The Prince of Persia (2009)

[Watashi]

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Jake Gyllenhaal (who was first rumored by Latino Review) and Gemma Arterton (upcoming Quantum of Solace) will star in Prince of Persa: The Sands of Time, Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Films' adaptation of Ubisoft's popular video game. Mike Newell is directing.

In the fantasy adventure, Gyllenhaal will play Dastan, a young prince in sixth century Persia who must join forces with Tamina (Arterton), a feisty and exotic princess, to prevent a villainous nobleman from possessing the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard, Jordan Mechner and Boaz Yakin wrote the script, which is based on the many games created by Jordan Mechner.

Bruckheimer is producing, while Mike Stenson, Chad Oman and Patrick McCormick are exec producing.

Production is set to start in July.

At least they are making it historically accurate.

[Sycophant]

Jake Gyllenhall makes for an interest choice for an action star.

Man, is this production ever gonna be glossy!

[Sven]

More like Mike EW-ell.

[Grouchy]

Ah, Prince of Persia. So many fond memories.

The movie looks like it could be a piece of shit, though. I wonder if it's gonna have the life-restoring potions and blades coming out of the floor.

[number8]

Screw life-restoring potions. I wanna know if Jake Gyllenhaal is going to recover from injuries by drinking water.

[Barty]

Iran So Far

[Lasse]

This movie is gonna be terrible, but I can't help but be a bit excited. I mean, it's freaking Prince of Persia!!

[Wryan]

Screw life-restoring potions. I wanna know if Jake Gyllenhaal is going to recover from injuries by drinking water.

If he can clear that one motherfucking jump, this movie will make billions.

[number8]

Iran So Far

Haha, I'm not the only one who thought of that.

[Dukefrukem]

$150 million dollar budget...

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/records/allbudgets.php

Most expensive budget for a movie based on a video game.

2nd most was $137 mil for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2001/FINAL.php), which was for all intensive purposes... a bomb.

[Sycophant]

This movie will make a ton of money.

[Dukefrukem]

This movie will make a ton of money.

:crazy:

[Sycophant]

Bruckheimer. Summer action spectacle movie. $180 million domestic run, minimum.

[Winston*]

Stop making movies based on videogames, plz. thx.

[Skitch]

Terrible casting for a great game. Dammit.

[Dukefrukem]

Bruckheimer. Summer action spectacle movie. $180 million domestic run, minimum.

ah yes.

[Morris Schæffer]

Stop making movies based on videogames, plz. thx.

I understand your sentiment. When even the celebrated and visionary Uwe Boll can't quite seem to get it right, what hope is there eh?

[monolith94]

I could never beat this game. In that tradition, I will go to see this movie, but only make it 3/4rs through.

[Dukefrukem]

I could never beat this game. In that tradition, I will go to see this movie, but only make it 3/4rs through.

I beat all three of them. I liked Two Thrones the best.

[Stay Puft]

I beat all three of them. I liked Two Thrones the best.

He's talking about the original Prince of Persia, not the new 3D games.

I can't say I'm excited for this project, even with Mechner's involvement. I can't say I'll care if it turns out bad, either. Ubisoft has done enough to drag the franchise through the mud.

Perhaps if the movie is a financial success they'll consider adapting Karateka. :)

[Qrazy]

Well at least if they have some balls about it and do it right we'll see some awesome Parkour and/or Free Running.

They should have gotten Sebastien Foucan to star.

[Dukefrukem]

He's talking about the original Prince of Persia, not the new 3D games.

I beat the sidescroller too. And since this movies is actually based on the 3D game, Sands of Time...

[monolith94]

Well I didn't beat the sidescroller! Bah! Painful memories of palace guards and spike traps, flooding back into my synapses!

[Acapelli]

He's talking about the original Prince of Persia, not the new 3D games.

I can't say I'm excited for this project, even with Mechner's involvement. I can't say I'll care if it turns out bad, either. Ubisoft has done enough to drag the franchise through the mud.
What are you talking about? Sands of Time is one of the best games I've ever played?

[Stay Puft]

What are you talking about? Sands of Time is one of the best games I've ever played?

I liked Sands of Time, too. But it was not a commercial success. So Jordan Mechner walked, Ubisoft sold it out with Warrior Within, and the rest betrays an embarrasing lack of understanding and direction. Prince of Persia 3D was bad enough, but at least it was just a bad game that disappeared into the ether.

