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JOHN CARTER (OF MARS!) |OT| (dir. Andrew Stanton)

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Movie kicked ass. I loved it.

How I imagined a Dune movie would probably be handled in this day and age (even with the bombing sadly). I'm not saying that it would be better for it, just where the studio would take it. Also is that new Dune movie being made? I kept hearing about it a couple years ago here and there.

Edit: Just read that they finally dropped it last year. I don't know if I'm happy or sad about that.
 
Listening to the score while working this morning. It really is fantastic.

Favorite tracks:

Zodanga Happened
Bluelight Special
Carter they Come, Carter They Fall
Sab Purses Princess
 
The commercials I saw this past weekend were better than the initial trailer, and everything I saw prior to release for this movie.

I had no desire to see this movie. Still haven't. Marketing dropped the ball.
 
Their official statement:

“In light of the theatrical performance of John Carter ($184 million global box office), we expect the film to generate an operating loss of approximately $200 million during our second fiscal quarter ending March 31. As a result, our current expectation is that the Studio segment will have an operating loss of between $80 and $120 million for the second quarter. As we look forward to the second half of the year, we are excited about the upcoming releases of The Avengers and Brave, which we believe have tremendous potential to drive value for the Studio and the rest of the company.”
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This will probably show my ignorance about the cost of stuff, but would it have been cheaper to send a camera to Mars than to have made this movie?
 
It would bomb more. Realistic or not, I'm not watching a movie about a bunch of rocks & a Wall-E wannabe roving about the land.
 
So I saw it last night, rather enjoyed it.
The actor playing Carter seemed a bit young to me, but given the silly nonsense he had to try and speak in a serious tone, he did pretty good. Did Dominic West have a stipulation in his Wire contract where he can't play a good guy ever again (especially in fantasy movies)?
 
I liked the movie a lot. Some of the scenes were hilarious and charming. Sure the love story wasn't really developed, but the movie had its heart in the right place. What I don't get is the unfair bashing the movie is getting. Some are saying: "well, everyone knows there are no life in Mars," yeah no shit Sherlock, but there sure are Transformers amrite?

Overall, I give it a solid 4 out of 5.
 
It's a shame that we'll probably never get to see the sequel to this. At least, definetly not in any forseeable point in the future.

Maybe when we're all old and withered, they'll have the technology that lets you fully visualize simply by imagining something.
 
I'm about 100 pages or so into a Princess of Mars.

I can see why they presumably added some material from the later books, because there isn't a whole lot of exciting stuff (thus far) that has really happened.

I still really like the book though. Much more detailed with the lifestyles of the Tharks and stuff. I can't help but think that a straight adaptation would've required a fifth of the budget for this, and might've been even better.
 
Saw it again on Friday. Was just as good as the first time, and I noticed some things I hadn't before, like the dedication to Steve Jobs in the end credits.

Was pretty depressing to see only three people in the theater, myself included. It's really infuriating to think that we likely won't get a sequel for this but the enormous pile of shit that is The Hangover is getting a second sequel, nevermind the amount of money Transformers 2 made.

I hate Disney.
 
The Outsider said:
I'm about 100 pages or so into a Princess of Mars.

I can see why they presumably added some material from the later books, because there isn't a whole lot of exciting stuff (thus far) that has really happened.

I still really like the book though. Much more detailed with the lifestyles of the Tharks and stuff. I can't help but think that a straight adaptation would've required a fifth of the budget for this, and might've been even better.
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Yes the Tharks are also more hostile in the book. The Frazetta paintings probably got the tone of the books right. This version is more light hearted.
 
This movie needed Uwe Boll as director to complete the catastrophous scenario..


I think the mix of high technology artefacts with roman style outfits and scenarios does not mix well.
 
