Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

[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.

 

[Poeman]

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

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

 

[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...

 

[BestGirl]

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?