John Carter arrives on DVD June 5th!

[Hector]

I'll wait for the Redbox release.

[torgospizza]

Wow, that cover looks like a ten minute Photoshop.

And couldn't they find a cooler font? Even a free one would have been better than that. No pizzazz at all.

[Nostalgiabuff]

from all the great reviews i have heard on here i decided to get it on bluray. ordered from Amazon, should have it in a day or two. i'll post my opinion after watching it

[BlackKnight]

This is a Good Movie ....
Man, did they All get Screwed over by the Critics.
I had a Hard time believing that the Mouse would offer such a "Bomb".
The Critics and Marketing Directors in reguards to this Film should be Fined.

[aquatroy]

I bought it Thursday and have watched it a couple of times. It's a very good movie. It's hard to believe that it tanked so badly in theaters. Word of mouth should have given it a bit of a push. Perhaps it was a victim of the times as much as a horrible marketing campaign. To much emphasis on instant success. Things aren't given enough time to get traction. Just a quick aside. My daughter's college marketing class used John Carter as an example of how poor marketing can sink a quality project. Hopefully Disney will make enough on the dvd/blueray release that the thought of a sequel is revisited. Even if they're direct to dvd movies.

I do think that the lead is miscast. He would have made a very good Carthoris. He just doesn't have enough weight to his personality to be a believable John Carter.

[aquatroy]

Have to agree on the horrible dvd/blueray packaging. Bad photoshop indeed! There's such a rich history of John Carter imagery. Disney couldn't use the male & female lead to do a homage to some of that classic imagery?

[Nostalgiabuff]

watched it last night. i really liked it. well made and fun to watch

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, that was a fine movie. MUCH better than I anticipated. I figured it would be good, based on good word of mouth (mostly here) and despite the HORRIBLE marketing campaign. As someone who works in marketing, I cannot fathom how incredibly angry the people who worked so hard on this movie must be with the marketing dept. at Disney. It's criminal.

Oh, and Lynn Collins would make a GREAT Wonder Woman. Although Hollywood would probably deem her too old to start a franchise like that.

Chris

[johnmiic]

I'm so happy people are watching this film and liking it! I bought my copy and am really enjoying the bonus materials too. It would've been helpful if even one of these bonus features were aired on TV before the film was released.

[megocrazy]

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[sprytel]

Wow, that was a fine movie. MUCH better than I anticipated. I figured it would be good, based on good word of mouth (mostly here) and despite the HORRIBLE marketing campaign. As someone who works in marketing, I cannot fathom how incredibly angry the people who worked so hard on this movie must be with the marketing dept. at Disney. It's criminal.

Oh, and Lynn Collins would make a GREAT Wonder Woman. Although Hollywood would probably deem her too old to start a franchise like that.

Chris

I saw it the other night on Redbox, and agree... it was better than I expected.

I had seen Taylor Kitsch on "Friday Night Lights" and was a fan, but buzz had me expecting the worst from his performance. I thought he did really well, especially considering many of his scenes, he must have been the only real thing in the shot.

I also thought the script was stronger than I expected. It had lots of action and some typical fantasy tropes, but it never devolved to mindless action. And they did a clever job of subtly framing the Barsoom conflict with the earth parallels of Northerners, Southerners, and Native Americans.

It's a shame that it didn't have an easier time finding an audience in the theatres.

[Hector]

Oh, and Lynn Collins would make a GREAT Wonder Woman. Although Hollywood would probably deem her too old to start a franchise like that.

Agreed...she is one hot-looking babe...but yes...probably too old for Hollywood standards as Wonder Woman.

[Hector]

I also just saw it last night...it was a really fun movie...it reminds me of the 80s Flash Gordon flick.

A couple of gripes though...



***SOME SPOILERS***

Carter's strength was inconsistent...one moment he gets thrown around like a ragdoll by a single female greenie...and other times he is slaying dozens of green warriors...lol.

The other main gripe...

So none of them Martians (except the baldie dudes with the blue rays) had any idea Earth was populated?

You would think a species with those technological advances would know a thing or two about Earth, lol.


***END OF SPOILERS***

Overall...great escapism...really fun flick...

[Earth 2 Chris]

I agree with the Flash Gordon connection. The climax is particularly similar...but played totally straight, no camp. Since both Buck Rogers and Flash borrowed from John Carter, I can forgive them for that!

Chris

[johnmiic]

***SOME SPOILERS***

The other main gripe...

So none of them Martians (except the baldie dudes with the blue rays) had any idea Earth was populated?

***END OF SPOILERS***

I dunno Hec. It seemed to me all the races living on Mars were so busy fighting wars they didn't think much about people living on Earth. Deja doubted Carter's claim because she didn't understand how he traveled to Mars.