Well, the first half of the movie is pretty confusing and borderline boring. It's pretty much setting the story and introducing the characters and all. The second half gets better once the action scenes kick in and everyone has a purpose and everything is more or less explained.
Although one thing I couldn't quite comprehend were the bad guys. I just...didn't really get what they were truly after.
Also, I'm not a big fan of the whole "love at first sight" theme, which also happens here. John is the lone wolf who, like Bob said, just wants to go home and the princess just wants to save her kingdom. I think the whole movie happened in less than 3 days (As far as I can remember) and by the, well, you can imagine how everything ends up, them being a romantic couple.
The only movie were I approved of that whole instant love theme was Enchanted, and that because A) It was making fun of all the other movies that do this and B) It's actually well explained and developed that it makes sense for it to happen. With this movie, it all seems too rushed, almost as if the heroes fell for each other because of the thrill of the battle and that's it.
Yes, John's persona is pretty predictable, but so is the princess', what with the whole 'I'm selfless and headstrong, you wouldn't expect that from me' theme that we've seen a thousand princesses pull off before. They have their moments where you can connect with them, so it's not that bad.
I agree with Bob with the fact that the movie could have been played better. I know the original story and I gotta say the adaptation isn't that bad considering all the problems it had to dodge regarding the story. It's good; what bothers me is the borderline cookie-cutter characters. They had SO MUCH potential, and yet, they didn't quite get there. It's a pity, really. And what sucks the most about this is that this was the precursor of all those cookie-cutter characters. So...yeah, time paradox?
Although one thing I couldn't quite comprehend were the bad guys. I just...didn't really get what they were truly after.
Also, I'm not a big fan of the whole "love at first sight" theme, which also happens here. John is the lone wolf who, like Bob said, just wants to go home and the princess just wants to save her kingdom. I think the whole movie happened in less than 3 days (As far as I can remember) and by the, well, you can imagine how everything ends up, them being a romantic couple.
The only movie were I approved of that whole instant love theme was Enchanted, and that because A) It was making fun of all the other movies that do this and B) It's actually well explained and developed that it makes sense for it to happen. With this movie, it all seems too rushed, almost as if the heroes fell for each other because of the thrill of the battle and that's it.
Yes, John's persona is pretty predictable, but so is the princess', what with the whole 'I'm selfless and headstrong, you wouldn't expect that from me' theme that we've seen a thousand princesses pull off before. They have their moments where you can connect with them, so it's not that bad.
I agree with Bob with the fact that the movie could have been played better. I know the original story and I gotta say the adaptation isn't that bad considering all the problems it had to dodge regarding the story. It's good; what bothers me is the borderline cookie-cutter characters. They had SO MUCH potential, and yet, they didn't quite get there. It's a pity, really. And what sucks the most about this is that this was the precursor of all those cookie-cutter characters. So...yeah, time paradox?