Entertaining but should have been better

Rating: 7/10 (19 August 2010)

Prince of Persia the sands of time, is a great video game ever, and I was really curious at first to see how this movie would turn out. I am not an avid gamer of this game but I have played the game sometimes. I wanted to see if ''Disney'' could make the movie as epic as the video game. When i first saw the first look i was really intrigued by it. Then the official casting has been made and I notice that i saw Jake Gyllenhall as the Price Dastan, then I sorta knew that it was going to be a complete disaster. Not only they changed the whole theme of the video game but also i was really shocked that the only character that came even close to the game was Ben Kingsley's role, he was without a doubt the perfect one for the role of Nizam.
For the movie, it had nice special effects and the landscape was nice but the story wasn't that great. It could have been much better, and it was a little confusing to follow. Also the relationship between Dastan and the Princess Tamina was quite awkward. At first they didn't like each other then after a few scenes together they were scene teasing each other, and fooling around town (no pun intended).
It should be noted that Disney produced this. Disney basically means no violence, no gore nothing. The video game was rated M for Mature, while this movie is rated PG-13. I guess they wanted to make the movie visible to more people so they could get more money from the profits. Not the best move but I can see why they did this. I really like the armoury, i love the way they designed the weapon and the dagger of time itself was a pretty good job. I really loved the way they presented us Tamina (Gemma A) she was one of the good points of this movie along Sir Ben Kingsley's fine acting. The movie was actually really boring at certain parts. The only real parts were the fight scenes and when he's using the dagger of time. Also the ending was alright, could have been better. Though I know they're be a sequel and am expecting that to be better. Overall this movie is not close near the game and it was quite disappointing. ==================================================================== ======= After a rewatch (02/24/17) after nearly seven years later, my opinions have changed slightly on this film. I do not quite remember the video games as I once have but this film isn't too bad. The actions sequences are there and although it is Disney and the games were rated R, it wasn't as bad as once remembered, it could have been a lot worse. It is quite predictable in the ending but noticeably entertaining and a decent journey. Knowing that this film did not produce a sequel, may have been for the best. Changed from a 5/10 to 7/10.