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SCULLIBUNDO · Feb 24, 2012

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Theatrical trailer #1
Theatrical trailer #2
Theatrical trailer #3

Director: Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, WALL-E)
Cast: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Hayden Church, Mark Strong, Domonic West and Bryan Cranston
Composer: Michael Giacchino

Synopsis:

Transplanted to Mars, a Civil War vet discovers a lush planet inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter a princess who is in desperate need of a savior.

LISTEN TO SNIPPETS FROM GIACCHINO'S EXCELLENT SOUNDING SCORE FOR THE FILM

Twitter Impressions

Steven Weintraub@colliderfrosty
JOHN CARTER is a great movie. For 2 hours I was transported to another time and place. Can't wait to see it again. Don't miss it.

Steven Weintraub@colliderfrosty
Also the effects were amazing. The action scenes inspiring. And the music was fantastic. Seriously....JOHN CARTER is not to be missed.

Drew McWeeny@DrewAtHitFix
I am no longer in danger of being killed for saying that I quite liked "John Carter". Full reviews are still embargoed, though.

Devin Faraci@devincf
JOHN CARTER Twitter embargo is lifted! I can say that I will be giving the film a Fresh review.

Devin Faraci@devincf
There are scenes in JOHN CARTER that are all-timers. Some brilliant work. But there are also a LOT of problems with the film.

Devin Faraci@devincf
Hopefully the internet will be able to put aside binary 'It sucks/It rocks' stuff and look at JOHN CARTER as a movie w/ good and bad aspects

Mike Ryan@mikeryan
I enjoyed John Carter more than I thought that I would enjoy John Carter.

RT @jefflagasca: John Carter: It's a decent film which could use an extra 20 minutes for story development.

RT @michaelisbell: Just saw John Carter. More of a movie for kids, but looks great in a Disney CGI way. Weakscript, confusing story and action. #johncarter

RT @Bastholm: I am sad to report that "John Carter" is a failure on every single level, except maybe the CGI. More than anything, it reminds me of "Flash Gordon", but w/o the great Queen songs. The story is convoluted, the acting bad and it's unintentionally hilarious at times.

Release date: March 8, 2012

JOHN CARTER OF WATERWORLD

A recent article about the shitstorm going on over at Disney about the very big potential that this film could be a huge BOMBA.

Sorry for the two threads in one day, but many posters pointed out in the other thread that it's probably time for an OT.

overcast · Feb 24, 2012

We'll see...

I said it before and I'll say it again. Why the fuck did they not use that beautiful poster? :[

DrForester · Feb 24, 2012

Should have stuck with Narnia, Disney

TheKaeptain · Feb 24, 2012

John Carter of Nevada.

Lionel Mandrake · Feb 24, 2012

Nobody knows what this movie is.

Solo · Feb 24, 2012

JOHN BOMBA

Escape Goat · Feb 24, 2012

Lionel Mandrake said:
Nobody knows what this movie is.

Sculli isn't doing his job hard enough then.

SpeedingUptoStop · Feb 24, 2012

Putting the poster first, you learned well, Sculli.

TheKaeptain · Feb 24, 2012

That new trailer makes it look like aliens are invading Earth.

Chris R · Feb 24, 2012

Are we going to predict opening weekend figures in this thread or should that talk just stick to the weekly BO thread?

pestul · Feb 24, 2012

Solo said:
JOHN BOMBA

I lol'ed a bit and then realized how true it is. GAF will probably praise this movie to high heaven, but it will surely bomb.

Dead · Feb 24, 2012

CaptYamato said:
That new trailer makes it look like aliens are invading Earth.

lol'd cause it's true

iddqd · Feb 24, 2012

can we please make fun of this terrible poster that hangs here in every metro stop?

Spanish_John_Carter_Poster_Introduces_More_Martian_Creatures_1326298935.jpg

What does this tell me?
Carter rides big hippos?

EXITMENT! HE RIDES A HIPPO ON MARS!

And the hot girl is in the back.

TERRIBLE!

MisterHero · Feb 24, 2012

if there were life on mars WE WOULD HAVE NOTICED

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SCULLIBUNDO · Feb 24, 2012

Teh Hamburglar said:
Sculli isn't doing his job hard enough then.

To be honest, it's because while I'm down to see it, it isn't Avatar or Tintin levels of hype.

