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Jake Gyllenhaal looks mawkish in Prince of Persia shot photo

Actor Jake GysahlGreens seems to look perpetually doe-eyed and confused in every Prince of Persia shot I've seen. Still, here he is looking much more like the titular Prince than ever before, even if his face does resemble that of a child who just dropped his ice cream on a cat, and is watching the cat run away with it on its back.

This is the first official picture from Jerry Bruckheimer's take on The Sands of Time. The picture is apparently available in Entertainment Weekly with much better quality, so if you're fixing to masturbate over this, you can do it to that one. 

"I'm tired of taking myself so seriously," says GysahlGreens. "It's nice when a stuntman turns to you and is like, 'Actors don't normally do this.'" 

He's right, of course. Proper actors don't normally appear in videogame movies.


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mastashake714420's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:07
mastashake714420
oooo man this movie is goin to bomb so bad i no have desire to see this movie and im sure im not the only one take a stand with me on this one and just ban outright video game movies just please stop ! i mean i saw doom and it was so bad but the only funny part is when the rock says semper fi mutha fucka! that was funny but it wasnt worth the hour and half of sittin and watching them gang rape doom
Stevil's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:11
Stevil
"Man, why didn't I push them for the M.A.S.K. movie instead?!"
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:11
Sharpless
Be nice to Jake. He's an okay guy. I saw him on TV once and he looked at me.
mastashake714420's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:17
mastashake714420
@ sharpless thats pretty funny man

but i mean when he looked at you was it when you were watching brokeback ?
cause you know a man who can look you in the eyes is a keeper
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:20
Xhumation
One day this is gonna make an awesome addition to "shitty movie night" and maybe a nice podtoid commentary or something. MAN DESERT!
Super Drybones's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:21
Super Drybones
Midriff or GTFO
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:22
Havoc Fang
Why is it, when I look at that face..."I DED IT FUR YEW AYDREEAN!"
Super Drybones's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:24
Super Drybones
Also nice final fantasy reference
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:28
phantomile
This looks...really really cheesy. In a bad way.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 15:34
Dexter345
You totally misspelled his last name. It's GysahlGreens.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 16:28
whormongr
everyone says this is going to be terrible, but I predict it will be this side of mediocre, in the end you can't expect much from a video game movie because it either:
A. needs to stick directly to the story in which case there was no need to make the movie
or
B. needs to create it's own take on the theme of the game for the movie in which case hollywood as no idea what flies with the gaming community and makes a POS (mario bros, street fighter, etc)

either way it is bad- the only exception that I can see- and would be a good idea is to start making movies based on the old point and click games a la lucasarts and such.
Jack8274's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 16:39
Jack8274
Am I the only one who just smokes a bowl and tries to enjoy these movies.
runtheplacered's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 16:51
runtheplacered
@ jack8274,

I smoke a bowl before any movie. But even that doesn't help these types of movies to be any more enjoyable. It really doesn't.
Ok Abacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 16:59
Ok Abacus
Bruckheimer?! *vomit everywhere*
TJH518's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 17:24
TJH518
@ jack8274,

Sometimes being ridiculously high can make a movie tolerable. I probably won't see this movie, but I do love some Gyllenhaal. Donnie Darko dammit...


That and hes adorable.
farlander's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 18:29
farlander
I'm curious if there will ever be any posts from Jim Sterling that _do not_ mention waking in some way? :D
farlander's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 18:30
farlander
I mean "wanking", of course.
JLanphear's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 18:52
JLanphear
Wow. . . the new EW is a DEAL. Iron Man 2, and now Prince of Persia. Even if I'm INCREDIBLY iffy on this movie, I have to admit, it looks reasonable faithful.
Doomsday Forte's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 20:53
Doomsday Forte
I demand that all future shots of him involve a Chocobo.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 21:59
Chronic Logic
He ain't dark enough! They're whitewashing video game history!
Timstuff's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 22:58
Timstuff
Despite what I once thought, Gyllenhaal actually does look like a Persian.

Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/18/2009 23:37
Spykron
i loled so hard at the ice cream cat thing. more than it deserved i think.
gamadaya's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 00:20
gamadaya
Yeah, he looks a little dazed. Still, I liked him in Donny Darko and also kind of in Jarhead. He's not a terrible actor, but I just don't think he's the right choice.
KrazyKraut's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 05:18
KrazyKraut
Frank.....tell me about your friend Frank please
LsTr Of SmG's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 12:43
LsTr Of SmG
I got a chance to see some of the sets for this and I wasn't too impressed.
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/19/2009 14:43
mikeyed
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/20/2009 11:35
BattyAdroit
Jim,

"...even if his face does resemble that of a child who just dropped his ice cream on a cat, and is watching the cat run away with it on its back."

That made me laugh so hard, thank you.
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