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So I've been somewhat on the fence about this Prince of Persia movie.As many of you know another hobby of mine is gaming, mostly PC gaming but this was one of the games that I loved on console. The rewinding time concept was huge in this game and I remember it saved me from dying many times. However, as many of you also know the track record with great games being turned into great movies is like 0-1000. And before some of you even try to bring up Hitman, don't. That movie sucked to.

It didn't help that they had chosen Jake Gyllenhaal to play the Prince. I like and respect him greatly as an actor and think he's very talented but do I see him as the Prince of Persia? Not really. Interestingly enough, there was an incident a long time ago where they chose an actor to play a role and nobody agreed with it. Even the author who had written the book the movie was based off of called him a poor choice for the role. A statement which she later recanted after she had watched the film. The author was Anne Rice, the actor was Tom Cruise and role of course was Lestat. Ever since then I try to give people a fair shot at a role...even if I don't seem them resembling the role in the least.

So it was with a shred of glimmering hope that I looked at these posters of Gyllenhaal as the Prince, Gemma Arterton as Tamina and Ben Kingsley as the evil Vizier Nizam and I have to say that I'm pretty pleased. Although I will add that I think the Prince's armor is more inspired from The Warrior Within game as opposed to the Sands of Time, but that's just my inner geek talking. I still feel a bit odd about Gyllenhaal as the Prince but I do feel a bit better and hopeful about the film.






Source: Comminsoon.net