New Trailers Friday

Science Fiction, CGI Soldiers, and the Sands of Time

You must forgive the infrequent nature of my posting this week.  With the relative dearth of new movies to see and my actual job's workload going from fraggle to doozer, it has been hard to find the time to sit and write.  But thanks to reliable New Trailer Friday and a veritable cornucopia of interesting films on the horizon, I can attempt to atone for my bloggish abeyance by giving you not one, not two, but three new trailers this week.  What more could you want? (...what do you mean a review of Uncharted 2?)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Jerry Bruckheimer continues to reward Disney after his most recent successful series, Pirates of the Carribean, by finally releasing a trailer for the much anticipated (well, maybe just anticipated) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and adaptation of the hit 2003 video game remake of the same name.  The trailer gives me immediate vibes of the Egyptian/Middle Eastern flare of The Mummy though clearly with a stronger, more classically fantasy bent.  And like the Pirates franchise, this film appears to have the over-the-top effects dial permanently cranked to 11.  I've never been a huge fan of the choice to make dramatic actor Jake Gyllenhaal the snarky, acrobatic, action-hero prince, especially when the closest he's ever been to action was running from poorly rendered snow wolves in The Day After Tomorrow.  They've clearly taken Gyllenhaal to the gym, and since they've made him about a foot taller, he looks the part, but still, acrobatic Persian action-adventure is long way to go from gay cowboy romance, for any actor.  

Please don't make that joke...

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