Fantastic and Cheesy

Rating: 6/10 (1 June 2010)

I went to see this movie tonight, as a fan, because I've played all the games. I didn't expect much, but I got more than what I had bargained for. One main point about this movie is that even though the storyline had the potential to be groundbreaking movie, It was made in a way to appeal 100% to the general audience to make reasonable money. there was not any major deviation from the standard Hollywood-ish stuff in this movie. So here are the good and the bad: The Good: 1-There was a lot of action scenes with respectable and at some points glorious visual effects. (I have to admit that in two or three brief scenes, I could totally see the CGI, if you know what I mean) 2-It was based on the Persian history and values, the way the Persian royalties behave in this movie, are very similar to the real events in Persian history, specially the values that the Persian stand for in this movie, are based on what is known of how the Persian's used to behave back then. (Which is primarily the Achaemenid Era) 3-Story was not exactly the same as the Game's story, But had twisted the original in a pleasing way (though I think the original story had more to give) The Bad: 1-It was too cheesy at times, and too typical romance between the characters, which I don't like. 2-There was too much sand, way too much sand, People in middle-east never lived in the sand, they live in that area, but either in mountain-side or riverbanks, NOT IN THE SAND. 3- in some scenes you could see some minarets which are known to be of Islamic origins, which did not exist back then. that's a flaw. All in all, they could do more research. Even though they had done so, but choosing relevant Persian names.
I rated it a 6 cause it earned the 6, don't get me wrong, I really loved this movie and I would go and see it again if I hadn't seen it tonight!