Jake Gyllenhaal, The Prince of Persia!

The first ever film starring Jake Gyllenhaal I have watched --- wait, seriously it's not Brokeback Mountain --- was October Sky, a true-to-life story of a NASA scientist, the origins of his interest in rocket science and how he got inspired by Sputnik 1. I really loved Jake Gyllenhaal since then, the charming look, the shy smile, the ability to connect to the audience (sorry this sounds sooo Kara Dioguardi comment from American Idol). If you haven't watched it, go dig your big brother's or sister's movie collection to see the young Gyllenhaal's inspiring portrayal of a high school science geek. The lovable kind of geek, by the way.

Well, yes, I have watched Brokeback Mountain as well. And this is, undoubtedly, Jake Gyllenhaal's Hollywood 'breakthrough' moment. The cowboy with the soft heart, the hidden love affair, Heath Ledger, I wish I knew how to quit you epic line. Enough said.

Years later, he now takes on another role, the Prince of Persia. I am excited to see the movie because of:

1. Jake Gyllenhaal, no less.
2. I grew up with Disney films and I want to watch this Disney movie
3. As the press release said, it's from the same team that brought Pirates of Carribean Trilogy. Hello Jerry Bruckheimer! So it probably is good.
4. Same director as HP Goblet of Fire. Though I like Prisoner of Azkaban better than the Goblet of Fire, I would still like to see another Mike Newell-directed film.



The storyline is: A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Apparently, the dagger functions like Hermione Granger's Time Turner. Allow me to put myself in the Prince's shoes:

If I have a dagger that turns back time, what event would I change?
The Asian Tsunami, December 26, 2004. I would froze the oceans after the earthquake so no lives were destroyed in Thailand, Indonesia, etc. and no tourism industries were damaged, like those of Krabi's and the rest of Southern Thailand. If the parts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans were frozen, no tsunami would ever occur that time. And since I'm that powerful, I could just actually calm down the ocean, instead of freezing it.

But this is just wishful thinking of course. But yeah, that power would be just awesome. Let's just leave it to the Prince to decide what to do with the dagger, don't forget to catch Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie starting from 27th May 2010 and join the official Facebook and Twitter page!