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| Director: Andrew Stanton (2012) |
In retrospect, it’s easy to see where
Andrew Stanton’s John Carter went wrong. The budget was huge, the trailers drab
and the name was totally unappealing. Yet even after the box office dust (or
lack of) has settled, it’s become even more apparent that it’s simply a subpar
film. Our titular hero John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) gets teleported to mars from
civil war America and gets caught up in a Martian conflict while he tries to
get back to earth. Despite a colossal budget and John’s ability to jump higher
and throw farther (due to the different atmosphere) the action scenes are
sorely lacking in both quality and quantity. Warships explode and soldiers die,
but it’s all so very dull. The bloated running time, poor story, mediocre
performances and special effects put the nails in the coffin of this
underwhelming, muddled mess.
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