Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

[LaughingMan777]

Just got back from this movie. Here's the shocker: the movie is awesome!

 

I had misgivings about this movie:

 

1. Its based on the game. Almost all game based movies I've seen suck big time. Starting of with Doom.

2. Jake Gylen-something (Donnie Darko to the cultists) is the Prince. Nothing against him, but just figured they'd find a grittier actor

 

I was pleasantly surprised to see that the movie mirrors the costumes (not just the Prince, but also the bad guys), the set/architecture (the Davids star which adorned the walls in the game were present here too, the color tone (sand and light brown). Some scenes looked like they were directly picked up from the game cutscenes.

The story was also revamped and made more engaging. Gamers and non-gamers would find the movie equally entertaining. My wife (nongamer anti-gamer) really enjoyed the movie.

 

4.5 stars out of 5.

 

Go Watch!

 

NOTE: Dont expect a remake of the game. They took a lot of concepts from the trilogy and wrapped it around a story which could easily be parallel to the game but with a more "movie-like" theme.

[Snake]

There is a movie thread dude........

[Sumanth_Champion]

I totally liked the movie was expecting it to be bad...

 

 

but it turned out to be a pleasant exp.. Liked the story and the screenplay of it... there r few wow moments..

 

 

must watch

 

[gonekrazy3000]

was pleasantly surprised with the movie. The first half was brilliant. didn't even notice 1 hr

passing before the intermission.... 2nd half.... was hit or miss. the ending specially coulda been

better. but its alright. definately not as bad as i was expecting overall. I liked the fact that the

game was a fusion of Sands of Time,Two Thrones and a dash of Assassins creed 2 (combat and assassinations). With a few changes this coulda been the best movie ever =D

[Pushy]

^^ Best Movie based on a game...when u say best movie ever,run for ur life coz there r lot of movief**s here ready to throw mud on ur face

[umarthechamp]

Pretty nice movie...not 'amazing' but considering the fact that its a game adaption which usually tend to suck this was a movie well made...a couple scenes reminded me of assasins creed like when

he uses the arrows to climb up the fort in the begining also when he stands on top of the wooden platform and the camera moves 360 to show the whole view

..all in all a nice movie and a must watch movie for PoP fans

[LaughingMan777]

On second thoughts, they shouldn't have named the Prince. Would have been cool if they had run the movie thru without mentioning him by name.

[Cyborg]

how long is the movie?

[imalreadyfor]

I might just watch it tonight.

[Elessar]

how long is the movie?

Its about 2 hours long..

I went in with low expectations and was pleasantly surprised.. I actually liked it.

[Aftrunner]

Saw it. Loved it.

[Joy]

Cool , nice input guys.

 

Will be going for the movie then tomorrow.

[Nemo]

epic movie is epic. Loved it. i mean really loved it. Perfect summer blockbuster.

Nice story, great lines (doc. Ock, the slightly dishonest entrepreneur, in particular ).

 

Only thing that i can nitpick about is the accent, at the start it was really jarring to see that accent in the persian setting but it settled towards the halfway, except gemma artaton's (cant help it, the brit accent was a fail in the movie). Platforming was very good,

hassasins

were OMFG and loved the bromance between the 3 princes.

 

I honstly cant ask for anything more from a pop movie or a summer action adventure flick. It was much, much better than IM2 in that respect.

 

GO watch it !! those who havent.

 

and yes, best game to movie adaption.

[Joy]

Awesome Movie , watched it in the evening.

 

Best movie adaption of a video game.

[jackhammer06]

:| To all those who loved the movie,

 

 

WHAT THE f**k DID THEY DO TO THE ORIGINAL SANDS OF TIME STORY????!!!! :P Answer me beeches!!!Not even once in all the 3 games I played did I battle rattlesnakes.... Where were the sand monsters?!Whats with the British Accent for a Prince of Persia?!

 

 

Nuff said.

[Joy]

Damn the Ostriches pissed u off.

 

They had to change some aspects of the story to make it a movie , it still is the best game adaption movie and great hollywood masala movie to watch for 2 hours.

[Aftrunner]

Seriously. If you wanted a scene by scene remake just watch cutscenes from SoT.

 

I thought there were enough bits in it to make the movie stand on its own and yet feel like PoP to anyone who played and loved the games. Thats a pretty tough rope to walk.

[jackhammer06]

^Dude.I get your point.But,Hassassins??!!Seriously.Snake Charming Idiots.

And the similarity with Assassins Creed.The Eagle view,the parkour...

I mean,they could have easily gone the sand monster way you know.... And what was Ben Kingsley doing man?

 

P.S:The ostrich and his master was AWESOME.

"I want ten horses full of gold.Tax Free."

[Aftrunner]

Yeah I wouldnt have minded some sand monsters but I dont think it affected the movie negatively for me. There is always the sequel.

 

If this doesnt bomb that is.

[achilles]

Yep. It completely butchered POP but the movie was a lot of fun to watch. Easy enough to follow even if you're not familiar with POP's universe. Some of the sequences were so so cool.

 

The only thing.. They dint set up the sequel by the end too nicely, did they?