssins did serve as a semi-non-human group of foes. With how the movie ended, it seems that sand creatures and the Dahaka will both be next. The allusions to the game were well balanced as were the allusions to actual Persian history and myths. Although the historical elements were thousands of years apart at times, I had no problem with it as they didn't use any historical events or names to make an attempt at grounding it (ala 300... oh dear God I hated that film).


Music:
The music was FANTASTIC!!!

Editing:
Ok, this was a tossup for me. The fight scenes and the scenes in which the sands were used were edited very well. The acrobatic scenes and the text were done poorly. The acrobatic scenes should have been a full continuous angle per feat instead of cutting to multiple angles. He ran on walls many times but we never got one, full continuous angle of the trademarks move. Also the text just looked very amateurish (besides the main logo).

Writing:
I was fine with the writing aside from the one time when Dastan looks to the screen and explains exactly how the dagger works a second after we saw it for ourselves. We get it...

References:
The neo-writings in the film were done in current farsi-arabic writing but all the older ones were done in Persian cuneiform. The architecture also went from Arabic to Persian depending on where they were. Some of them talked about multiple Gods and others about one, these religious differences existed in Persia (and still do). The names Dastan and Tamina are both from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Dastan being a white, Persian hero with bright eyes (his name means Albino) and Tahmineh was a Princess of another land which a Persian hero (Rostam) married. Rostam and his people were fooled into attacking Tamineh's people under false pretenses). The costumes referenced the WW Prince and the 2008 Prince. They also jabbed at Persian pride and nationalism which is a dominant part of Persian culture. The "non-existent" weapons reference to Iraq was kind of shlock. I also would have loved a reference to Ormazd/Ahura Mazda or Ahriman hell even Kakalukia!!!!

Overall I loved it and I think the next one should start with the sands coming out of the grounds of Alamut, slowly growing and consuming people creating Sand Creatures. At the same time, the Dahaka should emerge looking for the three Princes and Tamina who all escaped their deaths.

[rashad]

I enjoyed it. Sure it could've been better in a few areas. I wished the parkour scenes were edited better. The music was excellent. If there's a sequel hopefully they will iron out the flaws of this one and make something really special. In any case it's one of the better video game adaptations in my book. 7/10

POP had a great weekend overseas at #1.

Domestic: $30,170,000 25.6%
+ Foreign: $87,500,000 74.4%
= Worldwide: $117,670,000

[Mr. Earle]

Story and Adaptation
Adapting a video game is very hard and when I had written my own version of a PoP movie, I took elements of all the games and came up with a new plot with the same essential plot. Why? You can't have what the game only did. It just doesn't work. Jumping straight into sand creatures might not have been the best decision on a series standpoint, but the Hassanssins did serve as a semi-non-human group of foes. I agree. I mean jumping straight into a story full of zombies in some desert? Who would want to watch that? So i'm with you on that. The way the movie went, we got to see Dastan's world, other characters, etc, not just the duo tackling zombies.

Writing:
I was fine with the writing aside from the one time when Dastan looks to the screen and explains exactly how the dagger works a second after we saw it for ourselves. We get it...
I think that the scene is supposed to show that Dastan got it.

References:
The neo-writings in the film were done in current farsi-arabic writing but all the older ones were done in Persian cuneiform. The architecture also went from Arabic to Persian depending on where they were. Some of them talked about multiple Gods and others about one, these religious differences existed in Persia (and still do). The names Dastan and Tamina are both from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (Dastan being a white, Persian hero with bright eyes (his name means Albino) and Tahmineh was a Princess of another land which a Persian hero (Rostam) married. Rostam and his people were fooled into attacking Tamineh's people under false pretenses). The costumes referenced the WW Prince and the 2008 Prince. They also jabbed at Persian pride and nationalism which is a dominant part of Persian culture. The "non-existent" weapons reference to Iraq was kind of shlock. I also would have loved a reference to Ormazd/Ahura Mazda or Ahriman hell even Kakalukia!!!!"The name "Dastan" translates to "the Trickster", a name Jordan Mechner originally found in the Shāhnāmé and which he found very appropriate for the character."
From wikipedia so take that as you will.

[Harry_Lime02]

Wow. Ben Kingsley will sign on for anything nowadays.

[lespaul59]

I loved PoP and I also liked it better than Iron Man 2. I even went and picked up the Target exclusive Dastan figure after I saw it. And Gemma was just awesome, in my opinion she's the best looking actress out there today. I got my moneys worth and then some I also give it a 10/10.

