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Ubisoft: Prince of Persia Movie Could Outperform Pirates of the Caribbean
Denver, 4:33 AM
Mon Nov 30
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11/12/09
And yes I realize I'm judging a book by it's cover. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09
Hmph...
I didn't see no sand beasts in the trailer so I will doubt this on this sheer example. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09
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11/12/09
@Americo: @pekosROB: shh, don't tell those console guys.
The movie will probably be a bust. Partly for hairy man-bust advertisements. #princeofpersiamovie
11/16/09
11/12/09
I don't think it's all that ridiculous. Jake Gyllenhal got some acting cred in Brokeback Mountain and Jarhead, and I know people who saw Jarhead for the sole purpose of seeing him nude. Seeing him with his shirt off for an entire movie will be a big draw for that crowd. Obviously, there's no way that he is going to top Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow, but he could certainly top Orlando Bloom (not difficult). Hopefully there are some good supporting characters as well.
Pirates of the Caribbean may actually help this movie because it has given Disney a good reputation in the genre. Before those movies, Disney live-action movies were pretty terrible. I think there many fans of the PoC movies will go see this. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09
11/12/09
The things is, we don't yet know where this movie lands in the Bloodrayne -- Super Mario Bros. spectrum of crap. It could even be medicore with a dash of promising, like Silent Hill (which was better than it had any right to be).
If Yves Guillemot walked out of the PoP screening in disgust, he'd still be "anticipating" a 2.7 billion + windfall to the press. He's used to it.
Jake Gyllenhaal looks lost and drunk in that photograph. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09
Like others have pointed out PoC was something pretty much every American household was/is familiar with. Add in a dash of that fantastic Johnny Deep and you have yourself one awesome movie. I say move and not franchise because the 2nd and 3rd films were so-so.
PoC1 however, oh man that wasa slice of heaven.
But hey, maybe PoP will be so good it'll do better. Personally I wouldn't hold my breath but you never know.
Though, I could see Shahdee the Time Bitch being VERY popular with the male crowd.
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11/12/09
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11/12/09
Not that the better original source material will help this movie. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09
Without Jack Sparrow, the Pirates movies would have been shit. He made that franchise, almost single handedly.
And as attractive as uber-Jake's meticulously shaved chest is in that pic up there, I don't see it generating the mass appeal that Johnny Depp's bi-curious pirate did. #princeofpersiamovie
11/12/09