[Qrazy]

Warrior Within and Two Thrones are fine games... nothing spectacular but just fine. I don't understand your disdain.

[Rowland]

I didn't finish Warrior Within, it had none of the charm and personality that The Sands Within embodied. The fighting and backtracking were obnoxious too.

[Qrazy]

I didn't finish Warrior Within, it had none of the charm and personality that The Sands Within had. The fighting and backtracking was obnoxious too.

The Dakaha was pretty cool.

[Rowland]

The Dakaha was pretty cool.I forget, what was that?

[Qrazy]

I forget, what was that?

The big black demon that is relatively immortal and tries to kill you throughout most of the game.

[Rowland]

The big black demon that is relatively immortal and tries to kill you throughout most of the game.Oooooh yeah. You're right, those chase sequences were pretty tense.

[number8]

Warrior Within was a great game. The only thing lame about it was the Nu Metal Prince, but I loved the intricate time travel story and the backtrackings.

[Qrazy]

Warrior Within was a great game. The only thing lame about it was the Nu Metal Prince, but I loved the intricate time travel story and the backtrackings.

What was the nu metal the evil version of him or was that not until the third game? Either way I kind of liked mostly because you could do some crazy kills.

[number8]

What was the nu metal the evil version of him or was that not until the third game? Either way I kind of liked mostly because you could do some crazy kills.

No that was the third game. It was a drastic change because Sands of Time was a Teen-rated game with a mythical, Arabian Nights charm. Warrior Within was a Mature-rated game, with the Prince suddenly looking goth and wearing black, calling women bitches, and for some reason when he cuts the sand monsters they started bleeding all gory-like when they just turned into sand in the first game. Also, the Middle Eastern music was replaced by a rock-heavy soundtrack. It was a bit perplexing.

[Qrazy]

No that was the third game. It was a drastic change because Sands of Time was a Teen-rated game with a mythical, Arabian Nights charm. Warrior Within was a Mature-rated game, with the Prince suddenly looking goth and wearing black, calling women bitches, and for some reason when he cuts the sand monsters they started bleeding all gory-like when they just turned into sand in the first game. Also, the Middle Eastern music was replaced by a rock-heavy soundtrack. It was a bit perplexing.

Ah yeah the soundtrack was a bit crap.

[Dukefrukem]

Warrior Within was a great game. The only thing lame about it was the Nu Metal Prince, but I loved the intricate time travel story and the backtrackings.

The backtracking is what makes this game the worst in the series.

[Kurosawa Fan]

This is now a May 2010 release. (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i7208006e0cd864695b5183ac8ed ef185)

[Stay Puft]

Perhaps if the movie is a financial success they'll consider adapting Karateka.

Ha! Mechner just recently announced he's involved with a project that is bringing back Karateka in some form. Now all we need is a Last Express revival.

Will I even be able to muster any interest for this project in 2010?

[Watashi]

Jake as the Prince.

http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/jakeprince.jpg

[Lasse]

I have no problem with that. :)

[number8]

Neither do I. That is freakin' sexy.

[Skitch]

I'm actually surprised...in a good way.

[Dukefrukem]

hmmm

[Qrazy]

He looks dumb as hell.

[Sycophant]

In all fairness, he doesn't seem to be in character in that picture, nor properly lit/framed.

[Acapelli]

he looks way too white

he needs a tan

[Sven]

he looks way too white

he needs a tan

CG tan, doofus.

[Sxottlan]

Heh Heh. Okay.

You'd think they'd want someone adept at Parkour or something.

[Wryan]

Neither do I. That is freakin' sexy.

I'd hit it.........meaning Reese......meaning "out of the way."

Then I'd hit it. Without those "boots" on though. They look like mummy wrappings about to fall off a skeleton.

[Dukefrukem]

what's he holding in his right hand?

[Sycophant]

what's he holding in his right hand?
Harvey Dent's erect penis?

[Kurosawa Fan]

Harvey Dent's erect penis?

Or clitoris. Hard to tell.

[Qrazy]

Or clitoris. Hard to tell.

Don't you have a family? KF I hate to break it to you but a clitoris does not look like that.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Don't you have a family? KF I hate to break it to you but a clitoris does not look like that.

Harvey Dent's would.

[Sycophant]

Harvey Dent's would.Ha ha. "Would."

[Qrazy]

Harvey Dent's would.

I will have to take this under legal advisement.

[number8]

I will have to take this under legal advisement.

I believe in Kurosawa Fan.

