Prince Of Persia

Attended a screening of Prince of Persia last night, here's my thoughts.
Here's my scale again for those of you who don't know it.
Wow, really = Don't ever watch this
OK = Watch it only once it reaches a premium cable network
Very Cute = Good, works for it's genre
Riveting = A must see, amazing work

Prince of Persia = OK

Although it was wonderfully mystically and magical some things were missing. One, the story line was a little weak but it more than made up for that with it's heart strings factor. The thing that bothered me the most was the undeniable subtle Hollywood racism that still plagues movies like this. Persia is Iran. It is not populated by slightly bronzed Europeans. Many films set in the east as far back as the Ten Commandments misrepresent the factual appearance of the people and cast white people, put bronzer on them and now wha la you have Persians, Egyptians who whoever they are portraying . This was insulting when they did it for Indians in cowboy movies and it's insulting now.