Prince of Persia:The Sands of Time

[dark_b]

saying that the movie didnt make money because it was not good is silly and funny.

a lot of bad movies in the present and past made a lot of money if not billion.

the movie needs to click with the masses. it doesnt matter how good the movie is.Prince of Persia didnt click with the masses.

 

[BestGirl]

Why didnt this movie make a lot of money? Did they not promote it enough? Did the people not care for the cast? Wasnt Jake hot enough for the girls?

I thought the movie was great, certainly better than Pirates 2 and 3 which were rather boring and stupid.

POP didn't have any character to match up with Jack Sparrow. Alfred Molina's character was supposed to and he was definitely amusing but he wasn't in the same league as Jack.

 

[san15]

Jake is NOT a bankable star.

 

[omid17]

This movie needed to be made on a bigger scale, POP was like another cheap version of Pirates, i don't know **** about the Last Airbender but that movie looks awesome, everyone at work talks about that movie, just look at all the cool **** you have seen in the trailers and spots, POP was just a huge big meh, i expected much more from this movie, i heard for a movie to do have a sequel it needs to make around 200 domestic, doesn't seem like thats going to happen here (thank god) someone else needs to handle this

 

[Silver Knight]

Jake is NOT a bankable star.

I guess this is true.

I liked him in this role though.

 

[Erundur]

But "Revenge of the Fallen" this was any better?

I didn't like Revenge of the Fallen and stayed away from all the reviews to make an opinion by myself I thought it was just bad, it was like they had to go big for big's sake. But I was surprised with the first one though, I actually liked it.

the movie needs to click with the masses. it doesnt matter how good the movie is.Prince of Persia didnt click with the masses.

Because it wasn't good. Nothing about the film made me feel attached to it.

 

[GhostPoet]

Why didnt this movie make a lot of money? Did they not promote it enough? Did the people not care for the cast? Wasnt Jake hot enough for the girls?

I thought the movie was great, certainly better than Pirates 2 and 3 which were rather boring and stupid.

I didn't see it because it really did seem a little too Americanized for my taste...all flash and no substance. I'm waiting for the DVD. that's just my reasoning.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

The sands alone made this worth seeing on the big screen.

 

[nightwing06]

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
based on another video game i have yet to play,is a pretty good romp in the dessert,fantasy flick.
Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) the adopted son of King Sharaman (Ronald Pickup),is wrongly accused of his murder,goes on the run with Princess Tamina's (Gemma Arterton) who's kingdom he recently invaded,under the claim that weapons of mass destru....i mean some really cool looking swords are being sold from her kingdom to their enemies.

Dastan and Tamina bicker,look lovingly into each others eyes,bicke.....just think of Han Solo and Princess Leia,but instead of flying among the stars ,they trudge through the dessert.Gyllenhaal and Arterton make their scenes together fun.
Alfred Molina provides some great comic relief as Sheik Amar an entrepreneur and ostrich racing-organizer,who jokes and complains about taxes and Persian rulership conspracies.
Ben Kingsley doesnt do much but collect and easy paycheck,he snarls some insults and has a bit of swordplay but thats about it.
The other villains are more interesting,and the also have some very interesting weapons.
The make up artists did a great job because somehow they have made Gemma Arterton more stunningly beautiful.
Im not sure why they decided to use a stop and pause effect during some of the action and special effect sequences,because it made some of the aforementioned scenes look cheesy.
Some may dislike the climax of the film,and i have disliked certain films as of late for using the same type of climax,but maybe they're using them so much such scenes are growing on me.
Scale of 1-10 an 8

 

[Silver Knight]

Biggest bomb of the summer?

 

[Brother Jack]

But "Revenge of the Fallen" this was any better?

It is not hard to be better than Transformers 2. POP was better and it was still pretty bad.

 

[matrix_ghost]

Biggest bomb of the summer?

The movie cost 200 million to break even it should've made 400 million WW.
It's currently at 293 million WW. Dunno if it really is the biggest bomb but being 100 million in the red anit exactly good. You'll find an article soon enough explaining just how much Disney & Bruckheimer lost with PoP

 

[Silver Knight]

Care to share that article?

 

[matrix_ghost]

Care to share that article?

Lol. I don't have that
I meant to say that you will find such an article soon enough . The trades always have the final numbers later .
Remember when Speed Racer came out. We all knew the movie was a bomb but some months later the trades ran numbers of 200 million or so that WB lost because of Speed Racer. In fact if it weren't for TDK Speed Racer loss would've meant that WB would end the summer in the red.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Lol. I don't have that
I meant to say that you will find such an article soon enough . The trades always have the final numbers later .
Remember when Speed Racer came out. We all knew the movie was a bomb but some months later the trades ran numbers of 200 million or so that WB lost because of Speed Racer. In fact if it weren't for TDK Speed Racer loss would've meant that WB would end the summer in the red.

Toy Story 3 will prevent Disney from finishing in the red.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I really don't think this was a bad movie. It was good, the promotions were just garbage.

 

[GoblinWhirlwind]

Hot Toys Dastan Figure

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/story/...e_Prince_Dastan_Collectible_Figure_131965.asp

 

[Mr. Earle]

Any chance for a life size Gemma doll? I'm just.... curious.... that's all.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Jake is NOT a bankable star.

Nope, but he's a very good Indy film star. Give him a film where the budget is small and have a strong plot and he can give a very strong performance.

 

[Sundancer]

The Shawshank Redemption didn't do that well in theaters. Look at its rep and popularity now. Same with Office Space.

 

[Brother Jack]

The Shawshank Redemption didn't do that well in theaters. Look at its rep and popularity now. Same with Office Space.

The difference is both of those films are great, and POP is not.

 

[rashad]

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has announced 1-disc DVD($29.99), 1-disc Blu-ray ($39.99), and 3-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($44.99) releases of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for September 14th. The only extra material on the DVD release will be a Unseen World: Making Prince of Persia behind the scenes featurette. The 1-disc Blu-ray will include that, along with a deleted scene ("The Banquet: Garsiv Presents Heads"). The 3-disc release will include all of the above plus a CineExplore: The Sands of Time feature that allows you to uncover over 40 spellbinding segments – including “Walking Up Walls,” “Filming in Morocco”, and “Ostrich Jockey Tryouts”. We've attached the official package artwork below:

 

[lespaul59]

Gemma's look good on the cover. I hope Disney does the $10 off coupon for this.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The flick was decent but it wasn't good enough to overcome it's poor marketing campagin. The movie didn't look special in the previews so it didn't open well and it wasn't a special movie (or it didn't have anything special in it) so it didn't have legs. I think that hiring Jake was a mistake. He's a fine young actor but he proved that he is no action star.

This movie and that Nick Cage movie bombing clearly show that Jerry B has lost his touch...for now.

 

[Doc Ock]

The Blu-Ray combo looks great! I hope to get it, I haven't seen the film yet but I have hope that I like it.