[Dukefrukem]

Video Interview with Jake back in November. (http://persia.moviechronicles.com/2008-11/jake-interview-and-first-video-footage/) Release date is Memorial Day 2010.

[megladon8]

The first poster for the film will premiere inside another film - Confessions of a Shopaholic. (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/25/jerry-bruckheimer-debuts-prince-of-persia-poster-within-his-own-film-confessions-of-a-shopoholic/#more-9086)

[Morris Schæffer]

Footage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUnoO17ZJgM&feature=player_embedded

[Dukefrukem]

Nothing too special yet...but Gyllenhaal looks more jacked in that footage than he does in that pic above.

[Mara]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/6a00d8341bf6c153ef0115711d6073 970c-.jpg

[number8]

That looks ridiculous.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Sure, he's jacked, but is he fast enough to outrace cold air?

[Skitch]

I reserve preemptive judgement for trailer.

[BuffaloWilder]

He's pretty white for a Persian prince, isn't he?

[Morris Schæffer]

In the summer of 2010, stuff will be defied.

http://www.movies.ie/uploads/attachments/prince503.jpg

http://www.movies.ie/uploads/attachments/prince503.jpg

[number8]

That second one looks like a magazine cover.

[Mara]

Disney appears to have confused "Persian" with "Brunnette."

[Sycophant]

The font design on these posters looks rough draft-y.

[number8]

Disney appears to have confused "Persian" with "Brunnette."

What, you want them to make movies about heroic TERRORISTS?

[eternity]

I really like them.

[Rowland]

I just discovered that this is being directed by Mike Newell. My expectations have gone up a notch, from nil to faintly optimistic.

[Mara]

What, you want them to make movies about heroic TERRORISTS?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/terrorist.jpg

*snickers*

[Dukefrukem]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/maragirl/terrorist.jpg

*snickers*

:lol:

[trotchky]

I think this movie is going to be really bad.

[Ezee E]

The Walt Disney logo makes me laugh for some reason.

[Sycophant]

The Walt Disney logo makes me laugh for some reason.

It is funny how they seemed to be keeping the Walt Disney signature logo tied strictly to their higher profile animation projects. And now, in the wake of Pirates of the Carribean, it's just eating up space on the poster for a goddamned Jerry Bruckheimer video game adaption.

[Skitch]

Who's the girl?

[Dukefrukem]

I think this movie is going to be really bad.

I think the first one will be good, like the first Pirates. The next two they make will be horrendous.

[Dukefrukem]

two new images here (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=25420). It's lookin pretty good guys...

[[ETM]]

Who's the girl?

Gemma Arterton. She was briefly in Quantum of Solace, seems to be in everything from now on.

[lovejuice]

two new images here (http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=25420). It's lookin pretty good guys...
it has a potential to be a fun Pirate of Caribbean type movie.

[Dukefrukem]

The Good:

There is plenty of "platforming" in here, where The Prince leaps, jumps, chimneys down walls, and narrowly escapes nefarious traps. That's a nice nod to the game, which first appeared on home computers back in 1989. You'll also hear a couple of familiar sound effects, like the psssshwt! of an arrow as it narrowly misses The Prince. The trailer was filled with heroic action featuring a very ripped Jake Gyllenhaal, performing everything you'd expect from the franchise's protagonist: sword fighting; wooing Princess Tamina, sweeping back his emo hair and ... err, more jumping. Lots of jumping. There's also a some witty repartee between Dastan and Tamina, a la Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood. What better movie to emulate?


The Bad:

They've made plenty of changes to the mythology of The Prince of Persia, which is loosely based on The Sands of Time game that came out in 2003. Creator Jordan Mechner wrote the first two drafts of the film script himself (see the trailer he cut together when he pitched the project to Bruckheimer here), although Disney later brought on three other screenwriters to work on it as well. They've given The Prince a name (probably out of necessity), so he's now Prince Dastan, and for some reason they've changed Princess Farah into Princess Tamina. Also, Dastan is a former street urchin who has been adopted by the King and turned into a Prince. It's also distracting that both Dastan and Tamina speak the Queen's English ... where's the Persia in here?

