Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Review

May 28, 2010, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time has been released. The spectacular picture for the ordinary viewers, a ground for criticizing for the game fans and cinema admirers. The beautiful movie saturated with the Eastern spirit.First of all, the key character: Jake Gyllenhaal has incarnated the image of Prince. The funniest critique I have heard about Gyllenhaal’s performance is the phrase of my friend who wrote a paper writing about this movie , “How can I take him seriously if he kissed Ledger in Brokeback Mountain?” Talking seriously, I consider Gyllenhaal acted brilliantly: he was a real Prince, noble and courageous.The plot makes Prince face numerous challenges. On the whole, I think that the ordinary viewer can enjoy the movie. Watching Prince of Persia is similar to attending cinema, art gallery and circus simultaneously. I admired the movie’s palette: dominating colors remind of the heat and the spicy smell of the East. At the same time, you may enjoy parkour and the battles which are staged skillfully.As for the target audience of the movie, I think they will be more critical. The game fans may be disappointed that the plot has somewhat deviated from that of the game. Another target segment is those cinema fans who have been motivated by Jerry Bruckheimer’s name and have come to the cinema to analyze and criticize. I am afraid they will be disappointed about the plot and the operators’ work: the elements of the story are rather predictable; moreover, during the battles, the cameras often took inappropriate angles. However, the plus for such a viewer is that he/she gets new material to criticize.Finally, I want to warn the admires of fantasy and adventure: you will hardly find the expected dynamics in this movie. Sometimes the action is really dramatic, but the other moments, the narration gets calm, contemplative tint. Having written several custom research papers about the East, I think it is rather similar to the spirit of East where action and contemplation co-exist.
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  • Thanks for the review! Very well said! I saw the film last week and wholeheartedly agree!
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