Easily one of the better video-game to movie adaptations - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) Discussion

[–] AnotherSchmoe 14 years ago

Yeah, to be honest I wasn't crazy about it (5/10 from me), but for a video game adaptation it wasn't that bad. The first Mortal Kombat movie was also good (for an adaptation), and was the best one I've seen so far (my opinion of course).

http://www.youtube.com/anotherschmoe

reply

[–] Skutter-2 14 years ago

Why does the phrase damning with faint praise come to mind?

reply

[–] mgarland 14 years ago

I thought Doom was a decent videogame adaptation. I'm a sucker for videogame movies, so no big surprise there. Also, I liked Silent Hill. Loved Resident Evil - all of them. Loved it.

reply

[–] cooler56 14 years ago

I switched it off after the first 15 minutes. Why change the plot, when the video games already have the plot done for you? Yes, you would know what happens, but at least it's entertaining. Maybe if I never play the games, I would like the movie more.

reply

[–] 14 years ago

[deleted]

[–] AragornVsHicks 13 years ago

I agree, Seralyn.. most video game-to-film adaptations are doomed (no pun intended, heh) from the start for those very reasons - and especially when a certain director *cough*PaulW.S.Anderson*cough* is attached to it. I'm already heartbroken that said individual is linked (though not directing, I believe? no.. I hope??) the Castlevania film. This movie was one of the better "visions", but.. that's not saying much.

reply

[–] 13 years ago

[deleted]

[–] Liker_of_things 13 years ago

@versionfiv
What point are you trying to make? That the public can like garbage? Well no sh*t.

Anyway, I would definitely call PoP the best videogame adaptation.

reply

[–] 13 years ago

[deleted]

[–] GiaNTPiCKLeMaN 12 years ago

Nosy? You just posted on a public forum.

"What ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What!?"

reply

[–] detroit-velvet-smooth 13 years ago

If Game of Thrones absolutely destroyed the origiinals, or Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter for that matter, did the same, yet they were huge mainstream successes would we still laud them as we do?

Success is our only judgement of quality it seems. Good means nothing.

Take your favourite story, take the image of it, nowt urn that into a movie with 18 half wit hack screenwriters adding their fill. Add one part slow-motion action to one part generic romantic interlude. You get yourself a standard action movie branded with a title meant to attract a host of loyal fans. The loyal fans go see the movie and shake their heads in dismay at how one of their favourite stories has been butchered, while the mainstream fans clap like little puppets falling for the same tricks they use in every movie.

Game movies have no soul because they gather generic details from them and then write the story by committee. The faint praise of it being good realtive to its own genre is no measure except one which accepts for granted the mediocrity of it.

People who've never played the game, and likely don't think much of gaming itself, can't understand that the stories in games are frequently much more inspired and well written than a hollywood blockbuster.

There is so little resenblance to the actual Prince of Persia game in this movie that I feel detached from it. I don't enjoy it because the name doesn't connect with what it should mean.

Another typical abortion of an otherwise good idea.

reply

[–] OrinAGN 13 years ago

Game movies have no soul because they gather generic details from them and then write the story by committee. The faint praise of it being good realtive to its own genre is no measure except one which accepts for granted the mediocrity of it.

People who've never played the game, and likely don't think much of gaming itself, can't understand that the stories in games are frequently much more inspired and well written than a hollywood blockbuster.

I'm going to inform you of something. And you're going to feel rather silly for saying what you said.

Jordan Mechner, CREATOR of the franchise was the films Producer and co-writer.
Specifically he is responsible for Prince of Persia (1989), Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993), and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003).
He even wrote the Graphic Novel "Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm" (2010).

He's kind of like Arthur C. Clarke and Douglas Adams, wherein he recreates his stories for each new medium.

This movie manages to maintain the overall premise of the "Sands of Time" game, while bringing in visual aesthetic cues from later games, to attract a larger audience, while also bringing in story elements from the first games of the series.

You should get to know the franchise and its creator better, before you talk about things you clearly don't understand.

reply

[–] OrinAGN 13 years ago

Why change the plot, when the video games already have the plot done for you? Yes, you would know what happens, but at least it's entertaining. Maybe if I never play the games, I would like the movie more.

Jordan Mechner, CREATOR of the franchise was the films Producer and co-writer.
Specifically he is responsible for Prince of Persia (1989), Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame (1993), and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2003).
He even wrote the Graphic Novel "Prince of Persia: Before the Sandstorm" (2010).

He's kind of like Arthur C. Clarke and Douglas Adams, wherein he recreates his stories for each new medium.

This movie manages to maintain the overall premise of the "Sands of Time" game, while bringing in visual aesthetic cues from later games, to attract a larger audience, while also bringing in story elements from the first games of the series.

reply

[–] cookie-manster 13 years ago

As an adaptation, this film is awful; as a Disney action movie, it is pretty good. It barely followed the actual storyline at all.