The Ugly:

Like other recent Bruckheimer movies, this one feels like it's going to rely so heavily on CGI that it won't feel real. The swirling sand effect that is used whenever Dastan uses the Dagger of Time to go into "Bullet Time" leaves just his floating head, suspended above a whirlwind that resembles his body. It looks both fake and extremely weird. Bruckheimer was quick to point out to us that this is still a work in progress, which we hope means, "This will actually look better when it's finished." They also feature an extremely small amount of Kingsley in the trailer, which makes us fear he'll be a hammy, over-the-top villain. Just give us a villain we can love to hate, not one we hate to love.

Trailer comes out today at 7pm est on IGN

[Saya]

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxAM_XMZBd8&feature=player_embedded)

Not really feeling it.

[Watashi]

lolwut

[Mara]

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxAM_XMZBd8&feature=player_embedded)

Not really feeling it.

Okay. I made it about 40 seconds in.

It would take some miraculous reviews to change my mind at this point.

[number8]

Why is he talking in a British accent...?

[megladon8]

Yikes that looks awful.

Gemma Arterton's roles should be left silent.

[eternity]

It looks like every other Jerry Bruckheimer movie ever made. More specifically, Confessions of a Shopaholic.

[[ETM]]

She's British... why does her accent sound more fake than his?

So, this is like The Mummy but with all of the fun sucked out of it.

[Wryan]

That looks Van Helsing Awesome.




Trademarked.

[Dukefrukem]

wow..... i can't see anything in that trailer that would make me want to see this movie. and im a huge fan of the game series.

[Grouchy]

That's fucking terrible.

[Dukefrukem]

better quality version here (http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/664420/prince-of-persia/videos/pop_mov_trl1_110209.html).

Looks a lot better when you can actually see what's going on.

[Stay Puft]

A shame these things come out so homogenized. At best it will be an entertaining, diverting Bruckheimer blockbuster. Fine, but where's the Prince of Persia?

[B-side]

Gyllrefghuybukwfgywhaal looks hilariously awful in the lead.

[Skitch]

Hmmmmmmmm.

[Sycophant]

Gyllrefghuybukwfgywhaal looks hilariously awful in the lead.

Y'know, you very nearly spelled his name right on either end of that gobbledygook. But I know what you mean! The pretense of that jerk with his... name's unfamiliar spelling!

[Dead & Messed Up]

Shit looks bland.

[lovejuice]

i'm for it. :shrug:

[KK2.0]

i'm for it. :shrug:

me too

[angrycinephile]

New trailer (http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/03/02/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-movie-trailer-2/)

It still looks awful. With this and Robin Hood both coming out May sure looks like the most bland month for movies this year. What's else coming out that month? Oh yeah, Shrek Forever After and Sex and the City 2. Ugh. The summer season will be off to a slow start.

When was the last time Bruckheimer was associated with a good film? My answer to this after looking him up on IMDB would be Black Hawk Down and that was almost a decade ago and he's produced about 15 movies since then. Just stop.

[Dukefrukem]

Black Hawk Down is shit.

I would argue The Curse of the Black Pearl was his last good involvement.

[Morris Schæffer]

Black Hawk Down is shit.

Loved it. Like The Hurt Locker, it was fairly devoid of politics and what little was there wasn't too on the nose. Like the Bana character said:"When bullets star flying past your head, politics goes right out the window."

It was masterful action filmmaking, bravura filmmaking, the "you-are-there" feeling overwhelming.

[Wryan]

Still looks Van Helsing Awesome. Sure I'll see it.

[Dead & Messed Up]

It's weird seeing trailers for this and Clash of the Titans after my Harryhausen kick. Part of me thinks these could be similarly fun swashbucklers, but the other, larger part of me sees overactive swashbucklers that are trying too damn hard. In short, they look overstuffed and overdramatic - they don't really look fun.

I'd love to be wrong, though. Nothing would be more pleasing to me than a return to old-school, myth-driven adventure yarns full of monsters and mirth.

[KK2.0]

GIMMETHEDAGGA!!!

why the trailers try so hard to explain the entire movie? i'm not surprised how bad they look. They should STFU and just let the pretty pictures sell the thing.


It's weird seeing trailers for this and Clash of the Titans after my Harryhausen kick. Part of me thinks these could be similarly fun swashbucklers, but the other, larger part of me sees overactive swashbucklers that are trying too damn hard. In short, they look overstuffed and overdramatic - they don't really look fun.

kinda like The Pirates of the Caribbean movies, which btw are from the same people bringing this Prince of Persia movie...

[KK2.0]

Embargo be damned, some impressions already appeared around the net.

http://www.bitmob.com/articles/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time-movie-impressions

sounds like your typical summer popcorn spectacle. no surprises.

