Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

[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/ent...earrsquos-summer-blockbustersrsquo-slate.html



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...

Is it sad that I agree?

 

[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 t:

-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.
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Spoiler

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!

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 t:

-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.
-

Spoiler

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!

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.

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?t:

 

[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.

 

[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!

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. 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.

 

[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!

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.

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.