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Lynn Collins

Samantha Morton

Mark Strong

Ciarán Hinds

Dominic West

James Purefoy

Willem Dafoe

Thomas Haden Church

Bryan Cranston

Daryl Sabara

Polly Walker

David Schwimmer

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Don Stark

Nicholas Woodeson

Art Malik

Arkie Reece

Davood Ghadami

Pippa Nixon

James Embree

Philip Philmar

Figs Jackman

Emily Tierney

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Rupert Frazer

Kyle Agnew

Josh Daugherty

Jared Cyr

Sean Carrigan

Dusty Sorg

Christopher Goodman

Amanda Clayton

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Aldred Montoya

Phil Cheadle

Arnie Alpert

Ian Ray

Peggy Clements

Evelyn Dubuc

Jhil McEntyre

Daniel O'Meara

Emma Clifford

Oliver Boot

Rebecca Sarker

Philip Arditti

Holly Weston

Gary Milner

Cate Fowler

Darwin Shaw

Eileen Page

Simon Evans

Myriam Acharki

Steven Cree

Garry Tubbs

Jeremy Booth

Jill Baker

Umit Ulgen

Debra Leigh-Taylor

Dan Mindel

Marcia Ross

Andrew Stanton

Mark Andrews

Lori Korngiebel

Colin Wilson

Mayes C. Rubeo

Michael Chabon

Jim Morris

Eric Zumbrunnen

Nathan Crowley

Lindsey Collins

Ve Neill

Sian Milne

Ben Burtt

Flora Moody

Caitlin Dechelle

Caridad Angus

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Ben Shepherd

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Josh Lusby

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Paula Price

Christien Tinsley

Eryn Krueger Mekash

Candice Banks

Colin Anderson

Tom Struthers

Deborah Taylor

Thomas Gibson

Roger Guyett

John King

Jennifer Teves

Annie Penn

Denny Caira

Phil Harvey

David Krentz

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Nuria Mbomio

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Greg T. Moon

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Tim Nielsen

Holly Dorff

Jamie Wilkinson

Christopher Prampin

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Erik Jessen

Scott Zuber

Stacey Newton

Camille Henderson

Debbi Salmon

Kirstin Chalmers

Don Rutherford

Kevin Alexander

Gary Hymns

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Ailbhe Lemass

J.R. Grubbs

Eamonn Butler

Ryan Church

Michael Semanick

Tom Johnson

Peter Dorme

Katherine McCormack

Peter Gabriel

Travis Witkowski

Kristie Matthiae

Gerald Quist

Meredith Humbracht

Darrell L. Wight

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Stephen M. Davis

Perry Evans

Ben Dixon

Lavinia Waters

Jake Hall

Kevin Haney

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Andres Gomez

Totally forgettable and full of stereotypes

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his series of John Carter novels before space flight was more than a fancy.  This movie is more adventure and romance and very little (if any) actual science.

This movie is the best production of A Princess of Mars, the first story in the series, that I've seen.

If you're a fan of the John Carter novels then you will probably get some enjoyment from John Carter.  While there are some differences you'll meet some familiar characters and recognize quite a few relevant plot points.

Not a great film, but not a bad one, either.

Per Gunnar Jonsson

We sat down and watched this movie on Blu-ray yesterday evening to nicely end our little excursion day. This is a good film but it could have been (much) better.

The film itself and its special effects are quite good. I would say that the special effects are very good. The airships are very cool looking. The design nicely captures the retro atmosphere of the book without looking silly. I think they made the green men too slim though. I have always pictured them as way more bulky and monstrous. I like Woola’s appearance although him moving around at “supersonic” speeds is a bit over the top.

However, why is it that every film-company/producer/director/whatever now thinks that he can take an old classic, slam on the name in the title, and then do what the hell he likes with the material? This film has borrowed the basic idea and the names from Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter book but almost nothing else. At most 10% of the story of the books is in the movie. The rest is pure invention and it does not improve the story. As a matter of fact it turns what was a good story into a standard unintelligent Hollywood faire. Been there, seen that, done that.

The examples are plentiful, the white apes the size of dinosaurs, the city of Zodanga moves around (what the f…), most of the plot as I said before is invented, the Therns have a completely different role etc. etc.

I especially dislike how they have made John Carter, the honorable gentleman from Virginia, into a fairly plain American guy who at first refuses to do the “right” thing. And what about these bloody wife and child flashbacks? That’s just disturbing.

None of this improves the movie. It got 6 stars, it could have gotten 9 or 10 if it had followed the books properly. It is Disney’s own fault that this movie was a disappointment at the box office, they screwed with classical material…again.

Unfulfilled potential, still narrowly liked it.

<em>'John Carter'</em> can feel underdeveloped and underwhelming, you could even argue it aimed to replicate <em>'Avatar'</em>, but there's enough there that allowed me to find a fair amount of enjoyment.

Taylor Kitsch is alright, I rate him, but a more convincing lead performance was necessary in my opinion. The rest of the cast, despite some well known names, fail to deliver anything noteworthy. Willem Dafoe works as Tars Tarkas, though only due to his distinctive voice; none of his dialogue etc. stand outs. The likes Samantha Morton, Mark Strong and Bryan Cranston give forgettable performances; arguably not their fault.

The premise has all the possibilities to be great, sadly the film fails to make their mark with it. The ending is extremely rushed, even for a 132 minute production. Visually it's good, but that's one of very few plus points - I haven't got many truth be told, but anything less than a 7* feels harsh.

Dad raised us on what he lovingly called "Pulp Trash Novels" and that carried over to adult life where they are proudly displayed along side academic books. Actually they take the top shelf.

So, walking into this I was scared and unfortunately I had every right to be.

Now I am fine with artistic licenses, I wasn't expecting it to be exactly like any of the books.

But I was expecting it to at least follow the source material a little, something more than just the names. In short, I was expecting a John Carter movie in more than just name only.

And, frankly, this didn't even feel like a movie based on pulp adventure novels, which for me was a key point, it could take all the liberties it wanted so long as it still played out like a pulp adventure novel. Unfortunately, it fell short on this.

And, to make it even worse, it was boring.

If you like the source material, if you like adventure for really the sake of adventure and escapism, then stay away, stay far, far away.

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A review by Andres Gomez

Written by Andres Gomez on Thu Feb 13 2014

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