History Film / PrinceOfPersia

* FakeNationality: A lot of the "Persians" are well-tanned Caucasians, not Aryans[[hottip:* :yes, you read that right; Hitler DidNotDoTheResearch]] or otherwise from the region.
* FanService

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

* FakeNationality: A lot of the "Persians" are well-tanned Caucasians, not Aryans[[hottip:* :yes, you read that right; Hitler DidNotDoTheResearch]] or otherwise from the region.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

* MythologyGag:

* AlmostKiss: Far too many times. And then when it finally happens [[spoiler: it's at the [[{{Understatement}} worst possible time]].]]

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: The news of Jordan Mechner (the man behind the entire ''PrinceOfPersia'' franchise)'s involvement, as well as the trailer which convinced people that it could be a fun action movie.

* {{Badass}}: Mostly Dastan and the Hassansins.
** Seso. He's the Most Badass Knife Nut you'll ever see. [[spoiler: His heroic sacrifice is the most badass death in the whole movie.]]

* LargeHam: Nizam (Ben Kingsley) and Amar (Alfred Molina). Sadly, we see them together only in a brief scene of the movie.

* MythologyGag: One of the Hassansins wields the Dark Prince's [[WhipItGood Daggertail]] and the [[KungPow iron claw]] of the 2008 ''Prince of Persia''.
** And while the movie was based on the Sands of Time trilogy, the prince wears some headscarves that are quite similar to the 2008 Prince of Persia's headwear.

** Nizam: [[spoiler: BaldOfEvil]], [[spoiler: BeardOfEvil]], slightly pointy ears...He might as well be carrying a bloody pitchfork!
*** At least they didn't gave him [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment a hat/turban, a cape and a cobra head scepter]] and made him look like [[http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2667/4093971029_34a2eaf935_o.jpg this]], or say [[http://gavinf.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jafar.gif Jafar]] from Disney/{{Aladdin}}.

** [[spoiler: The ending involves a huge one that returns almost to the beginning of the movie, as in the game.]]

*** There were probably more than a few who wanted terribly to start singing "One Jump" in the middle of the theater, during the opening scene with the guards chasing Young!Dastan.

* UnpleasableFanbase: Considering the [[VideoGameMoviesSuck history]] of games-to-film adaptations, the movie will likely be seen as a big step in the right direction. It had a $200 million budget, was backed up by ''{{Disney}}'' no less and had a great cast of accomplished actors. They even incorporated countless elements of the game without it being {{Narm}}. But even with all this, fans of the game are still very much [[BrokenBase divided]]. To an outsider, the message looks to be that ''nothing'' will ever please the majority of videogame fans.

* VideoGameMoviesSuck: Considering the astronomical budget of $200 million, Disney was trying real hard to avoid this. The end result is a big YourMileageMayVary, but it ''has'' managed to avoid falling into SoBadItsHorrible, won over audiences and got its share of positive reviews - that in itself is a step up for video game movies. By some reports, it's the best reviewed video game movie in history -- so, if video game films suck, this one has the honor of sucking ''the least''. It's also the highest-grossing movie based on a video game.

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* FakeNationality: A lot of the "Persians" are well-tanned Caucasians, not Aryans[[hottip:* :yes, you read that right; Hitler DidNotDoTheResearch]] or otherwise from the region.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* FakeNationality: A lot of the "Persians" are well-tanned Caucasians, not Aryans[[hottip:* :yes, you read that right; Hitler DidNotDoTheResearch]] or otherwise from the region.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.
* GoGoEnslavement: Tamina again.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Russia, the box office figures are second only to the US. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million budget back thanks to this.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Overall box office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million budget back thanks to this.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Russia, the box office figures are second only to the US. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Russia, the box office figures are second only to the US. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million budget back thanks to this.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The movie had a mediocre box-office in some countries... except Russia, where box-office figures are second only to the U.S. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million+ budget back thanks to this.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: In Russia, the box-office figures are second only to the US. The fact that there is scarcely a 20-something male Russian who hasn't enjoyed the original game explains a lot. Overall box-office shows that it has done ''much'' better internationally than domestically. It has made its massive $200 million budget back thanks to this.