Prince of Persia Movie Thread

[heruamon]

damkira said:

heruamon said:

I just got back from seeing the new Prince of Persia flick, and it was pretty darn good summer movie.  Did it break any new ground in summer movie flick…nope, except for one important category…it’s the best gaming source material film.  That’s not much of a compliment, given that most of the films in the genre are Uwe Boll’s drivel, but the film was highly entertaining, and Jake G was pretty darn awesome as Dustan.  The princess was a lot of hotness as well, with her naturally picky lips, but overall, the film rates a lot of +++, imho.   I movie is probably going to do well at the box office, and maybe even deliver a surprising gross this weekend.  Sex in the City 2 is going to probably take the long weekend, but Prince might collect $50-60 million, and hopefully, get more interest in lagging film projects.  I still remember when Superhero films consisted of terrible Batman Films…then X-men, and Blade to a lesser extent, came along and cracked the code…Prince of Persia just might be the key.  World of Warcraft, Mass Effect, and a whole host of other gaming IP might finally get their big screen treatment…of course, M$ will have missed the boat again by not getting a Halo trilogy done to lead the way…oh well…wouldn’t want to be out of character and actually LEAD into something new…

Not even close... PoP made $30 million... which is really not good considering the budget was 200.

 

Wow...a $200 million budget...for THAT?!?!?  R u sure...anyway...I thought the film was okay, as a summer action flick, but it was the best video game movie to-date, imho.  Sad to see these totals for the weekend...they are ALOT lower than I expected...I was think in the 45-50 million range, and maybe even a break-out performance in the 50+ range...$30 million is a fail, imho.  This makes me start to get squeezy about the Last Airbender, which is ear the top of the movie's for me this summer...along with Iron Man 2 of course...