[Sxottlan]

Meh. Chintzy art direction or at least bad lighting. The special effects were kind of murky and blurry. The budget looked like it was far less than even the first Pirates of the Caribbean. No real flow to any parkour scenes (what was there anyway) or swordplay. Most of the action was given away in the trailer. Mike Newell seemed all wrong for this.

You just wanted to strangle the princess. I mean, it's realistic that she's pissed about her city being invaded, but to steal the dagger twice from Dastan after he's basically proven he's innocent and trustworthy?

Not very funny either. It's not that I'm looking for a laugh riot, but at least something really entertaining.

May has been a bit of a bust. And there's only about four more films coming out this summer that I'm looking forward to.

[Skitch]

Stunning. Everything Sxottlan said is correct, +10 to hate. I cannot remember the last time I saw something this incompetentaly made in the theater. This was SyFY original bad. This was Boll-esque, yet without the funny.

Coming soon to McDonalds, Mike Newell working a fry-o-later.

[Skitch]

Guys, I'm trying to revel in hating this film, its a little hard to do if you guys don't see it. C'mon now.

[Ivan Drago]

Coming soon to McDonalds, Mike Newell working a fry-o-later.

I'm surprised he wasn't working there after Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. That film in my opinion is the worst in the series.

The only way I'll see this is if I'm bored, or asked to go.

[Sxottlan]

I cannot remember the last time I saw something this incompetently made in the theater.

I was cracking up at the classic blooper of Dastan and the princess jumping into a fountain, getting out and two shots later being completely dry.

[MadMan]

The only thing I have to further note about this movie is that it will become the first successful (box office wise) video game adaption. Quality wise, I can't imagine its very good.

[Dead & Messed Up]

The only thing I have to further note about this movie is that it will become the first successful (box office wise) video game adaption. Quality wise, I can't imagine its very good.

There have been a lot of game-based hits. From what I can remember, Mortal Kombat, Tomb Raider, and the four-movies long Resident Evil franchise have all more than returned on profit.

[Ezee E]

Only made $30 mill at the box office, with a budget of $200.

Bigger bomb than Robin Hood.

Can't force franchises. I don't know anybody who was remotly interested in either movie.

[Pop Trash]

Can't force franchises. I don't know anybody who was remotly interested in either movie.

For Summertime, there aren't too many movies out that anyone I know IRL are talking about. Iron Man 2 seems to be about it. Pretty stinky year for wide releases so far.

[eternity]

Only made $30 mill at the box office, with a budget of $200.

Bigger bomb than Robin Hood.

Can't force franchises. I don't know anybody who was remotly interested in either movie.
I saw one commercial on ESPN. I watch a lot of television.

Again, the question is not how much money it made, but why the hell it cost so much to make.

[Ezee E]

I saw one commercial on ESPN. I watch a lot of television.

Again, the question is not how much money it made, but why the hell it cost so much to make.
Prince of Persia doesn't surprise me.

What surprises me is that Sex and the City 2 cost $100 million. I'm sure half of it was for cast, if not more, but the fact remains that a comedy cost $100 mill.

[Watashi]

This movie will make a ton of money.
lol syco

[Ezee E]

With this, and the upcoming Killers, A-Team, and Jonah Hex all probably putting up disappointing numbers, you think this will mean that studios may actually put some thinking into their stories before rushing them out to their fixed release date?

Or will they simply go cheaper, like the next Spider-Man movie?

With these flops, I can only see it as a good thing really.

[Watashi]

I don't think A-Team flops. It's been getting good marketing and has the Fathers day weekend to help it.

I think stuff like Knight and Day, Last Airbender, and Salt will all flop badly.

Jesus Christ, this is a horrid summer/year.

Even the independents don't interest me at all.

Just bring on Tron already.

[[ETM]]

Well, while "Robin Hood" was a bomb in the US, it made over $237 million globally, and it's not done yet. Also, it's gonna be a lucrative rental. So as long as these films don't actually bomb bomb, they're gonna keep making them.

[Ezee E]

If A-Team gets bad reviews across the board, I may not see a summer movie until July. Pathetic.

[Henry Gale]

So if this sucks, at least Splice and Get Him To The Greek come out this Friday for me to see. There's Toy Story 3 a couple of weeks from now too.

Then there's absolutely nothing I want to see until Inception. (Maybe Predators...) August has Scott Pilgrim and that's about it.

