It was based off an old novel which sci-fi movies have drawn upon for inspiration for decades. This left John Carter feeling unoriginal when in fact its source material is as original as the genre can get, the film was just 100 years too late. It had just enough cheesy Disney charm to carry it, but some of the actors' performances were so flat and forced that I just wished it would end earlier at times. I found myself caring more about the space dog as opposed to Carter and the princess who fell straight out of a Vogue magazine.
Also for a film that cost 250million you'd think the special effects and CGI animations would be far more polished. Some of the jumping and action sequences saw the palm of my hand be collected by my forehead.
Still it might seem I'm heavily criticizing it, but overall it was an enjoyable experience. Arguably around 2.5 or 3 stars I'd put it at. Also need to point out, don't take really young children to see it, my god there was shitloads of blue blood and an amputation and decapitation sequence. Reminded me of older videogames where the parental lock would change the blood from red to green or blue.
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