What else do you expect from Disney?

Rating: 7/10 (7 June 2010)

Interestingly people have very high expectations of movies these days, to come up with stuff against this movie. On the way into the film my wife said to me, this is a Disney movie. It sort of set me at ease, since I would have hated it to be full of things I would not really feel good about spending the 16 Euros to watch. We went into the movie expecting some sort of family entertainment, with a good story, fun action, and a sort of mysterious overall feeling, which the previews hinted. And the fact that it was made by Disney calmed any fears that it would be too intense, violent, for a lady, like my life, who does not need to hear swearing and see blood splatter to like a movie. We go to the movies too little to risk seeing a horrible one...
I think people often would like every movie be absolutely stunning and life changing, and surpass all other movies, and only then, can they say that it was any good. Media oversensitivity. What if those people just did not go to the movies for say six months for a while, and then see how much they liked movies? I think this is one of the reasons why people cannot appreciate family movies. There is a huge numbness to the idea of an innocent story without a lot of stuff behind it, and a lot of the extra stuff which is only for adults (profanity, violence, sex, and gore).
Having said all of that, speaking of the opinion of the Prince of Persia is easy. The story was not too full of twists and turns, so as to be understandable by the common man. The stunts were great, and enough to keep the suspense going to the end. It was rather unpredictable, for those of us who are unacquainted with the game. And in any case the themes of virtue, integrity, trust, and standing together were all well maintained. Not a bedtime story for a 5 year old, but a movie which an adolescent should be able to appreciate. Keeping with this assessment, I noticed, that the under 18 age bracket rated this movie very well, whereas every age bracket older rated it a bit worse.
Furthermore, who produced Cinderella? Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs? Who brought us Sleeping Beauty? Disney is a producer of predominantly family entertainment, and has relatively high content standards in terms of gore, types of violence, profanity, and sex. Nowadays it seems some people can only appreciate movies which have loads of all four. But putting the question of the movie in perspective, as an adventure/fantasy/family movie, adapted from a video game (which excuse me, if this is extreme, but aren't video games for young people?), what else would you expect?