[Project862006]

haven't seen it but how was parkour edited quick cuts(Michael Bay) or long takes(M Night)

[Poeman]

I loved PoP and I also liked it better than Iron Man 2. I even went and picked up the Target exclusive Dastan figure after I saw it. And Gemma was just awesome, in my opinion she's the best looking actress out there today. I got my moneys worth and then some I also give it a 10/10.

lol I just dont understand...Iron Man 2 was significantly a better movie with a nice pace to action and dialogue.

Project to your question, this movie had worse (very fast editing) pace then Michael Bay's movies...But Bay did do a good job with his editing in his movies at times...

[Asteroid-Man]

I agree. I mean jumping straight into a story full of zombies in some desert? Who would want to watch that? So i'm with you on that. The way the movie went, we got to see Dastan's world, other characters, etc, not just the duo tackling zombies.
I think that the scene is supposed to show that Dastan got it.

"The name "Dastan" translates to "the Trickster", a name Jordan Mechner originally found in the Shāhnāmé and which he found very appropriate for the character."
From wikipedia so take that as you will.
I just pulled Shahnameh off my book shelf. His name was "Zal" which meant albino, and his nickname was Zal-Dastan or Dastan which does mean trickster. My mistake. Either way, its the same guy.

[Asteroid-Man]

haven't seen it but how was parkour edited quick cuts(Michael Bay) or long takes(M Night)
It was like a direct balance, although I would've preferred longer takes. Sometimes you get long takes, sometimes you don't. The thing that pissed me off was that the long takes were almost never when I wanted them to be (like the trademark wall-run).

[hobo123]

just saw and surprisingly it was very good, i enjoyed it very much. i never played the game so i dont really know how the prince is in the game but otherwise i thought jake was good as the prince although i thought it was kind of wierd that sometimes tamina was so royal and all and then she was just whinning so much. so overall i thought it was a great fun, just like the first mummy and like lespaul59 said above it was difinitely better than iron man 2

[Poeman]

just saw and surprisingly it was very good, i enjoyed it very much. i never played the game so i dont really know how the prince is in the game but otherwise i thought jake was good as the prince although i thought it was kind of wierd that sometimes tamina was so royal and all and then she was just whinning so much. so overall i thought it was a great fun, just like the first mummy and like lespaul59 said above it was difinitely better than iron man 2

I thought it was more like The Scorpion King or mummy 3...i enjoyed the first mummy alot. Excellent build-up and character development

[hobo123]

it was way better than the scorpion king or mummy 3, these 2 movies were just plain piece of crap

[Poeman]

it was way better than the scorpion king or mummy 3, these 2 movies were just plain piece of crap

Thats not what people said on forums when those movies first came out...Give it a few months and you will have more people admit that Prince of Persia was just plain piece of crap.

[hobo123]

well I hope not

[Asteroid-Man]

Poeman seems to hate this film for the sake of hating it. Don't mind him, hobo. :p

[Poeman]

Poeman seems to hate this film for the sake of hating it. Don't mind him, hobo. :p

Im being serious, I am not hating it for the sake of just hating it...I love prince of persia series and I enjoyed the previews for the movie, the rottentomatoes reviews were in the low 40%... I didnt care, I was amped...I just saw a film that was poorly made and assembled very sloppily. There are average movies, decent movies and films that could have been made a bit better if there was just some dialogue added, plot or character development was extended...

Whatever, I'll stop bashing the movie for those here. But I honestly dont understand the love for this movie. It was was massive fail, I didnt even enjoy the cheese-dialogue that I can live with in alot of summer blockbuster movies. i.e. Transformers 2. Michael Bay's movies are usually insane movies, but we all knew that. But the action in those movies was very appealing. That didnt happen here...But like I said, if I had a child Im sure they would like the movie...

[Poeman]

well I hope not

Also Mike Newell directed Goblet of Fire...I liked that film quite a bit, but it certainly was no Order of the Phoenix or Half Blood Prince...Which David Yates made.

In the end, it could just be Newell was not the right choice for me handling this movie.

[Matt Mortem]

I really did not enjoy this movie. It was extremely long and I felt the plot just kind of bumbled along. It just didn't work for me.