I didn't even realize this until you guys brought it up here... What the hell is up with this summer? Hopefully some things that aren't currently on my radar pop up to make the next few months worthwhile.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Prince of Persia doesn't surprise me.

What surprises me is that Sex and the City 2 cost $100 million. I'm sure half of it was for cast, if not more, but the fact remains that a comedy cost $100 mill.

Most of that budget went to the cast and the insane wardrobe.

[Ezee E]

Yeah, Splice is one that's kind of popped out of nowhere that's gotten my attention.

[[ETM]]

Yeah, Splice is one that's kind of popped out of nowhere that's gotten my attention.

I've seen promotional material for it back in 2007. It's been a long time coming.

[Sxottlan]

Christ! $200 Million for this? I don't know where it went, but I don't think it's on the screen.


I saw one commercial on ESPN. I watch a lot of television.

And there was barely any ads on TV for Robin Hood as far as I could see.

[Ivan Drago]

The only other summer releases I want to see are Splice, The A-Team, Toy Story 3, Predators, Inception, The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim.

Agree with Wats, bring on Tron...and next summer to boot.

Henry Gale - why Get Him to the Greek?

[Sycophant]

lol syco

Man. I posted that two years ago. That's insane.

Not too disappointed to be wrong.

[Derek]

Man. I posted that two years ago. That's insane.

Not too disappointed to be wrong.

Can you believe it sucks too?? It looked so promising.

[Henry Gale]

Henry Gale - why Get Him to the Greek?

Because I love Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Brand, and sometimes I find Apatow's producer-only movies end up being even more hilarious than the stuff he directs (Pineapple Express being the main one, even though that had DGG). Those things and, like I said, there really isn't much else that looks great for the summer to me.

[Ivan Drago]

Because I love Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Brand, and sometimes I find Apatow's producer-only movies end up being even more hilarious than the stuff he directs (Pineapple Express being the main one, even though that had DGG). Those things and, like I said, there really isn't much else that looks great for the summer to me.

Just saw that it has a 73% Tomatometer too. I might see it if reviews stay positive.

[Sxottlan]

The only other summer releases I want to see are Splice, The A-Team, Toy Story 3, Predators, Inception, The Expendables and Scott Pilgrim.

I'm looking forward to Inception, then Scott Pilgrim, then I guess The Last Airbender (just to see Shyamalan try something very different; here's hoping his usually great shot compositions make it in here) and then The A-Team for the nostalgia factor.

Everything else? Eh. Could go either way.

[Sycophant]

Is this now the Summer 2010 UFDT?

All I really care about in terms of domestic studio releases is Scott Pilgrim, I think. Will see Toy Story 3, too, I'm sure.

There are probably some indies and foreigns getting domestic releases this Summer that I don't know about.

Kitano's Outrage, which I probably won't see for like a year anyway, is what I want most.

[Henry Gale]

Back to relating things to Prince of Persia:

I saw it on Tuesday ($4 dollar day at my theatre) and it was absolutely horrible. Beyond bad in ways I didn't even think it could have been. I have no idea how this ever cost $200 million or how having been shot two years ago, that it can feel like it was edited together in a weekend. For a movie like this to feel as incohesive as it does is pretty shocking.

Effects almost all look terrible, the "coolest" moments don't even follow the sort of wide-open logic the movie sets up for itself, the script has a dozen things always going on at once with characters individual motives or placement never making sense or paying off. There are the odd visual showcase moments of CG landscapes or buildings that are nice here and there, and the big climax may have had a couple of okay moments, but none of it matters.

From the very beginning with the horrible "Destiny!" texts in bright yellow Papyrus font over the most generic desert shots ever, my friends were way ahead of me in asking "um... are you serious?" out loud. Then Ben Kingsley saw young Prince of Parkour hoppin' between buildings and decided to adopt him on the spot... It only made less sense from there.

Do not see.

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[Skitch]

Ahhhh, yes. I am basking in the hate. I'm repping reviews that rape this movie, btw. Kudos Mr. Gale!

Yes I hated it that much.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Yea, this movie was vile. I don't know if any of it worked. At least I saw it on cheapie day, and got a free movie out of it because the projector stopped for about 10 minutes.

[Spun Lepton]

Yea, this movie was vile. I don't know if any of it worked. At least I saw it on cheapie day, and got a free movie out of it because the projector stopped for about 10 minutes.

So, it was bad enough that the projector rejected it?

/only responded because I wanted to write "projector rejected"