11 Nov 3rd, 2009

The Prince of Persia Trailer Raises Some Questions

Posted by James Brady Ryan

persia The <em>Prince of Persia</em> Trailer Raises Some Questions

Remember when Pirates of the Caribbean came out, and everyone was so shocked that such an entertaining movie could come from such a ridiculous original source? Prince of Persia will not be like that.

Ohhhhhh boy. Okay, quiz time, readers. (Don’t worry, it’s multiple choice!)

1. This movie is set in Persia. Which characters are played by actors not completely of European descent?
A) Prince Dastan, the protagonist
B) Tamina, the love interest and female lead
C) Sheik Amar, the protagonist’s mentor
D) Tamina’s Attendant

2. This movie is about:
A) Aladdin?
B) A wacky romance!
C) Ben Kingsley’s declining career
D) A sand…like a magic sand…and a dagger…oh, fuck it.

Answer Key: D, and who the hell knows?

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11 Comments

My gods, Jake, you just keep getting worse and worse.

Luke commented on Nov 03 09 at 4:33 pm

LOL @ quiz time!

Kim commented on Nov 03 09 at 5:10 pm

This looks like really fun garbage.

LC commented on Nov 03 09 at 5:22 pm

I think it looks like fantastically mindless entertainment, and Jake’s hair is faboo.

Mnemosyne commented on Nov 03 09 at 6:34 pm

At least the game was awesome. I miss you, Sega Dreamcast. =*(

belle commented on Nov 03 09 at 8:59 pm

fuck the Sega Dreamcast, talk’n ’bout the Apple IIg baby!

dj commented on Nov 03 09 at 9:22 pm

Wait, wait, wait. Jake Gyllenhal is playing the main character? … The hell?!
Also, you can take the two leads, plop ‘em into a Medieval Europe-type setting, and BAM!- fit riiiiight in.
And yes, Ben Kingsley’s career is suffering a slow, agonizing death. At least he’s not wearing a bad wig in this one.

Elie commented on Nov 04 09 at 2:02 am

Wouldn’t it be racist to say “no, you can’t play a Persian because you are European!”

Luke commented on Nov 04 09 at 10:04 am

Okay, couple of things:

1.) So, Nerve: I’m not allowed to like this, huh? Instead I have to watch and enjoy a cultish, miserablist “kooky” film set in the modern day with no special effects or exciting bits at all like, I dunno, whatever the fuck “The Squid and the Whale” was or whatever Wes Anderson’s offering these days. Screw it. I want to watch fantasy and scifi and not, y’know, something else.

2.) So, Luke: Persians *are* Europeans. Americans have a serious brain-error such that when someone says the word “Persian” or “Iranian”, their mental image is of an Arab or Pakistani. Persians are predominately white-skinned, have many eye and hair colors other than black and speak a language notably more related to European languages than is Hebrew or Arabic.

J commented on Nov 04 09 at 12:17 pm

I will say this against PoP the movie, though: Why is Jake muscled-up like a Vin-Dieselian hulk? The PoP in the games is lean and rangy. Sort of the way actual acrobats and gymnasts are put together. One of the many reasons I like Asian action films better is that the heroes–even super-powered ones–have ‘attainable’ bodies. Lean yes, musclebound no. (Similarly, the girls and love interests have believable, gravity- and genetics-plausible racks).

J commented on Nov 04 09 at 12:23 pm

J, who said you weren’t allowed to like this? Considering JBR noted how enjoyable PotC was, it doesn’t read like an argument against action/adventure/fantasy films. Looks like an issue with the quality to me.

dave commented on Nov 04 09 at 12:37 pm

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