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Well, I've come to the conclusion that I love JOHN CARTER the movie, and definitely plan to see it again. Though I think I'd recommend it more in 2-D than 3. Saw it in 3-D the first time, and that was OK, but I don't like the way the 3-D glasses make the film darker. When I take them off, the whole picture seems so much brighter.
This movie has grown on me. (Of course, I've been playing the soundtrack CD in the car today....)
But it really has more development to the characters, as well as deepening the story of the original book. The book is good, but the movie, as the gentleman says above, is good as a movie.
Looking back, what really impresses me is the development of the hero, from a surly bastard in the beginning, who has reasons to be, but who meets someone who begins to really get to him, until, little by little, he finally opens up to her.
This movie is an old-fashioned adventure/romance/spectacle, with all sorts of elements thrown in together and I think it works.
What I think never worked is the way the Disney people bumbled in marketing it. JOHN CARTER sounds like the title of some spy movie, or hired assassin. It doesn't even hint at the elements that make this film so entertaining.
It all reminds me of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, which also seemed grand and thrilling when I first saw it, though choppy at many points.
I'm definitely seeing JOHN CARTER again, and I'm definitely recommending it to anyone who'll listen.
And I'm so glad to have the opportunity to see it in a theatre, where I can revel in its very size.
Enjoy!
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Well, I've come to the conclusion that I love JOHN CARTER the movie, and definitely plan to see it again. Though I think I'd recommend it more in 2-D than 3. Saw it in 3-D the first time, and that was OK, but I don't like the way the 3-D glasses make the film darker. When I take them off, the whole picture seems so much brighter.
This movie has grown on me. (Of course, I've been playing the soundtrack CD in the car today....)
But it really has more development to the characters, as well as deepening the story of the original book. The book is good, but the movie, as the gentleman says above, is good as a movie.
Looking back, what really impresses me is the development of the hero, from a surly bastard in the beginning, who has reasons to be, but who meets someone who begins to really get to him, until, little by little, he finally opens up to her.
This movie is an old-fashioned adventure/romance/spectacle, with all sorts of elements thrown in together and I think it works.
What I think never worked is the way the Disney people bumbled in marketing it. JOHN CARTER sounds like the title of some spy movie, or hired assassin. It doesn't even hint at the elements that make this film so entertaining.
It all reminds me of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, which also seemed grand and thrilling when I first saw it, though choppy at many points.
I'm definitely seeing JOHN CARTER again, and I'm definitely recommending it to anyone who'll listen.
And I'm so glad to have the opportunity to see it in a theatre, where I can revel in its very size.
Enjoy!
I'm seeing this tomorrow in 3D format. I have a feeling this film will find itself as a cult classic if doesn't do well locally. But the film is likely to reap enough at the foreign market and that would probably classify some reason to do a sequel. I hope they do.
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Saw it again today...it was even better the second time and the finale image even made me tear up a bit this time. First class movie all the way.
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Amen to that, and good night to all.
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I loved it. I'm going back.
I even splurged and bought a t-shirt from it off e-bay.
(As well as an -autographed- photo of Taylor Kitsch in costume!)
Nothing like having a new hero.
We need heroes.....
Movie is Highly Recommended...
(And, I've been playing the score all the time in my truck.)
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I just went to see it again.
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So everybody, go see John Carter for the epic romantic sci-fi fantasy adventure that it is because I want more John Carter movies!
Unfortunately, sales dropped 60% on its second Friday so it is looking likely that it will indeed be a huge flop.
it's doing well overseas....where people apparently have more good taste for the classics.
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Wow. For the most part you guys really liked this movie. I thought John Carter was a really bad film. I had a friend visiting from out of town and we went to see the film on opening night. If I had gone alone, I would have walked out about 30 minutes in. The films worst sin is that it is boring. I haven’t looked at my watch so often during a movie since Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull. I found all the characters flat and uninteresting. I felt I had seen all the CGI before. The arena scene plays like outtakes from Attack of the Clones. I never felt any of the characters were ever in any real jeopardy. The whole bookend thing with Edgar Rice Burroughs doesn’t work. This is a long movie too. At one point I took off my 3-D glasses and shut my eyes for a few minutes only to be jarred awake by some explosion. Maybe my problem is the source material. I’ve never been much of a Tarzan fan either. I know I’m talking apples and oranges but I took my friend a few days later to see The Artist. As we walked out of the screening he looked at me and said “Now that was a movie!!” Amen brother!
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Did anyone NOT like the dog?
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