The thing is is I don't hate Princ of Persia. Think It's a solid film with a fair amount of flaws. The problem I have is refusal by filmmakers to make these adaptations longer than 2 hours. Like this film HAS to be close to 2 and half hours. Just based on source material alone. I'm working on an adaptation of Star Fox and in no way would I allow it to be shorter than 2 hrs 35 mins because of the material I want to cover.
Runtime doesnt make or break a film. But the video game adaptations call for it. You know how much more plot, character development, etc. you could get out of that runtime?
It made sense to make Prince of Persia just under 2 hrs since it was its own story (on purpose I may point out) that borrowed elements heavily from the games. The story they created felt ok for getting in under 2 hours. But imagine if that film had followed the actual plot of the game and it was still 116 min. I would have been *beep*
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