Prince of Persia review
May. 23rd, 2010 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearPrince of Persia was, as expected, absolute nonsense.
However, for the most part, it was highly entertaining nonsense, and happily filled a couple of hours yesterday afternoon (bookended by a very pleasant walk to and from the cinema in the glorious sunshine).
Jake Gyllenhaal managed just the right combination of buff action hero and glint-in-the-eye self-mockery to be the perfect Bruckheimer leading man, and Gemma Arterton provided a pleasingly self-possessed heroine, though they both struggled in places to make the clunky dialogue convincing.
What really made the film worth watching, though, were the action sequences. Hallelujah! At last a director who knows how to shoot parkour so that you can actually see what's happening! Dastan's early infiltration of the holy city was probably the best scene, but there was plenty of fun running around later on as well, and some of the fighting was quite well done, too.
Check your logic circuits at the door and you'll likely enjoy the romp.
However, for the most part, it was highly entertaining nonsense, and happily filled a couple of hours yesterday afternoon (bookended by a very pleasant walk to and from the cinema in the glorious sunshine).
Jake Gyllenhaal managed just the right combination of buff action hero and glint-in-the-eye self-mockery to be the perfect Bruckheimer leading man, and Gemma Arterton provided a pleasingly self-possessed heroine, though they both struggled in places to make the clunky dialogue convincing.
What really made the film worth watching, though, were the action sequences. Hallelujah! At last a director who knows how to shoot parkour so that you can actually see what's happening! Dastan's early infiltration of the holy city was probably the best scene, but there was plenty of fun running around later on as well, and some of the fighting was quite well done, too.
Check your logic circuits at the door and you'll likely enjoy the romp.
