Prior to seeing John Carter, I had read numerous reviews of this Disney offering that ranged from bad to great. As usual, reviewers either loathed it because they can, or simply enjoyed the film. For me, I fall into the latter.
Based on the early 1912 graphic novel A Princess of Mars, this film is filled with fantastical, original storylines that are really quite refreshing in today's cinematic offerings. With source material written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author of numerous Tarzan books as well as his Barsoom series, we are presented with ideas and theories that easily captured the imagination of people at the time because Burroughs wrote of wondrous concepts that science could not yet disprove.
John Carter is a well written film that moves along quite nicely. The conclusion was, for me, predictable, yet satisfying at the same time--a typical E.R.B. style ending.
Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, James Purefoy and the voices of Willem Defoe, Brad Garret, Samantha Morton and Thomas Haden Church--amongst many others--this film was just fun to watch.
Don't let the negative reviewers tell you this film is garbage. Go into the theater expecting to have some fun and watch the science fiction storytelling as envisioned by an author a full century ago. Will this film win any awards? Highly doubtful. Is it a refreshing story in today's endlessly rehashed Hollywood regurgitations called movies? Absolutely!
Go see it! Then, buy it on DVD or Blue Ray and your family will have a great film to sit down together and watch.
If I was healthy enough, I would go see this again. However, John Carter is a buyer for me, and I will watch this one numerous times!
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