Prince of Persia Movie
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Whoever was in charge of the abject altar-boy-at-Easter-mass molestation of the slow-mo effect needs to be taken out back and shot along with the dialogue writers. The actors I can let off with a stern whipping, as their lines weren't so wooden as to induce cringing a la Twilight.
The architecture and landscape shots and the special effects were good. However, I'm still disappointed in Bruckheimer over this. He's done better.
The architecture and landscape shots and the special effects were good. However, I'm still disappointed in Bruckheimer over this. He's done better.
There was indeed a scene right out of Assassin's Creed.
I quite enjoyed the movie. Not totally blown away or anything, but enough that it stands on its own and I can say 'it's a decent movie' rather than 'it's a decent movie for a videogame adaptation.' Plot was okay. Action and effects were good, dialogue was mostly alright. Certain parts had me cringing, but mostly the only thing that bothered me in the whole film was the disconcerting lack of blood. I know this is Disney film but when someone gets sliced or run through, I expect at least a little blood to let me know the blow connected. Oh well.
So yeah, it's a decent semi-family-friendly action film in its own right, and pretty much kicks the pants of any other game-to-movie adaptation so far.
I quite enjoyed the movie. Not totally blown away or anything, but enough that it stands on its own and I can say 'it's a decent movie' rather than 'it's a decent movie for a videogame adaptation.' Plot was okay. Action and effects were good, dialogue was mostly alright. Certain parts had me cringing, but mostly the only thing that bothered me in the whole film was the disconcerting lack of blood. I know this is Disney film but when someone gets sliced or run through, I expect at least a little blood to let me know the blow connected. Oh well.
So yeah, it's a decent semi-family-friendly action film in its own right, and pretty much kicks the pants of any other game-to-movie adaptation so far.
My own opinion is that the first two-thirds are well above average for a video game movie adaptation (i.e., its not bad), and the last third just completely falls to pieces as regards pacing, plot, and resolution.
I particularly found it stupid that we get a ton of dramatic build-up to the scene where Dastan finally reveals the truth to his oldest brother, only to immediately have all of that mean absolutely nothing when the dude is capped within 30 seconds. It was bad enough with his middle brother, but at least there it actually meant something (what with his brother spending his dying breath saving Dastan from the Hashashin), while his oldest brother might as well have been vacationing in Tijuana for all the relevance he had to the storyline in that scene.
As far as the end being a gigantic push of the reset button -- I can't (and won't) complain about the History Eraser Button being pushed when the entire movie's plot is based around a time-rewinding macguffin, but I can complain that it was handled clumsily.
And my last gripe is that holy damn, was there a total lack of chemistry between Dastan and the princess or what? Couldn't they have cast someone else for her? Gyllenhaal actually did far better than I expected him to, quite well in fact, but his efforts were largely wasted when they handcuffed him to a very unsympathetic and poorly acted female lead.
I particularly found it stupid that we get a ton of dramatic build-up to the scene where Dastan finally reveals the truth to his oldest brother, only to immediately have all of that mean absolutely nothing when the dude is capped within 30 seconds. It was bad enough with his middle brother, but at least there it actually meant something (what with his brother spending his dying breath saving Dastan from the Hashashin), while his oldest brother might as well have been vacationing in Tijuana for all the relevance he had to the storyline in that scene.
As far as the end being a gigantic push of the reset button -- I can't (and won't) complain about the History Eraser Button being pushed when the entire movie's plot is based around a time-rewinding macguffin, but I can complain that it was handled clumsily.
And my last gripe is that holy damn, was there a total lack of chemistry between Dastan and the princess or what? Couldn't they have cast someone else for her? Gyllenhaal actually did far better than I expected him to, quite well in fact, but his efforts were largely wasted when they handcuffed him to a very unsympathetic and poorly acted female lead.
