John Carter

Review and Trailer Comments

• Tomboy

  I would recommend this movie, far better than the 3 stars given by Mike Sheridan.

  Posted 12:32 | Mon 12th Mar 2012

• wes

  saw this last night, was looking forward to it for a while and it didn't disappoint, loved it! gonna buy the books asap and i'm looking forward to the next film! liked the ending also, was unexpected

  Posted 20:16 | Mon 12th Mar 2012

• hellcat1983

  This is a brilliant movie! I just think if it had a different name it would have done better. Judging by the movie poster I thought it was about a guy and elephants. Well worth a watch, a rarity nowadays.

  Posted 16:15 | Fri 6th Jul 2012

• FilmBuff76

  Disney have dusted down Edgar Rice Burrough's 1917 novel A Princess Of Mars, the first in his series of John Carter Of Mars stories, and given it a 21st Century makeover... with mixed results. It feels like a lot of sci-fi outsider-turned-warrior films mixed together - Dune, Return Of The Jedi, Flash Gordon - yet John Carter predates all of them. US Civil War veteran Carter finds himself whisked to Barsoom (aka Mars) when he's given a talisman by a dying alien. That sounds like last year's flop The Green Lantern, but thankfully this is a more sound film. Moving seamlessly from animation to live action, director Andrew Stanton conjures up a lively world full of warring alien tribes, flying barges, feisty princesses and dastardly bad guys. The production design and visual effects are particularly good, though the performances are decidedly mid-range (normal anyway for a visually-driven blockbuster). Newcomer Taylor Kitsch is someone we'll be seeing a lot more of in the near future and he's not too bad in the lead role. It's a rousing, entertaining enough film with franchise potential but more work needs to be done on character development if audiences are expected to come back for more.

  Posted 23:52 | Wed 14th Mar 2012

• Cormacoc

  Liked it. If there had never been a Star Wars or Avatar it would have seemed amazing. Ironic that it hasn't done well when so many huge blockbusters owe it a debt.

  Posted 13:49 | Tue 27th Mar 2012

• Linda

  saw this last week, was looking forward to it for a while and it didn't disappoint, would recommened

  Posted 17:09 | Fri 23rd Mar 2012

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