[darkslayer101]

just saw and surprisingly it was very good, i enjoyed it very much. i never played the game so i dont really know how the prince is in the game but otherwise i thought jake was good as the prince although i thought it was kind of wierd that sometimes tamina was so royal and all and then she was just whinning so much. so overall i thought it was a great fun, just like the first mummy and like lespaul59 said above it was difinitely better than iron man 2

come on...iron man 2 cant be that bad, and the special effects in iron man was way better than pop (the parkour editing looked messed up)... i guess both the movies had a solid plot, but it could all depend on the sequel of pop, which could be made better than iron man 2 if they polished the parkour and include the dahaka and the sand creatures....
in my opinion iron man 2 is a 9/10 and POP 7/10

[Silver Knight]

Looking back I wish there was sand monsters and abit more like the game.

[lespaul59]

I'm not saying IM2 was bad as I really like it, I just liked PoP better. But in general I just like movies like PoP better. Like give me movies like all three LOTR movies or both Conan movies over any comic, action or comedy any day. While I know the LOTR and Conan movies aren't exactly like PoP. I can't really think of how to say what I want to say, so I hoe you guys get what I'm trying to say. And I'll take Gemma over Gwyneth Paltrow or Scarlett Johansson any day.

[TheVileOne]

The references to the Iraq war were pretty blatant and stupid, but whatever. It's Hollywood, what can you do. People don't want to hear about the Iraq war when they go to the movies. I don't get why Hollywood doesn't learn from this. They want to get away from that.

I agree with most of Asteroid Man's review, but I doubt we will see a sequel at this point.

[CWP]

I liked it a lot! Great action and nice special effects. Although the storytelling was a bit corny, I still think that it was another success from Disney this year (the other being Alice in Wonderland, with Toy Story 3 and Tron Legacy on the way, all in Disney Digital 3-D). I give it 8.5/10. Now I've just got to play the game its based of off that I installed!

Besides, it was one of the only movies I had high hopes for this Summer.

[dark_b]

lol I just dont understand...Iron Man 2 was significantly a better movie with a nice pace to action and dialogue.

Project to your question, this movie had worse (very fast editing) pace then Michael Bay's movies...But Bay did do a good job with his editing in his movies at times...
IM2 had a better pace then POP?

mu mu hahhaahahhaha :hehe:

[DocHoliday]

I liked the film...It is certainly the best video game movie to date. Most importantly I think it is a step in the right direction. I know it didn't make a whole lot of money in US but hopefully it can grind it out enough here and continue to do okay overseas.


7/10

[hobo123]

come on...iron man 2 cant be that bad, and the special effects in iron man was way better than pop (the parkour editing looked messed up)... i guess both the movies had a solid plot, but it could all depend on the sequel of pop, which could be made better than iron man 2 if they polished the parkour and include the dahaka and the sand creatures....
in my opinion iron man 2 is a 9/10 and POP 7/10

well yeah IM2 had better effects big time but what i didnt like in the movie was especially the final battle, it was just too short and as an action movie there wasnt alot of action in it, i mean i liked but after watching POP, i thought POP was better.

in my opinion iron man 2 is a 7/10 and POP 8/10

[rashad]

Domestic: $37,800,000 28.4%
+ Foreign: $95,500,000 71.6%
= Worldwide: $133,300,000

http://boxofficemojo.com/

It overtook SATC2 for the #2 spot over the 4-day.

[darkslayer101]

I liked it a lot! Great action and nice special effects. Although the storytelling was a bit corny, I still think that it was another success from Disney this year (the other being Alice in Wonderland, with Toy Story 3 and Tron Legacy on the way, all in Disney Digital 3-D). I give it 8.5/10. Now I've just got to play the game its based of off that I installed!

Besides, it was one of the only movies I had high hopes for this Summer.

i guess people who didnt play the videogame happened to like the film more than the ones who played.... the original trilogy's plot is one of the best video game plot created...

[RachelDawes]

I really did not enjoy this movie. It was extremely long and I felt the plot just kind of bumbled along. It just didn't work for me.

I agree. I thought the movie dragged at first, the towards the middle I found myself liking it and thinking it was pretty good, then it dragged again towards the end. Overall meh.

The references to the Iraq war were pretty blatant and stupid, but whatever. It's Hollywood, what can you do. People don't want to hear about the Iraq war when they go to the movies. I don't get why Hollywood doesn't learn from this. They want to get away from that.

I agree with most of Asteroid Man's review, but I doubt we will see a sequel at this point.

Asteroid-Man made it sound like the bad-faith invasion was a plot-point from the Shameneh originally, so the similarity to the Iraq War may have been incidental. Still not the best idea, I suppose.

