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Barrett’s Review: The Video Game Adaptation Curse Continues with Prince of Persia
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (C)
Tapping into video games for source material to make movies hasn’t really worked out thus far. Studios have tried for years, but the ultimate outcome has been mostly pretty awful. The Resident Evil franchise is an exception, as it has been successful at the box-office, but bombs like Hit Man, Max Payne and Doom have proved that making a movie based on a popular video game is no easy task. And while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a step in the right direction in terms of entertainment (which is not saying much), it’s still a sub-par action blockbuster that you should refrain from wasting $10 on.
In this edition of Trailer Trash MASH we have two trailers for upcoming Disney action-adventure blockbusters. One is based on a popular video game series, while the other is loosely based Disney’s famous Fantasia, both of which have been adapted into live-action blockbusters. Jake Gyllenhaal was at the Spike TV 2009 Video Game Awards with a special presentation of “never before seen” footage of his upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. The first official trailer for POP was released back in early November, so the claim of “never before seen footage” seems like a farce to me, since most, if not all of the footage in this Spike teaser was shown in the previous trailer.
First Glance: Scarlett Jo In IM2 & Jake G In Prince of Persia
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Iron Man 2 is in the thick of filming right now and we’re getting some new information about the film, as well as our first look at the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson. Scarlett Jo plays Russian superspy Natasha Romanoff (aka the Black Widow), who is hired as Tony Stark’s assistant, which inevitably sparks romantic tension between Stark and former assistant Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow). Potts has been promoted to CEO of Stark Industries. I wrote a post at the end of May discussing my conspiracy theory regarding the on-set cat fight between Scarlett Jo and Paltrow, and how director Jon Favreau was using Twitter as an indirect outlet for PR damage control. Check that out to get caught up on some of the juicy tidbits that have occurred on the set of IM2 thus far.