Lionel Mandrake · Feb 24, 2012

pestul said:
I lol'ed a bit and then realized how true it is. GAF will probably praise this movie to high heaven, but it will surely bomb.

Cause nobody knows what it is.

CliqWriter · Feb 24, 2012

Fucking weird where the wild things are looking alike crawling creatures.
This movie will be horrible.

shira · Feb 24, 2012

iddqd said:
can we please make fun of this terrible poster that hangs here in every metro stop?

That thing in the right corner looks like Garfield.

TheKaeptain · Feb 24, 2012

Dead said:
lol'd cause it's true

When the giant ship takes out that crowd it looks like a futuristic middle eastern bazaar.

GCX · Feb 24, 2012

shira said:
That thing in the right corner looks like Garfield.

I can't stop staring it.

JGS · Feb 24, 2012

pestul said:
I lol'ed a bit and then realized how true it is. GAF will probably praise this movie to high heaven, but it will surely bomb.

Some of the best movies out there are bombas.

Keepin hope alive!

polyh3dron · Feb 24, 2012

Disney fucked up by marketing it (and casting it) as a generic dudebro sci fi action flick.

Solo · Feb 24, 2012

That third trailer is halfway decent. Finally.

Judderman · Feb 24, 2012

Mars Needs Moms Deux?

SpeedingUptoStop · Feb 24, 2012

As it is right now, I'm predicting a subjective 8.3/10 while the film will objectively will be closer to 7.2/10. Get at me

Expendable. · Feb 24, 2012

Oddly excited for this one! Then again, it is from Andrew Stanton so not that odd at all.

TheKaeptain · Feb 24, 2012

Solo said:
That third trailer is halfway decent. Finally.

Dude it make the movie look like aliens are taking over earth and John Carter is trying to stop them with the help of good guy aliens while they duke it out in Nevada.

shira · Feb 24, 2012

GCX said:
I can't stop staring it.

Props to greenscar

polyh3dron · Feb 24, 2012

I'll see it just based on Andrew Stanton being the director. I refuse to believe he made a movie that is completely shitty, even with what appears to be substantial studio interference.

Solo · Feb 24, 2012

CaptYamato said:
Dude it make the movie look like aliens are taking over earth and John Carter is trying to stop them with the help of good guy aliens while they duke it out in Nevada.

At least it makes it look halfway interesting, something neither previous trailer could provoke.

SCULLIBUNDO · Feb 24, 2012

Expendable. said:
Oddly excited for this one! Then again, it is from Andrew Stanton so not that odd at all.

It's odd for me.

Anticitizen One · Feb 24, 2012

That poster in the OP looks good they should have just used that to promote the movie instead of the other garbage. I hope the movie is good I really do but so far it just looks and sounds like the love child of the Star Wars Prequels and Prince of Persia.

kame-sennin · Feb 24, 2012

I'm really skeptical about this movie, but this trailer is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yeEMbPhgy64

TheKaeptain · Feb 24, 2012

Solo said:
At least it makes it look halfway interesting, something neither previous trailer could provoke.

True.

SerArthurDayne · Feb 25, 2012

Hmm. I was planning on checking this out, but I am not liking the feedback in general. I will probably wait for GAF impressions before making a decision.

Also, trailers didn't look very good, even though I wanted to like.

Lionel Mandrake · Feb 25, 2012

iddqd said:
can we please make fun of this terrible poster that hangs here in every metro stop?

What does this tell me?
Carter rides big hippos?

EXITMENT! HE RIDES A HIPPO ON MARS!

And the hot girl is in the back.

TERRIBLE!

Nobody knows who John Carter is. At least with John Carter of Mars, we know, "Hey, Mars in the mix." Now it's just a random name. Put anything else up there. Doug Roberts.

Who wants to see that?!

Have they been marketing this hard on Disney Channel/Nick/Cartoon Network or something? Because that's the only way I see this being a hit.

BertramCooper · Feb 25, 2012

Lionel Mandrake said:
Nobody knows who John Carter is. At least with John Carter of Mars, we know, "Hey, Mars in the mix." Now it's just a random name. Put anything else up there. Doug Roberts.

Who wants to see that?!

Have they been marketing this hard on Disney Channel/Nick/Cartoon Network or something? Because that's the only way I see this being a hit.

