Prince of Persia Trailer

Good, bad, ugly? I am not sure. I am sure there is a lot of sand. Lots and lots of sand.

I dunno, looks OK. True to canon, in a good meaning of that word. Gylenhaal seems to capture the essense of the "original", Sands of Time prince's character.

Slow mo freezes, however, made me involuntarity reach for a controller. I didn't know those quicktime events etched into my memory so permanently.

Ben Kingsley?

Am I the only one still having trouble buying Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince of Persia?

Looks a lot better then I was expecting it to look.

I didn't have high hopes, but I was willing to give it the benefit of the doubt simply because Jordan Mechner is one of the screen writers on the thing. I have to say, the trailer made me feel better about it.

I think Gyllenhaal makes a pretty good Prince. He looks and sounds the part enough for it to work for me. I mean, go back and play Sands of Time. That Prince totally looks like Donnie Darko.

Plus, I didn't realize it was Disney. I thought it was from Universal. That made me happy, even though it doesn't really make a difference in the end. In my mind, though, this will help it end up being something closer in feel to the awesome Pirates of the Caribbean movies and much farther away from those terrible Mummy movies.

Rat Boy wrote:

Am I the only one still having trouble buying Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince of Persia?

He looks a lot more like emo-prince from the second game, but I have to admit he certainly sounds the part.

This might actually be watchable, even if it IS a Bruckheimer film.

I'm reasonably hopeful.

Gyllenhaal may seem hard to take seriously, but remember when Heath Ledger was announced as the Joker? At the end of the day actors act for a living, except for Hayden Christensen, so most should be able to carry most roles.

Hitman had a good looking trailer.
Max Payne had a good looking trailer.
Hell, Phantom Menace had a good looking trailer.

Poor Old Lu wrote:

Hitman had a good looking trailer.
Max Payne had a good looking trailer.
Hell, Phantom Menace had a good looking trailer.

I was about to accuse you of blatant cynicism, but then I realised you were right.

I am not giving up on this yet though. I haven't seen the trailer (damn work) but I will look when I get home. I loved the games - even the much maligned second installment - so I refuse to write this off until it is actually out.

I know someone who was working on the special effects when the movie was initially delayed.

According to them it was looking pretty sweet, even in its rough state, and this person is not prone to exaggeration.

I like it.

Poor Old Lu wrote:

Hitman had a good looking trailer.
Max Payne had a good looking trailer.
Hell, Phantom Menace had a good looking trailer.

Stop destroying my hopes and dreams.

breander wrote:
Poor Old Lu wrote:

Hitman had a good looking trailer.
Max Payne had a good looking trailer.
Hell, Phantom Menace had a good looking trailer.

Stop destroying my hopes and dreams.

I'm throwing down a new rule. The Phantom Menace is the Hitler of movie discussions. Any comparisons to the Phantom Menace are terrible, and only hurt your argument. I call it Qui-Gon's law.

Seriously, saying that The Phantom Menace had color in it is a solid argument for black and white movies.

I'm hopeful. Its interesting that they went for a story similar to Sands of Time, but went with a look similar to Warrior Within. However it does, I really hope they make a sequel that has the Dhaka in it. That was a freaky thing.

So.. this is Assassin`s Creed movie, am I right?

It looks like another Pirates of the Caribbean movie without Johnny Depp. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is up to you. I think it looks tedious, loud, and over-stuffed with characters; your milage might vary.

PyromanFO wrote:

The Phantom Menace is the Hitler of movie discussions. Any comparisons to the Phantom Menace are terrible, and only hurt your argument. I call it Qui-Gon's law.

Seriously, saying that The Phantom Menace had color in it is a solid argument for black and white movies.

The Phantom Menace is of the same level of quality as A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. It's the perfect example of a not-bad movie being maligned because of elevated expectations based on nostalgia.

If you want a Hitler of movie discussions, I suggest Attack of the Clones.

I'll wait for reviews. Saw a bladed whip a few seconds in that clearly belonged to the Dark Prince, who wasn't introduced until The Two Thrones. Non-canon. THEY'RE RAPING THE FRANCHISE!!!

Wow. That looked way better than it had any right to. Of course, it still might suck, but I admit to being cautiously optimistic.

I'm hoping this movie is really good and opens the doors to more video game movies that are allowed to not suck and that somehow there is an inexplicable series of events that manages to place me as the writer/director of a Katamari movie. Cannonball Run meets Godzilla with Katamaris. Best movie ever two thumbs up five stars A+!

adam.greenbrier wrote:

The Phantom Menace is of the same level of quality as A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. It's the perfect example of a not-bad movie being maligned because of elevated expectations based on nostalgia.

This is incorrect. I went back to it a while ago to check that I wasn't being to hard on it because of all of the internet-dissection, but I really wasn't. The Phantom Menace is terribly written, terribly acted, terribly put together, and even the cgi has aged in ways that practical effects simply don't. It's an awful movie.

