For anyone that was honestly hoping Hollywood might one day get the casting correct for a videogame movie that legitimately has the potential to be good, well, it seems your hopes have been dashed once again.
As much as I like Jake Gyllenhaal (he was brilliant in Zodiac alongside Robert Downey Jr…. not so much in Bubble Boy, but whatever) I just don’t see him pulling off the look of the character. Acting ability-wise I’m sure he has the real prince beat (or else they likely wouldn’t have hired him) but there’s a lot to be said about casting a complete and utter Caucasian in a role that is overtly non-Caucasian. Then again, Street Fighter has pulled similar moves recently, but I personally didn’t have quite as high hopes for another one of those disasters.
Hmm my first reaction is to laugh at the casting although damn, I need to get to know this Gemma girl better.
But thinking about it more, I don't know if its exactly horrible. They certainly could have picked someone worse.
Although he looks a bit too baby faced for the part (then again, so does Jake at times) Ben Barnes sorta clicked in my mind about this project after watching Prince Caspain, but my gut says we might be better off with Jake.
*shrugs* I don't know. Like all these projects I'm going to take a wait-see approach and maybe catch it the second or third weekend unless the trailer makes me crap my pants.
Why for the love of God can't a video game just be a game? Your telling me that no one in Hollywood could write an original script with a foreign prince kicking ass and doing acrobatics in a period piece? Wait, what? Where the fuck is Aladdin when you need him?
I agree it's a miscast, and Mike Newell is merely a competent director. If the film is marketed as a light fantasy adventure and gets a PG rating, it'll probably be a snooze. Hopefully it will at least be able to deliver as an action film, which is what most video game films aspire to be anyway.
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also, mmmmm Jakey..
fap fap fap fap fap...
But thinking about it more, I don't know if its exactly horrible. They certainly could have picked someone worse.
Although he looks a bit too baby faced for the part (then again, so does Jake at times) Ben Barnes sorta clicked in my mind about this project after watching Prince Caspain, but my gut says we might be better off with Jake.
*shrugs* I don't know. Like all these projects I'm going to take a wait-see approach and maybe catch it the second or third weekend unless the trailer makes me crap my pants.
Trust them with our beloved video game franchises, will ya!