[MOVIELORD101]

Saw the movie opening day. I ****ing LOVED it more than Iron Man 2, and that's saying I lot for a guy who enjoyed that movie, too! The story, while kinda different than the game it's named after, was engaging and the whole thing overall felt VERY loyal to the games (I'm a massive fan of Prince of Perisa, btw). Gyllenhaal was DEAD ON as Dastan, and Ben Kingsley was surprisingly fun as the villainous uncle. Heck, even Alfred Molina was fun to watch whenever he was on-screen! Overall, this is one film that is DEFINITELY going in my collection on Blu-Ray later this year, and I think you fellow gamers out there would REALLY enjoy this. Hope Uwe Boll's taking notes right now. 9/10

[Mr. Earle]

So when Nolan comments on society its DEEP, but someone else does it its inappropriate? Can someone explain this to me?

[Asteroid-Man]

I agree. I thought the movie dragged at first, the towards the middle I found myself liking it and thinking it was pretty good, then it dragged again towards the end. Overall meh.



Asteroid-Man made it sound like the bad-faith invasion was a plot-point from the Shameneh originally, so the similarity to the Iraq War may have been incidental. Still not the best idea, I suppose.
The main story elements were taken straight out of Shahnameh.The only thing from the Iraq war was the false weapons intention. But even the "invading a country under false pretenses" bit was from Shahnameh.

So when Nolan comments on society its DEEP, but someone else does it its inappropriate? Can someone explain this to me?
:huh:

[Avengers-Report]

So when Nolan comments on society its DEEP, but someone else does it its inappropriate? Can someone explain this to me?

That is just how life works haha

[DocHoliday]

I am holding out hope that we get a sequel. I am assuming they will fix the little things and make an even better flick. I think the approach they took with this film works and want to see more of it.

[xwolverine2]

So when Nolan comments on society its DEEP, but someone else does it its inappropriate? Can someone explain this to me?

because nolans movies dont suck... unlike this one lol :oldrazz::hehe:

[omid17]

POP: The Two Thrones movie needs to be made

[WormyT]

This movie was not on par with PoTC. No outstanding performances.

Jake and his (king) brothers pale complexion distracted more than I thought it would. At least the Rock looks like he's from warm country.

Kind of corny too how Jake said a similar thing at the end of PoP That The Rock said at the end of The Scorpion King.
"You make your own destiny/luck".(something like that).

:whatever:

[Timstuff]

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. It wasn't a great film, but it was a good film, and for live action video game flicks that's a first! Brukheimer turned a theme park ride into a fun movie, and now he's done the same with a video game (to slightly less impressive results, but still enjoyable and surprisingly good).

I would have liked a few things to have been a bit more faithful to the game... Like, there were no sand wraiths in the movie, and also Tamina was clearly this movie's version of Farah from the games, although I would have preferred she remained an Indian princess like in the games, played by someone like Frida Pinto. Even so, Gemma Gemma Arterton did a decent job, and I suppose that given they changed the Prince a bit from being of royal blood and nameless to being adopted with the name Dastan, changing the indian princess Farah to a fictional kingdom's princess named Tamina was acceptable.

Overall, the film was pretty loosely based on the game, but that's OK. It felt like many of the key plot points were still carried over, and applied to a script that was much more befitting of a summer blockbuster film than a video game. The action felt fast and dangerous, there were some decent humor moments, and while the overall story felt a bit on the predictable side, much of that predictability was inherent from the source material. Overall, it was a good flick that I would enjoy seeing again, and although I'd enjoy seeing a sequel to it it was not blatantly set up for one.

8/10

[BLACK-SPIDEY]

Okay now that this POP stuff is out of the way lets talk about a rated R Assassins Creed movie. :woot:

[hobo123]

who could play desmond?

[Lord Blackbolt]

I wouldn't count on a Sequel.

[lespaul59]

Saw the movie opening day. I ****ing LOVED it more than Iron Man 2, and that's saying I lot for a guy who enjoyed that movie, too! The story, while kinda different than the game it's named after, was engaging and the whole thing overall felt VERY loyal to the games (I'm a massive fan of Prince of Perisa, btw). Gyllenhaal was DEAD ON as Dastan, and Ben Kingsley was surprisingly fun as the villainous uncle. Heck, even Alfred Molina was fun to watch whenever he was on-screen! Overall, this is one film that is DEFINITELY going in my collection on Blu-Ray later this year, and I think you fellow gamers out there would REALLY enjoy this. Hope Uwe Boll's taking notes right now. 9/10

