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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, March 02, 2012 - 9:29 am 
Saw a sneak preview of this last night. Got last-minute passes to a 3-D Imax showing. I know this is an old story. It is from Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote Tarzan.
I really enjoyed this one. Without giving away the plot, I will say that you will see things in this movie that were "borrowed" over the years to make other sci-fi movies.
It was very good, but not great.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-02-2002
| Friday, March 02, 2012 - 9:32 am
Thanks for the review. Had you seen the previews? And did the movie look good to you from that? Because I have seen the previews and it looks like a mess, not like something I would enjoy. I hope it does well because it's Disney, but it hasn't been on my 'must see' list.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Friday, March 02, 2012 - 9:53 am
I had seen the previews. There could have been more time spent on explaining things, but then, it would have been a very long movie.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Friday, March 02, 2012 - 3:28 pm
it looked amazingly cheezy on trailer and is a disney production/ so i forgive them. I LUV sci fi so will be watching it no matter what.
Hate the jerky fake looking CGI tho. its one step up from Cartoons to me
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Saturday, March 03, 2012 - 7:36 am
All I know is it's based on "The Princess of Mars", which was a novel ahead of it's time.
They made a "B" movie a few years ago based on the same book, and it was pretty bad. Looks like they at least threw some money at this one.
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Gidget
Member
07-28-2002
| Saturday, March 03, 2012 - 2:04 pm
A Princess of Mars is in the public domain and available online. It has interesting themes that to me are relevant even today.
I am concerned that Disney is making this movie. They are known for going for the buck over all other consideration.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Tuesday, March 06, 2012 - 12:47 am
wow there is even an audiobook site offering it !
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Sheilaree
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 1:19 pm
Good movie wasn't was I thought it would be I don't know but it was good it didn't need to be in 3D
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Pippin04
Member
10-26-2007
| Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 6:16 pm
I loved this movie, I did not know the story before. Hubby was bugging me to see it so I agreed to keep him quiet.
Every time someone said Helium will fall, I started laughing. (I was the only one).
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Monday, March 12, 2012 - 8:59 pm
it was officially announced as a Bomb. i think that calling it "john carter" was a huge mistake. it doesnt attract kids/ tweens etc with a title like that
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, March 12, 2012 - 9:09 pm
I agree the title is very uninteresting and doesn't attract attention and the marketing was apparently atrocious.
However, I have a friend who is a huge science fiction buff and generally quite critical and he enjoyed it.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 8:38 am
I will go see it because Taylor Kitsch is in it and he is great eye candy (sorry if that is sexist...I'll have to live with the shame). Not to mention awesome in Friday Night Lights.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 2:05 pm
There is no shame in enjoying Taylor half-naked 
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 6:24 pm
Just reading an article discussing how John Carter could overtake Cuthroat island as biggest movie flop ever. Thats too bad. It was a really good movie, not fantastic but good solid entertainment. The marketing let the movie down as did the title imo.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 8:54 pm
I agree w/Rissa. The marketing for the movie was atrocious. I saw it Sunday and was very entertained.
The only parallel I can think of is the movie "A Knight's Tale" from years ago. It was marketed badly, but turned out to be a pretty entertaining movie.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 9:55 pm
it reminded me of Prince of Persia, which was also a fun but underrated movie
I've just watched John Carter and it was good ol fashioned sci fi fun; unfortunately there were a few things that should have been changed since it COULD be considered a bit of an avatar ripoff.
the multilegged and armed critters AND supposedly native life for instance That makes no sense when gravity is less,
also the humans would have had physical changes PLUS they all would have been able to jump. BUT upon emptying my mind, i enjoyed it WAyyyyyy more then avatar
i really liked how the young man was given the book to read to explain about the body!
i think the other thing that needed to be changed to be more marketable was the actual princess.. we havent seen such a tough muscular main character since the blonde warrior in the Original Conan
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Saturday, April 14, 2012 - 9:59 pm
she was also too old, or LOOKED too old, i'd guess late twenties but looked mid thirties
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Rissa
Member
03-19-2006
| Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 4:51 am
That's one of the things that ticked me off about the marketing and editorials about this movie Sun. Hundreds of movies have ripped off THIS story, not the other way around.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-16-2003
| Friday, April 20, 2012 - 5:14 pm
exactly!!! the original story is from when? 1800s?? who ripped off whom
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Sunday, July 01, 2012 - 6:01 am
9/10
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Friday, July 20, 2012 - 10:05 pm
The Princess was older than the leading man, that's true, but she's still gorgeous...
I've heard that lots of SciFi stuff was based off of this story...my dad told me this back in the 80's...that's why I don't hold any graphics stuff, or story stuff against them...this is the original
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