Disney released the first official and quite lengthy trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time this week and I’m starting to think that this movie will do ok. Now, I’m not saying that its going to be good (that has yet to be proven) but monetarily I think it will do just fine.
The trailer drips of Pirates of the Caribbean, and Jake Gyllenhaal pulls off Persian just enough to play the roll (but that’s only if you keep in mind that Andre Agassi is half Persian, and that Gyllenhaal is half Jewish). It’s good to see some call backs to the game and while some of them work (the sand and dagger sequence), others don’t (the parkour).
With that said, I’m sure that women across the country will be waiting in line to see POP, the same way they were with Pirates. The trailer is bound to get mixed reactions from fans of the game seeing as The Sands of Time has one of the most beloved narratives in video game history. While I would give the trailer a 3 out of 5, I would have to say that things are looking much better since this god awful photo was released.
Remember when Pirates was announced and everybody thought it was a flimsy movie premise? Well, that one turned out ok, so maybe this game adaptation won’t be as cringe inducing as originally assumed.