Do mine eyes deceive me, or is he riding blame space?

joeyjoejoeshabadoo · Feb 25, 2012

Lionel Mandrake said:
Nobody knows who John Carter is. At least with John Carter of Mars, we know, "Hey, Mars in the mix." Now it's just a random name. Put anything else up there. Doug Roberts.

Who wants to see that?!

Have they been marketing this hard on Disney Channel/Nick/Cartoon Network or something? Because that's the only way I see this being a hit.

Oh shit, they made a Doug Roberts movie? Day 0.

shira · Feb 25, 2012

kame-sennin said:
I'm really skeptical about this movie, but this trailer is great:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yeEMbPhgy64

What is the story? He's a human who gets sent to Mars, has super powers, and he is stuck in some kind of intergalactic invasion. I'm not sure how to relate to this.

Timbuktu · Feb 25, 2012

SerArthurDayne said:
Hmm. I was planning on checking this out, but I am not liking the feedback in general. I will probably wait for GAF impressions before making a decision.

Also, trailers didn't look very good, even though I wanted to like.

Really? Gaf impressions? That's usually an incoherent mess of extremes. I don't expect this to be brilliant, but probably surprisingly competent compared to movies last year bar Rise of the Planet of the Apes and MI4.

JdFoX187 · Feb 25, 2012

CaptYamato said:
Dude it make the movie look like aliens are taking over earth and John Carter is trying to stop them with the help of good guy aliens while they duke it out in Nevada.

At least it fucking shows the planet Mars. I cannot believe how inept Disney marketing has been to hide every single mention that this takes place on Mars. From the title of the fucking movie down to every piece of promo art and trailer, it looks like the American Southwest. This one trailer finally shows the red planet. Ridiculous.

Lionel Mandrake · Feb 25, 2012

JdFoX187 said:
At least it fucking shows the planet Mars. I cannot believe how inept Disney marketing has been to hide every single mention that this takes place on Mars. From the title of the fucking movie down to every piece of promo art and trailer, it looks like the American Southwest. This one trailer finally shows the red planet. Ridiculous.

"Mars Needs Moms bombed?! Shit! Kids must hate Mars! Stop everything! Ditch the Mars angle."

shira · Feb 25, 2012

JdFoX187 said:
At least it fucking shows the planet Mars. I cannot believe how inept Disney marketing has been to hide every single mention that this takes place on Mars. From the title of the fucking movie down to every piece of promo art and trailer, it looks like the American Southwest. This one trailer finally shows the red planet. Ridiculous.

Mars doesn't have air.

JdFoX187 · Feb 25, 2012

Lionel Mandrake said:
"Mars Needs Moms bombed?! Shit! Kids must hate Mars! Stop everything! Ditch the Mars angle."

Honestly? That's what this really looks like. Mars Needs Moms absolutely bombs, so they're hiding it as much as possible. As others have said, it looks like aliens are invading Nevada and some generic looking dude can somehow jump really high and is really strong and will fight them.

bud · Feb 25, 2012

the japanese trailer looks better than every other trailer they've released for it.

Stinkles · Feb 25, 2012

I can't wait to go see this with the wider demographics, including girls, that it will now surely reach.

Marketing FIASCO aside, I have a feeling this will be like a good Green Lantern - i.e., a film I think I want to go see, only I suspect it will be more watchable.

IsntChrisL · Feb 25, 2012

JdFoX187 said:
Honestly? That's what this really looks like. Mars Needs Moms absolutely bombs, so they're hiding it as much as possible. As others have said, it looks like aliens are invading Nevada and some generic looking dude can somehow jump really high and is really strong and will fight them.

The word "Mom's" killed MNM, not Mars.

Stinkles · Feb 25, 2012

shira said:
Mars doesn't have air.

Actually it does in fact have a thin (unbreathable) atmosphere. And in certain times of day, you could probably survive with just an arctic scuba suit. You wouldn't be happy. It is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more hospitable than the moon.

Pie and Beans · Feb 25, 2012

OT seems remiss not to mention the films potentially around $400 million budget by this point.

SCULLIBUNDO · Feb 25, 2012

Pie and Beans said:
OT seems remiss not to mention the films potentially around $400 million budget by this point.

Perhaps you should check the OP again for a link to a certain article.

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