Alebrije said:
I think the mix of high technology artefacts with roman style outfits and scenarios does not mix well.
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It is a weird mix. In the source material it was basically: No clothes, but equipment like scabbards is still there. However, that's pretty much not something that flies for a mass market visual adaptation, so when faced with "How do we do naked without naked?" it usually ends up as barely-there or loose clothing.
 
The love and attention that was poured into this movie was amazing. And the fan service for astronomy geeks was great - from the Schiaparelli and Lowell drawings of Mars in the titles and credits, to the use of Percival Lowell's mausoleum as Carter's, to the beautiful shot of Mars and Jupiter in conjunction at the end.

I thought it was funny, charming, beautiful, and well-constructed - old-fashioned in a good way. They communicated backstory and lore without a lot of exposition. I thought that the characters all had personality, besides Sab Than, who was supposed to be a moral idiot. And the old-Hollywood score is wonderful - really nice to hear in a world suffused with Williams, Zimmer, and their even more hackish acolytes.

It's not high cinema, but it was a great movie. I'm really interested in what people who hated this movie like.
 
jgkspsx said:
The love and attention that was poured into this movie was amazing. And the fan service for astronomy geeks was great - from the Schiaparelli and Lowell drawings of Mars in the titles and credits, to the use of Percival Lowell's mausoleum as Carter's, to the beautiful shot of Mars and Jupiter in conjunction at the end.

I thought it was funny, charming, beautiful, and well-constructed - old-fashioned in a good way. They communicated backstory and lore without a lot of exposition. I thought that the characters all had personality, besides Sab Than, who was supposed to be a moral idiot. And the old-Hollywood score is wonderful - really nice to hear in a world suffused with Williams, Zimmer, and their even more hackish acolytes.

It's not high cinema, but it was a great movie. I'm really interested in what people who hated this movie like.
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The people who are badmouthing the movie would have to see it first.

I very nearly went to see it again today, but I couldn't make the showtime.
 
jgkspsx said:
The love and attention that was poured into this movie was amazing. And the fan service for astronomy geeks was great - from the Schiaparelli and Lowell drawings of Mars in the titles and credits, to the use of Percival Lowell's mausoleum as Carter's, to the beautiful shot of Mars and Jupiter in conjunction at the end.

I thought it was funny, charming, beautiful, and well-constructed - old-fashioned in a good way. They communicated backstory and lore without a lot of exposition. I thought that the characters all had personality, besides Sab Than, who was supposed to be a moral idiot. And the old-Hollywood score is wonderful - really nice to hear in a world suffused with Williams, Zimmer, and their even more hackish acolytes.

It's not high cinema, but it was a great movie. I'm really interested in what people who hated this movie like.
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I'm ashamed to admit this, but I looked for a 'like' button after reading this post. Damn you, Facebook.
 
To add insult to injury, the Blu-Ray covers:

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At least the marketing designs are consistent.

...I still haven't actually seen this yet. Need to get on that. I've been listening the hell out of the soundtrack though.
 
jgkspsx said:
The love and attention that was poured into this movie was amazing. And the fan service for astronomy geeks was great - from the Schiaparelli and Lowell drawings of Mars in the titles and credits, to the use of Percival Lowell's mausoleum as Carter's, to the beautiful shot of Mars and Jupiter in conjunction at the end.

I thought it was funny, charming, beautiful, and well-constructed - old-fashioned in a good way. They communicated backstory and lore without a lot of exposition. I thought that the characters all had personality, besides Sab Than, who was supposed to be a moral idiot. And the old-Hollywood score is wonderful - really nice to hear in a world suffused with Williams, Zimmer, and their even more hackish acolytes.

It's not high cinema, but it was a great movie. I'm really interested in what people who hated this movie like.
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they like spidermans, batmans, ironmans, hulks, and shit like hunger games. oh and lets mention that clash of titans which was just awful movie.

I cant complain about the known fact that international audience is much more sophisticated than US one, with JC making 3x more internationally than in US, and actually making more money than Hunger Games.

Too bad that US is the largest movie market though, by far :-).
 
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