Prince Of Persia

Prince Of Persia

I really wasn’t thrilled with this film. The graphics were really good in some parts and a little sloppy in others. Also you could barely see where they used computers to animate Prince Dastan as he danced around the city on dangerously thin wooden planks or performed gravity defying horizontal wall running. If you are in for wasting some time and money, then the visual is worth it. But it is definitely a renter.

Jake Gyllenhaal really is a great looking guy. He clearly worked out very hard for this film and I think people are right to be excited to see him bare chested. I did however have a problem with his attire.

Now I know it is a rendition from a video game (which I have played and enjoyed) but really? When you see this rugged “I don’t give a damn” man fighting in the streets and literally throwing himself off cliffs… I find it hard to picture this same man wrapping thin strips of leather around his arms for the express purpose of looking good/cool. I think fashion is not the first, second, or last thing on his mind. Honestly I think everyone would be happy if he took a page out of He-Man’s book and just took it all off. You only need a loin cloth anyway right?? Come-On!

Lastly I have to say Gemma Arterton did a pretty decent job of a prudish Brit who was also the keeper of sacred knowledge and a princess who could fight and wear pretty makeup and clothes and was at the same time a damsel in distress named Tamina and a shaman and …… Oh yeah that doesn’t make sense. None of it. But she worked it.

Final opinion = Don’t see it in theaters. See it when you’re significant other wants to stay in and cuddle because you won’t watch the movie anyway.