I finally got to see this film, having to wait until it hit DVD(I don’t have Blu-ray), since my movie going days are long in the past.
I loved this one as Edgar Rice Burroughs was one of my early finds, falling in along with such others as Heinlein, Norton, and J. Hunter Holly in my pre-teen years. A PRINCESS OF MARS still holds up well, I re-read it a few months back in anticipation of seeing this film. There were a few changes, such as his method of getting to Mars, er Barsoom, but I didn’t mind. The spirit of the novel was there and it briefly took me back to those younger days, far longer than seems possible. i can remember being twelve and wondering if I was ever going to grow up. Since I hit eighteen, it feels like it’s been downhill all the way, getting faster as the years passed.
I liked the effects, the story, the overall look of the film. It was easy to see that the makers, on every level, had respect for the source material. All those morons that call this a bad movie obviously don’t read, basing their pronouncements on dollar figures. It was almost guaranteed that JOHN CARTER couldn’t make back it’s 250 million dollar budget. That doesn’t make it a bad movie and I do think by the time DVD/Blu-ray sales are done, the television money all come in, it wll be out of the red. Maybe not an overwhelming money success, but still a fine film all around. There probably won’t be a sequel though.
At least we have this one.
Glad to see the movie has another fan. I loved it, too.
Count me in. I enjoyed it very much.
Loved the film when I saw it in the theaters in March, and loved it again this week when I got the DVD. Give it time: it’ll become a fab of many a viewer. And, like you said, it’s nice to see the the filmmakers loved the source material as much as we do. APOM is one of those time machines in which I can literally travel back in time and remember exactly how I felt when I was ten and first read the book.
I knew I wasn’t alone, but there’s those people that call it a bad movie and some buy it. i asked a young friend if he’d seen it and got the reply, “I heard it was a bad movie.” He shamefacedly admitted he’d never read Burroughs, this from a guy who’s one of the most voracious readers I know! But he’s a mere forty-two.
We saw it last night too and I plan to do my review today.
Well, I am going to rent it now. I had a bad feeling about those reviews. All they talked about was the cost instead of the film itself.
Shamefully, I believed the hype. Hey! They steered me right with that Green Lantern dog. Anyway…thanks to everyone’s good words, I’ve got it here and ready to give it a go. Really looking forward to it.
Like everyone else who left reviews, I thought the Movie was good and as someone else said it took me back to the first time I read “A princess of Mars” though I have to admit it is many years ago. Ok so the story did deviate a little from what I remember, but not so much that it spoilt the movie in any way. I too was put off at first by all the poor reviews, what a fool I was I should have followed my instincts and gone to see it in the Cinema.
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