As for Prince of Persia, Mechner being involved makes me interested, Mike Newell is a fairly decent director and I quite like Gyllenhaal as an actor. The trailer doesn't do much to separate itself from your average effects-driven blockbuster though.

The trailer looks terrible.

Alien Love Gardener wrote:
adam.greenbrier wrote:

The Phantom Menace is of the same level of quality as A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. It's the perfect example of a not-bad movie being maligned because of elevated expectations based on nostalgia.

This is incorrect. I went back to it a while ago to check that I wasn't being to hard on it because of all of the internet-dissection, but I really wasn't. The Phantom Menace is terribly written, terribly acted, terribly put together, and even the cgi has aged in ways that practical effects simply don't. It's an awful movie.

Agreed.

Thin_J wrote:

The trailer looks terrible.

Alien Love Gardener wrote:
adam.greenbrier wrote:

The Phantom Menace is of the same level of quality as A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. It's the perfect example of a not-bad movie being maligned because of elevated expectations based on nostalgia.

This is incorrect. I went back to it a while ago to check that I wasn't being to hard on it because of all of the internet-dissection, but I really wasn't. The Phantom Menace is terribly written, terribly acted, terribly put together, and even the cgi has aged in ways that practical effects simply don't. It's an awful movie.

Agreed.

Yes. I think it was before Clones was released that one of the networks showed the 4 movies on 4 different nights, and I happened to come in right at the beginning of Menace. I spent 10 minutes thinking very much like you, adam. "Why was I so hard on this movie?" I thought...until Jar Jar waddled onto the screen, prompting an audible "Ooooooooh"

Alien Love Gardener wrote:
adam.greenbrier wrote:

The Phantom Menace is of the same level of quality as A New Hope and Return of the Jedi. It's the perfect example of a not-bad movie being maligned because of elevated expectations based on nostalgia.

This is incorrect. I went back to it a while ago to check that I wasn't being to hard on it because of all of the internet-dissection, but I really wasn't. The Phantom Menace is terribly written, terribly acted, terribly put together, and even the cgi has aged in ways that practical effects simply don't. It's an awful movie.

I realize that I'm in the minority opinion here on the internet, but I'm not all that impressed with the writing, acting, direction, and editing of Star Wars itself. It, like The Phantom Menace, is a great movie when you're a kid that doesn't hold up as well, sans nostalgia, when you're older (although I will grant you that the special effects are better in the original trilogy than the prequels).

Okay guys, Adam doesn't like the original Star Wars movies. No need creating a pointless flamewar about it.

It's not useless! We can change his opinion with online debate!

Quintin_Stone wrote:

Okay guys, Adam doesn't like the original Star Wars movies. No need creating a pointless flamewar about it.

To each his own. I didn't care for Pulp Fiction.

adam.greenbrier wrote:

I realize that I'm in the minority opinion here on the internet, but I'm not all that impressed with the writing, acting, direction, and editing of Star Wars itself. It, like The Phantom Menace, is a great movie when you're a kid that doesn't hold up as well, sans nostalgia, when you're older (although I will grant you that the special effects are better in the original trilogy than the prequels).

I'd agree with you that the original Star Wars isn't brilliantly written or put together either, but it's still substantially better than The Phantom Menace, and there's a spark there that's completely missing in the prequels.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

Okay guys, Adam doesn't like the original Star Wars movies. No need creating a pointless flamewar about it.

I didn't realize were anywhere near this being a flamewar. Alien Love Gardener, Thin_J, and SpacePPoliceman (and I would hope myself) have been nothing but polite.

Grenn wrote:

It's not useless! We can change his opinion with online debate!

I'm actually pretty fond of Star Wars. I plan to watch them with my son when he's old enough, and I expect that we'll hop around like crazy Jedi and have lightsaber battles with yardsticks. I just don't think it's as good (or the prequels as bad) as many would claim.

But, regardless, it's all off-topic. How about that Prince of Persia?

As someone who hasn't played the game, looking at the trailer, it looks interesting. The plot is pretty much one of those fill in the blank things. For me, it is in the same vein of movies as The Mummy, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Die hard (to name a few). Mindless entertainment. Summer Blockbuster.

I won't go to see this move expecting it to have the same impact upon me as, say The English Patient or Saving Private Ryan. Heck, I don't think it will have the same impact as Wall-E or Finding Nemo. I will go into this movie with my suspension of disbelief set to full power, ready to be entertained.

For me, it is all about expectations.

Rat Boy wrote:

Am I the only one still having trouble buying Jake Gyllenhaal as the prince of Persia?

Are we all aware that Persians are a distinctly different ethnicity than Arabs? Persians can often look like Pete Sampras.

And boy, do they hate being called Arabic.