Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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bearshortyI went for my walk in the evening and ended up hanging out with the Kid (my eight year old neighbor). She went for a walk with me and we ended up by the swings. She really likes the attention, her parents are too busy. It is fun to talk to her about her third grade life.
“Prince of Persia” My knowledge about this movie before watching it was that Persians speak in the British accent here, including Jake Gyllenhaal, who does it badly, and there is some kind of dagger that turns into sand or something. I expect it to be silly.
My running commentary:
So the uncle is clearly evil. Ah, Ben Kingsley and the eyeliner. And so is one of the brothers maybe. They really don’t know how to write smooth exposition dialogue.
I really need to stop overanalyzing details like how do arrows stick to stone walls and why are there are no guards all around outer perimeter. And why does the town look so much like a movie set. This movie is not meant to be that serious, I need to relax.
Gee, I have this dagger to protect when the armies are attacking, the safest place would be to place it on my side, not even close to my body and ride into the mist of the army so it would conveniently fall to the main character.
Aw, cheeky “I hate you” banter between Dastan and the Princess – they would never fall in love! Where will this movie go! Oo, arranged marriage!
A different brother is evil! That is actually a surprise.
The dagger is actually pretty cool.
They are going through a Fire Swamp (or Valley of the Slaves here) to get to the funeral! With people tracking him – Is his brother the best tracker in the land too, like Humperdink?
I’m predicting 40 minutes into the movie that it is the uncle who really wants the knife.
“You are not my type” – either the boy is protesting too much or he and his friend Bis had a very close relationship.
Ostrich races! This is so silly!
Oo, plot twist about the uncle I can see a mile away is about to happen! No, Dastan, it is not a good idea to show your trusted uncle your secret weapon. You know when a character tells you that you can trust them, that is usually not a good sign.
So none of the brothers are evil.
Evil assassins! This movie is made for snarky fun! Creepy assassin all in black is standing on a cliff for dramatic purposes.
If the guardian palace place was the one place where the dagger could be save, why wasn’t it already placed there before. Oh, just let us carry around this dangerous weapon that can destroy the world. Really movie, a little internal logic would be nice.
Alfred Molina is having a lot of fun in this role.
Yelling “Protect the dagger” loudly when one of the bad guys is standing right there and now knows that the dagger might be important is probably not a good idea. Particularly when protecting the dagger is literally the girl’s (who you yelling at) life purpose.
He’s not ready to let her die to protect the world. Well, as long as his personal shit takes precedence over everyone else’s life.
The brother is not dead yet. He is just mostly dead, just in time for a death speech.
If protecting the dagger was your destiny, why did you let it out of your sight in the beginning of the movie, Princess?
Yes, the bad guys got the dagger now and they will guard it in a special room with only one assassin as guardian when the good guys have a convenient knife throwing expert on their side.
Is there really need to recap that one must press the jewel, the audience just heard that. We can’t be that stupid.
Wow, that was a brutal and sudden murder of the oldest brother. I’m actually glad that this movie didn’t go with rivaling brothers – they actually all like each other and acted all brotherly. Well, they are dead now.
So the bad thing that can’t happen, did happen, but pulling out the dagger pulled the sand back as well? Well, the uncle’s plan actually seemed to work, just didn’t go far enough in time there or something. All’s well that ends well. The father and brothers are alive, the uncle is dead and Dastan can make out with his princess. And since the time was turned back, nothing in the movie really happened expect some growth from the main character.
Ok, so the girl character is pretty cool. She can take care of herself and does not get distracted by the pretty face. Too bad she is the only girl who speaks. There are no other women in this movie at all. It doesn’t even pass the first part of the Bechdel test.
I actually enjoyed this movie in its silliness and the great snarky commentary potential. The British accent was horrible but that was ok.
As I was watching this movie and writing down my snarky remarks I realized that it has been awhile since I've done this. I miss watching a movies or TV and just MSTing it.
“Prince of Persia” My knowledge about this movie before watching it was that Persians speak in the British accent here, including Jake Gyllenhaal, who does it badly, and there is some kind of dagger that turns into sand or something. I expect it to be silly.
My running commentary:
So the uncle is clearly evil. Ah, Ben Kingsley and the eyeliner. And so is one of the brothers maybe. They really don’t know how to write smooth exposition dialogue.
I really need to stop overanalyzing details like how do arrows stick to stone walls and why are there are no guards all around outer perimeter. And why does the town look so much like a movie set. This movie is not meant to be that serious, I need to relax.
Gee, I have this dagger to protect when the armies are attacking, the safest place would be to place it on my side, not even close to my body and ride into the mist of the army so it would conveniently fall to the main character.
Aw, cheeky “I hate you” banter between Dastan and the Princess – they would never fall in love! Where will this movie go! Oo, arranged marriage!
A different brother is evil! That is actually a surprise.
The dagger is actually pretty cool.
They are going through a Fire Swamp (or Valley of the Slaves here) to get to the funeral! With people tracking him – Is his brother the best tracker in the land too, like Humperdink?
I’m predicting 40 minutes into the movie that it is the uncle who really wants the knife.
“You are not my type” – either the boy is protesting too much or he and his friend Bis had a very close relationship.
Ostrich races! This is so silly!
Oo, plot twist about the uncle I can see a mile away is about to happen! No, Dastan, it is not a good idea to show your trusted uncle your secret weapon. You know when a character tells you that you can trust them, that is usually not a good sign.
So none of the brothers are evil.
Evil assassins! This movie is made for snarky fun! Creepy assassin all in black is standing on a cliff for dramatic purposes.
If the guardian palace place was the one place where the dagger could be save, why wasn’t it already placed there before. Oh, just let us carry around this dangerous weapon that can destroy the world. Really movie, a little internal logic would be nice.
Alfred Molina is having a lot of fun in this role.
Yelling “Protect the dagger” loudly when one of the bad guys is standing right there and now knows that the dagger might be important is probably not a good idea. Particularly when protecting the dagger is literally the girl’s (who you yelling at) life purpose.
He’s not ready to let her die to protect the world. Well, as long as his personal shit takes precedence over everyone else’s life.
The brother is not dead yet. He is just mostly dead, just in time for a death speech.
If protecting the dagger was your destiny, why did you let it out of your sight in the beginning of the movie, Princess?
Yes, the bad guys got the dagger now and they will guard it in a special room with only one assassin as guardian when the good guys have a convenient knife throwing expert on their side.
Is there really need to recap that one must press the jewel, the audience just heard that. We can’t be that stupid.
Wow, that was a brutal and sudden murder of the oldest brother. I’m actually glad that this movie didn’t go with rivaling brothers – they actually all like each other and acted all brotherly. Well, they are dead now.
So the bad thing that can’t happen, did happen, but pulling out the dagger pulled the sand back as well? Well, the uncle’s plan actually seemed to work, just didn’t go far enough in time there or something. All’s well that ends well. The father and brothers are alive, the uncle is dead and Dastan can make out with his princess. And since the time was turned back, nothing in the movie really happened expect some growth from the main character.
Ok, so the girl character is pretty cool. She can take care of herself and does not get distracted by the pretty face. Too bad she is the only girl who speaks. There are no other women in this movie at all. It doesn’t even pass the first part of the Bechdel test.
I actually enjoyed this movie in its silliness and the great snarky commentary potential. The British accent was horrible but that was ok.
As I was watching this movie and writing down my snarky remarks I realized that it has been awhile since I've done this. I miss watching a movies or TV and just MSTing it.