JOHN CARTER GOES TO MARS.
And now, review time.
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| King Kong's regretful one-stand night drunkenness. |
So, this guy, John Carter (duh) somehow finding himself on Mars after stumbling onto some ancient ruins.
Whilst there, he befriends the natives and saves Barsoom (the Martians' name for Mars), and gets laid with the Princess of Mars.
The director for this movie is Andrew Stanton, you may remember him for being the director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E.
Holy EFF-ING shit.
That was one of the main reasons why I wanted to watch this movie, due to those movies being, you know, bloody good.
However, it seems that Andrew Stanton does not fare so well when it comes to directing live action movies.
Frankly, John Carter is somewhat a messy movie with a few good ideas here and there.
There was a twist or two towards the end of the movie. Which was done pretty well in my opinion.
The action scenes were actually pretty decent though. And I liked the design of the Martian airships, though they're more of the awesome but impractical type airships.
It's so damn open!! Anyone with decent tactical knowledge could probably take down the aircraft with minimal equipment.
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So, to summarize the movie:
The director for this movie is Andrew Stanton, you may remember him for being the director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E.
Holy EFF-ING shit.
That was one of the main reasons why I wanted to watch this movie, due to those movies being, you know, bloody good.
However, it seems that Andrew Stanton does not fare so well when it comes to directing live action movies.
Frankly, John Carter is somewhat a messy movie with a few good ideas here and there.
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| Ok, this guy was actually rather cute. |
When John Carter first arrived on Mars, he had trouble trying to move. Due to the lower gravity and his higher bone density, he could jump ridiculously high and throw killing punches.
So, kinda like the Hulk then.
Without the nigh invulnerability.
And the increased healing.
And certainly without the purple pants.
That particular scene where he was trying to get used to the new environment was actually a delightfully funny scene to watch.
And less than 10 minutes afterwards, that particular trouble is gone. It was forgotten a bit too quickly me thinks, nor was it ever properly explained.
A lot of other aspects of the story get the exact same treatment.
How does he breathe in the Martian atmosphere?
What the heck does he eat?
And in a bizzarely disjointing scene, we had the four-armed Martian Tharks speaking in a completely alien language to Carter, and immediately in the next scene, human-looking Martians of Helium speaking perfectly coherent English.
Mostly though, the characterization and the pacing of the story is somewhat messy.
Typical problems of a movie based on a novel I guess. There is simply not enough time to jam everything inside the time frame of a single movie.
So, kinda like the Hulk then.
Without the nigh invulnerability.
And the increased healing.
And certainly without the purple pants.
That particular scene where he was trying to get used to the new environment was actually a delightfully funny scene to watch.
And less than 10 minutes afterwards, that particular trouble is gone. It was forgotten a bit too quickly me thinks, nor was it ever properly explained.
A lot of other aspects of the story get the exact same treatment.
How does he breathe in the Martian atmosphere?
What the heck does he eat?
And in a bizzarely disjointing scene, we had the four-armed Martian Tharks speaking in a completely alien language to Carter, and immediately in the next scene, human-looking Martians of Helium speaking perfectly coherent English.
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| No amount of cleavage could take my attention away from the lack of explanation on those details. |
Hurm.
Mostly though, the characterization and the pacing of the story is somewhat messy.
Typical problems of a movie based on a novel I guess. There is simply not enough time to jam everything inside the time frame of a single movie.
There was a twist or two towards the end of the movie. Which was done pretty well in my opinion.
The action scenes were actually pretty decent though. And I liked the design of the Martian airships, though they're more of the awesome but impractical type airships.
It's so damn open!! Anyone with decent tactical knowledge could probably take down the aircraft with minimal equipment.
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So, to summarize the movie:
- The story is messy and inconsistent
- Decent characters, but still suffers from inconsistency and clarity
- Decent action
- Damn good special effects and design though
Well, personally, it's nothing great of a movie.
If nothing else, it's probably like the over-cooked appetizer before the epic main course that will undoubtedly be the summer blockbuster movies.
*cough* Avengers *cough*
Relatively, its somewhat the better of the movies that are available in the cinemas at the moment, though frankly that's not saying much.
Ah, hell.
At least it wasn't like Ghost Rider. Am I right?
If nothing else, it's probably like the over-cooked appetizer before the epic main course that will undoubtedly be the summer blockbuster movies.
*cough* Avengers *cough*
Relatively, its somewhat the better of the movies that are available in the cinemas at the moment, though frankly that's not saying much.
Ah, hell.
At least it wasn't like Ghost Rider. Am I right?
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| *shudder* |
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