"But I know that's just a sky I don't know where I go"

[nausicaa83]

Today I finally watched Prince of Persia (The Sands Of Time). I had it on my to-see list for some time now, and this morning I was feeling still a bit angry for something that happened yesterday, so I decided it was time for some mindless entertaining.

Now, I have mixed feelings about this movie. The first half an hour is, to put it mildly, horrible. I started thinking all the cast and crew were drunk while making that stuff. Then Alfred Molina came, and the story started being a little more interesting. In the end, I was actually enjoying the movie. My major disappointment was the Prince himself. While I loved him in other movies, here Jake Gyllenhaal seems to be asleep half the time, having only two facial expressions: dumb "I'm so in love now" smile, and dumb "crap, I shouldn't have done that" smile. Half the time I wanted him to die a horrible death, and the other half he was just leaping through buildings.

Another huge flaw in this movie is that everyone is so damn white. For god's sake, it's not the fifties anymore, you can't make a movie set in Persia, and then cast only white actors for the speaking parts! It was so annoying!

The reason why I ended up liking this movie (or at least the second part of it) is that the story actually got interesting, and the ending was a bit surprising. I was expecting them to go for a more straightforward ending, and I'm glad they proved me wrong.

Definitely not a movie that I'll watch again, but it wasn't the train wreck it seemed to be at the start, and in the end it took my mind off things. ^^

Comments

[7veilsphaedra.livejournal.com]

I took in the movie when it went through the repertory circuit, and second your sentiments about everyone being so white. Also, I bristled a bit at the stereotypes, including Molina's 'marketplace' mentality, and his silent, black sidekick? *winces*

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

And when the brothers died, and Dastan didn't even flinch? C'mon, your supposedly beloved brothers just died before you, and you just stand there, and a minute later you're off trying to kiss the princess!

Worst hero ever. O_O

[7veilsphaedra.livejournal.com]

That was the worst. Hello, screenwriters? Director? It's scary because you have to wonder what piece of themselves they're missing to make their lead so cavalier. It's definitely one of those moments where plot drives the character in a way that isn't realistic.

Mind, POP was pure joy next to the flaky drivel that was "Knight and Day", the movie I saw this week.

[nausicaa83.livejournal.com]

Thinking about it, having seen The Gamer a few weeks ago makes every bad movie seem a masterpiece in comparison. That's probably the reason why near the end I was enjoing PoP. :D