The title character is a nasty and self-absorbed guy who is magically transported from the American Southwest in 1881 to Mars...yes Mars. Once there, he meets lots of strange creatures and is caught up in a huge war--a war orchestrated by some very odd bald guys (the Therns) who seem to get off on manipulating planets--though exactly why is rather vague. Can a mere human somehow change the tide of an entire planet...especially when it isn't his own?
"John Carter" made $170,000,000....yet lost SIGNIFICANT money. This alone should give you some idea why the movie just isn't very good. Despite having mostly unknown actors who probably cost very little to cast, the film cost a staggering $250,000,000! Why? Because it's ALL special effects...ALL. There apparently was no room for interesting characters, a coherent back story or fun. Rarely has a piece of entertainment been so non-entertaining! It appears as if the film is trying to be another Avatar..but without the substance or decent characters. All it had going for it was a nice ending but overall, a misguided and dull film from start to nearly finish. How could they have made it better? Not push so many characters into the film and stretch it out to more than one film--and allowing the characters to develop and have some substance. As it was, they came and went quickly and I just didn't care. Oh well,...at least I liked Woola the 'dog' and the Therns...now they were interesting characters! But they along with nice special effects aren't enough reason to see this movie.
"John Carter" made $170,000,000....yet lost SIGNIFICANT money. This alone should give you some idea why the movie just isn't very good. Despite having mostly unknown actors who probably cost very little to cast, the film cost a staggering $250,000,000! Why? Because it's ALL special effects...ALL. There apparently was no room for interesting characters, a coherent back story or fun. Rarely has a piece of entertainment been so non-entertaining! It appears as if the film is trying to be another Avatar..but without the substance or decent characters. All it had going for it was a nice ending but overall, a misguided and dull film from start to nearly finish. How could they have made it better? Not push so many characters into the film and stretch it out to more than one film--and allowing the characters to develop and have some substance. As it was, they came and went quickly and I just didn't care. Oh well,...at least I liked Woola the 'dog' and the Therns...now they were interesting characters! But they along with nice special effects aren't enough reason to see this movie.