ROTTEN TOMATOES: Friday Harvest: Prince of Persia, The Road, and more!

Friday Harvest: Prince of Persia, The Road, and more!

The best pictures, posters, and videos of the week!

by Alex Vo | November 06, 2009

Happy Friday Harvest, a weekly round-up of the best pictures, posters, and videos that have become available for viewing/download on Rotten Tomatoes. Each section features the favorite or most interesting item we've added for the week, along with several other new highlights. Enjoy!

Pictures

Picture Gallery of the Week: The Road

The Road is finally nearing its end. Countless delays hasn't hurt The Road's considerable buzz, and right now it's pulling a strong mid-80s Tomatometer. This new batch shows off the incredible scenes of decay and destruction, along with images of peace before the world ended.. Browse the gallery.

More New Pictures


Fantastic Mr. Fox Fantastic premiere	Shutter Island New images	2012 Premiere gallery	Dr. Parnassus Red carpet!	Princess and the Frog New pics

Posters

Poster of the Week: Defendor

I feel like I'm pretty burnt out on superheroes. But I thought the same on the subject of zombies, but Zombieland was still awesome. There's an upcoming wave of caustic superhero flicks, such as Kick-Ass and Defendor, and here's hoping they execute their high concepts well enough to shake off the genre's stagnancy. View the poster.

More New Posters


Dear John Channing Tatum Sparks up	Creation Darwin biopic	Men Who Stare at Goats Character posters	Tell Tale Intriguing Poe adaptation	Visioneers Dark Galifanakis comedy

Videos

Video of the Week: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time trailer

The first Prince of Persia trailer is out and it's...pretty good? Servicable? Awesome? Gemma Arterton's narration is a lot of exposition for what seems like a simple "go from location A to location B" plotline (in that sense, Prince of Persia does feel like a video game turned into a movie). Watch the video.

More New Videos


Dr. Parnassus 8 new clips	The Fourth Kind Clips	The Box Clips	Men Who Stare at Goats And more clips!

Want to keep up to date on ALL the pictures, posters, and videos that are added to Rotten Tomatoes throughout the week? Then check out the Trailers & Pictures page, which is automatically updated as material is uploaded.

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Dave J. writes:
on Nov 06 2009 02:43 PM

The Road- another adaption of McComack's novel may be worth noting.

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David W. writes:
on Nov 06 2009 03:55 PM

Can't wait for "The Road." John Hillcoat (The Proposition) is a great up-coming filmmaker. It will definitely be one of the best films this year.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Nov 06 2009 05:34 PM

The "Prince of Persia" film looks decent. Still waiting for a GREAT video game film.

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De Alpha Trigga writes:
on Nov 06 2009 05:43 PM

halo the move will be awesome ledawg and gears of war the movie.

anywys im actually surprised that 2012 is getting positive reviews, a 80%..but at the same time, astor boy was getting a 100%, and went down to a 48% so we'll see if it manages to be as entertaining as they say.

im ttly gonna watch 2012,the road, and maybe prince of persia if it gets
goodreviews.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Nov 06 2009 06:17 PM

In reply to this comment (#2559260)
Yeah "Halo" should be great. But I'm still very iffy about "Gears of War".

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blattman writes:
on Nov 06 2009 06:26 PM

In reply to this comment (#2559257)
I liked the first Mortal Kombat.

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Costigan writes:
on Nov 06 2009 07:22 PM

Welcome to the new epic hero%u2019s quest to transport a magical item to a destination that will neutralize its magical power. It seems that this movie does not have an original thought in its head and that is just from the trailer. You can even see where they ripped off other video games at the 25 second mark. It is a blatant rip off of Assassins Creed%u2026. And can we PLEASE stop using Jerry Bruckheimer as a selling point. I have never been halfway through a trailer though %u201Cthis sucks%u201D then saw the big JB%u2019s name and then thought but I will see it anyway.

Jake Gyllenhaal as the new action hero%u2026. Not buying it. Gay cowboys do not make action heros.

Having said all that, and to completely contradict everything, I will probably see this movie.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Nov 06 2009 07:50 PM

In reply to this comment (#2559285)
Yeah, because Heath Ledger was a terrible Joker. Seriously though, who cares if he played a gay man?

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John N. writes:
on Nov 06 2009 08:12 PM

Gyllenhaal has got to be the least masculine action hero ever, even over Tobey. The thought of him giving a battle cry (or being PERSIAN...) is laughable. The effects and obligatory hot ethnic women may make it worth a look though.

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ledawg1138 writes:
on Nov 06 2009 09:45 PM

In reply to this comment (#2559303)
Okay, he is too white to be the "Prince of Persia". But he's tougher than Tobey. That dude is a puss.

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Costigan writes:
on Nov 06 2009 10:01 PM

I was ready for the Heath Ledger counter example. Yes he was very good, but he was a villan. Gay cowboys make great villans, not heros.

I really dont care that he played a gay man. Just a joke.

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Iceman Cometh writes:
on Nov 06 2009 10:27 PM

I haven't played Prince of Persia, but a lot of the shots looked like they came from Assassin's Creed...

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Shane S. writes:
on Nov 06 2009 10:40 PM

Prince of Persia and Assassin's Creed are actually very similiar games, but Prince of Persia came first, so to say that Prince of Persia is ripping off Assassin's Creed is just laughable.

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Costigan writes:
on Nov 06 2009 11:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#2559339)
Price of Persia may have came first, and if I was talking just about the video games I would agree that it would be impossible for the Prince of Persia series to rip off Assassins Creed.

However I am talking about Prince of Persia the movie that has come out after Assassins Creed, and I think that that shot of Jake Gyllenhaal swan diving off the edge of that plank reminded me of a similar action that can be done in Assassins Creed.

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pinkincide writes:
on Nov 07 2009 12:29 AM

Viggo Mortensen looks like he's morphing into an Ent.

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John A. writes:
on Nov 07 2009 06:07 AM

I still think the marketing for The Road has been some of the worst in recent memory. All the trailers (and even the posters) attempt to strike different tones, yet none of those remotely match what the book was. It makes it seem like the movie doesn't know what the hell it's doing, when in reality it's just studio people not wanting to be honest about the bleakness contained in the film. All this "epic journey" to find "hope" nonsense rings hollow even in a two minute trailer. No Country For Old Men didn't have to artificially inject optimism into its marketing, so I don't understand why The Road is being given such treatment.

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tfortier writes:
on Nov 07 2009 06:09 AM

^^^^^

what?

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Cutler to the rescue writes:
on Nov 07 2009 09:12 AM

Uncharted 2 would be an awesome movie.

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scifimark writes:
on Nov 07 2009 10:06 AM

im definitely more optimisitc for prince of persia and im big fan of the game. The moves were definitely very prince of persia esque. i felt this always had a strong story to make a video game although i thought they left out core elements from the original that would of made it even better, although the second one i feel would make a better translation than the first. I just cant see gears of war being a good movie translation. Halo i think would be if its done right.

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And The Answer Is 42 writes:
on Nov 07 2009 11:24 AM

not seeing defendor, thats for sure.

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