John Carter
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John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
What critics thought
Critics were sharply divided on John Carter, landing it squarely in mixed territory. Those who warmed to it found pulpy charm and a genuinely epic sense of scale; those who didn't called it incoherent, derivative, and bloated — a film that spends enormous money to do things audiences had seen done better elsewhere. The central dispute was whether the film's old-fashioned adventure spirit redeems its narrative chaos, or whether the chaos simply swamps everything else.
“Derivative but charming and fun enough, Disney's mammoth scifier is both spectacular and a bit cheesy”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“Nothing in John Carter really works, since everything in the movie has been done so many times before, and so much better”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“a profoundly flawed film, and arguably a terrible one on various levels. But if you're willing to suspend not just disbelief but also all considerations of logic and intelligence and narrative coherence, it's also a rip-roaring, fun adventure, fatefully balanced between high camp and boyish seriousness at almost every second”
Andrew O'Herir·Salon.com
“John Carter tries to evoke, to reanimate, a fondly recalled universe of B-movies, pulp novels and boys' adventure magazines. But it pursues this modest goal according to blockbuster logic, which buries the easy, scrappy pleasures of the old stuff in expensive excess. A bad movie should not look this good”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
“undeniably silly, sprawling and easy to make fun of, [but] also playful, genuinely epic and absolutely comfortable being what it is. In this genre, those are virtues as rare as a cave of gold”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Andrew StantonDirector
Taylor KitschJohn Carter
Lynn CollinsDejah Thoris
Samantha MortonSola
Mark StrongMatai Shang
Ciarán HindsTardos Mors
Dominic WestSab Than
James PurefoyKantos Kan
Bryan CranstonPowell
Polly WalkerSarkoja
Daryl SabaraEdgar Rice Burroughs
Thomas Haden ChurchTal Hajus
Willem DafoeTars Tarkas
Michael GiacchinoComposer
Michael ChabonWriter
Mark AndrewsWriter
Edgar Rice BurroughsWriter
Dan MindelCinematographyJohn Carter
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
What critics thought
Critics were sharply divided on John Carter, landing it squarely in mixed territory. Those who warmed to it found pulpy charm and a genuinely epic sense of scale; those who didn't called it incoherent, derivative, and bloated — a film that spends enormous money to do things audiences had seen done better elsewhere. The central dispute was whether the film's old-fashioned adventure spirit redeems its narrative chaos, or whether the chaos simply swamps everything else.
“Derivative but charming and fun enough, Disney's mammoth scifier is both spectacular and a bit cheesy”
Todd McCarthy·The Hollywood Reporter
“Nothing in John Carter really works, since everything in the movie has been done so many times before, and so much better”
Owen Gleiberman·Entertainment Weekly
“a profoundly flawed film, and arguably a terrible one on various levels. But if you're willing to suspend not just disbelief but also all considerations of logic and intelligence and narrative coherence, it's also a rip-roaring, fun adventure, fatefully balanced between high camp and boyish seriousness at almost every second”
Andrew O'Herir·Salon.com
“John Carter tries to evoke, to reanimate, a fondly recalled universe of B-movies, pulp novels and boys' adventure magazines. But it pursues this modest goal according to blockbuster logic, which buries the easy, scrappy pleasures of the old stuff in expensive excess. A bad movie should not look this good”
A.O. Scott·The New York Times
“undeniably silly, sprawling and easy to make fun of, [but] also playful, genuinely epic and absolutely comfortable being what it is. In this genre, those are virtues as rare as a cave of gold”
Joe Neumaier·New York Daily News
Genres
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Andrew StantonDirectorTaylor KitschJohn CarterLynn CollinsDejah ThorisSamantha MortonSolaMark StrongMatai ShangCiarán HindsTardos MorsDominic WestSab ThanJames PurefoyKantos KanBryan CranstonPowellPolly WalkerSarkojaDaryl SabaraEdgar Rice BurroughsThomas Haden ChurchTal HajusWillem DafoeTars TarkasMichael GiacchinoComposerMichael ChabonWriterMark AndrewsWriterEdgar Rice BurroughsWriterDan MindelCinematographyStream
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