Prince of Persia Movie - First Footage

[NightstrikerX]

SleepWaking said:

wfz said:
Well after reading all of these comments, I went in with a somewhat optimistic view, neglecting the white-man ordeal..

What the hell is up with the fighting? Seriously? It's some of the worst I've ever seen. There was a scene where he was in the middle of a crowd fighting two guys with spears, and the guys with spears were moving extremely slowly, didn't look like they were putting any effort or muscle into their swings, and it was about as realistic as my third-grade play.

Then there was that offscene fighting practice and both of them looked like complete dorks who couldn't even properly hold a sword. I was waiting for him to accidentally drop the sword, fall down, and twist his ankle. The guy is fit in a muscular way, sure, but my god he's not agile, dexterous, or limber at all.

Looks alright besides that.

That summed up my thoughts

 

Maybe it has something to do with the sands of time? I'm not sure but I'm going to put my money in that being some kinda plot device that allows for overwhelming use of "bullet-time" in the movie after the edits. I'm sorta going to expect 300 now.

This is very true, From what I take from the prince of persia series. The entire series practically relies on agile fighting. The video doesn't give me any hint of that at all. I didn't think of that at all. Nice eye pointing it out.

 

After reading those concerns, my opinion has dropped slightly about this movie. I only hope it'll be alright.