If you're a gamer, then ever since the Mario Bros movie came out over a decade ago, you've been waiting for years to see the day when somebody makes a good video game movie. There have been quite a few failed attempts, even if you don't count Uwe Boll (I swear he's doing it on purpose), and most of us have lost hope at this point.
And yet, every time we hear about something that might get made in the next four or five years, there's that little voice that goes "hey, have some faith. Maybe they'll get it right this time!"
Two years ago, a little birdie told me that Prince of Persia: Sands of Time was getting made into a movie. The below link will take you to a brief interview with the director about the film, which is in post-production and comes out next year. It seems to have a bit of a budget, as well as Jake Gylenhall.
Most of what's said in this interview concerns me. They seem to be talking excitedly about how they're planning to follow the routine conventions and take no risks whatsoever.
On the other hand, some of the fight scenes look like they could be good, the set actually looks really impressive, and it seems that the people making the movie are seriously dedicated to making it good.
[labored sigh] I always get my hopes up, and they are always dashed. Already the cycle begins to repeat. But hey, maybe they'll get it right this time?
http://kotaku.com/5248168/ogle-chesty-jake-in-this-prince-of-persia-movie-footage
Overly elaborate automated traps, sand monsters, copious amounts of acrobatics (preferably several hundred feet off the ground with a breathtaking view of a destroyed city in the background), and some good sword fights. I am asking for that much, because those were all it took to make the games great. Incidentally, I consider the PoP trilogy (as a whole) to have been one of the best game series in the last console generation, despite some severe flaws.
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