![]() John Carter is an unjustly dismissed sci-fi ossly unjustified. I'd MUCH rather see this movie again than The Green Lantern, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, or just about any of these Marvel/DC films which felt so hollow. (If only Jar Jar Binks had been one of these suckers - or even the massive space dog - which I loved - The Phantom Menace wouldn't have been such a joke.) The romance between Carter and the princess is somewhat reminiscent of Han Solo and Princess Leia - if Leia kicked a ton of ass, that is. The "green" inhabitants of Mars feel completely real to me - unlike any of the beings in the Star Wars prequels. The John Carter character and the double-pronged story are interesting as hell. ![]() The marketing campaign - from the billboards, to the trailers, to the TV spots - revealed nothing of the charm of this film - and it has it in excess. ![]() Other than the Dark Knight films and the first Matrix, I can't remember another superhero-style movie that kept me so interest during it's full length. I was shocked to find how much I enjoyed it. Who would have thought that the highest professional critic score for a movie like John Carter would come from the Village Voice? I thought I'd check this one out after reading about the massive loss that Disney would be taking on this Who would have thought that the highest professional critic score for a movie like John Carter would come from the Village Voice? I thought I'd check this one out after reading about the massive loss that Disney would be taking on this film, wondering just how bad it could possibly be. ![]()
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