Totally Exceeded Expectation

Rating: 10/10 (5 June 2010)

Didn't really want to see this movie but nothing else that great was showing.....sooooo glad we made the effort.
I personally figured that this movie would be kind of 'almost' OK, because Jake was in it, and even as the lights dimmed and the movie had barely begun, l was wondering how l was going to sit there for approx. 2 hours and watch a game-cum-movie about mysterious sands of time (whatever that meant!).
l was glued to my seat, and the screen, for each and every second. It was full of action and surprise at every turn, and the story was so extremely easy to understand, yet not dumb. You actually could relate to the storyline in a way, with some modern day issues such as paying taxes etc, whilst the fable side of it is one that we all would love to be able to indulge in.
The acting was without flaw, and each and every part was played believably and with a sense that they actually lived in the era depicted in the movie.
This is really one of those movies that you cannot fathom how much you will like it until you actually see it, no matter how much someone tries to tell you how good it is.
My partner isn't easy to please when it comes to movies, even though we watch a lot of them. But he went off on this one. Talked and talked about it the whole way home. then came home and IMDb'ed it again, saying that he thought he saw earlier that it got a 6.9 or something here, which, after seeing it, he thought was weird!
WE highly recommend that everyone see this film. 10/10