I'm glad somebody agrees with me. As for writting off a sequal after it's first weekend is something I wouldn't do. At the same time I wouldn't say a sequal is a lock either. I'll more than likely go see PoP a second time. I'm also gonna be picking up one or two more figures this weekend. I picked up the Prince of Persias: Before the Sandstorm graphic noval today and will review it after I read it. I'm probaly gonna order the other three books just to get them a little cheaper. The book Prince of Persia: Beneath the Sands of Time is more of a childern - young adult book but was kinda cool, I wish it would have been more like the Indiana Jones journal. And because of this movie I'm gonna buy the new game and before I had no intrest what so ever in these games. By the way I was reading about a special edition version of The Forgotten Sands but couldn't find aany place selling it. SO is this something that just isn't out yet or does it even exist?

I'll also add that I never made a conection to Iraq untill I was reading what you guys where saying about it.

[DW4]

Overall I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. It was a little slow at the beginning but it got me hook after the awesome chase scene when Destan went to visit his uncle. The sexual attraction was a bit too much, the whole "will they, won't they" thing was done too much and too many slowmo scenes. Jake and Gemma did alright but it was Alfred Molina that stole the scene when he was on, unfortunately he wasn't in it as much as I hoped.


Though I do feel the ending was a bit of a cop out. I'll leave what I want to talk about in spoilers.

It pretty much meant the entire movie was a waste. Nothing happened. None of the brothers were killed, the king was never murdered. no one was killed and the adventure Destan and Tamina went on never happened. Only Destan knew of it. I wouldn't of been too angry about the ending if Tamina somehow knew of it at the end and hinted at it. Anyone else agree with me here?

[Sam Fisher]

Terrible movie. Boring plot, dull performances. They didn't use the dagger enough. Making the Prince a Aladdin wannabe was stupid. Disapointing movie all around. 2/5

Ove

Though I do feel the ending was a bit of a cop out. I'll leave what I want to talk about in spoilers.

It pretty much meant the entire movie was a waste. Nothing happened. None of the brothers were killed, the king was never murdered. no one was killed and the adventure Destan and Tamina went on never happened. Only Destan knew of it. I wouldn't of been too angry about the ending if Tamina somehow knew of it at the end and hinted at it. Anyone else agree with me here?I can forgive the ending because the same thing happened at the end of the game.

[Silver Knight]

Movie didnt even make number 1?

I doubt there will be a part 2.

[darkslayer101]

the sequel is gonna make this movie memorable....
i like the hollywoodization(if thats the word) of the game's plot...most of the time hollywoodization of any book, game or anything would result in flop movies...
watching it for the second time, i could see why some people think this movie is better than iron man 2 because 1) the dagger moments were pretty awesome 2) good plot 3) never bored
and iron man 2 had a big hype which it didnt reach...

[The Joker]

Wow, the only thing everyone who's seen it seems to agree on is that Alfred Molina was the highlight of the movie.

[Silver Knight]

I thought Jake and Gemma did great also.

[Mr. Earle]

^ Agreed.

[Lord Blackbolt]

Disney dumped Narnia when it didn't preform to expectations. I doubt they will give POP the same chance.

[DW4]

I thought Jake and Gemma did great also.

Agreed. They weren't the greatest things ever but I thought they both did a solid job overall.

[AnorexicBatman]

There was an incredibly HUGE missed opportunity in the Assassin's Lair where they could have placed a man in white robes & hood with knives decorated along his belt mumbling something about how he would take job of assassinating Dastan if he didn't have to leave for Acre

I mean c'mon, it would have earned the movie some badass Creed

[Erundur]

^^^hahaha

[TheVileOne]

Would that have gelled with the timeline of Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed?

[Downhere]

I thought Jake and Gemma did great also.

Agreed, I thought they were both great in the movie. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed the film. Probably will end up being the most fun movie of the summer, too bad it's not doing too well in the states...I would really love a sequel.

[RachelDawes]

Are those Hansansin guys or whatever they're called actual characters from Persian history or mythology?

Overall I enjoyed this much more than I expected to. It was a little slow at the beginning but it got me hook after the awesome chase scene when Destan went to visit his uncle. The sexual attraction was a bit too much, the whole "will they, won't they" thing was done too much and too many slowmo scenes. Jake and Gemma did alright but it was Alfred Molina that stole the scene when he was on, unfortunately he wasn't in it as much as I hoped.

I actually liked the relationship between Dastan and Tamina. Both acted well IMO.

[hobo123]

yup, i read it on wikipedia