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My 10-year old immediately started downloading the books. She actually isn't as fond of the movie now as she was, primarily because of how much better the books are. |
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06-18-2013, 01:32 AM | #2 |
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Wish I had seen this in the theater.
I just watched this movie, and I actually enjoyed it. I didn't see it in the theater because I just didn't think Kitsch could pull off the starring role in a big budget movie.
But I thought he did well. This movie took me back to when I was a kid with Star Wars and Indiana Jones. According to Box Office Mojo it made almost $283,000,000.00 worldwide. And Lynn Collins is pretty hot. |
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06-18-2013, 11:33 AM | #3 | |
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Disney's biggest mistake with this film was marketing. They kept changing the title and rushing Andrew Stanton. What they should have done was to put together a 10 minute short film to explain the different cultures on Mars and how an "outsider" would affect their planet (or something along those lines) and run it before one of the Marvel film (along with releasing it online). The bottom line for me is that it's just way too much information and back story for a single viewing. |
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06-18-2013, 11:54 AM | #4 | |
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They should have also kept the "Of Mars" part of the title (or kept the "Princess of Mars" title from the book). |
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06-18-2013, 07:00 AM | #5 |
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easily one of the worst films of the past 10 years. I have absolutely no clue what the Disney studio exes were thinking when they greenlighted this shit. And the budget was well over 200 million too! So glad it bombed.
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06-18-2013, 07:17 AM | #6 |
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Not even close.
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06-18-2013, 07:57 AM | #7 |
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Ha, I'm not sure what you were expecting. But you must not have seen a lot of movies if you think John Carter was one of the worst films of the past 10 years. I thought it was fine for what it was, and I enjoyed it. There are loads of much worse movies out there in the last decade. Loads.
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06-18-2013, 11:25 AM | #8 |
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Easily one of the dumbest and worst films of the past 10 years and I've seen TONS of films since I'm a big film buff.
The story, acting and direction were AWFUL. What was so good about John Carter? Honestly there wasnt one thing that was redeeming about it. Even the cgi was iffy at best |
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06-18-2013, 11:29 AM | #10 |
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worst films I've seen since 2003 in no particular order
Crash John Carter Battleship Clash of the Titans Spiderman 3 Gangster Squad Bad Boys 2 Transformers Indiana Jones 4 (probably the worst) Revenge of the Sith I'm not counting all the Eddie Murphy, Jack Black, Martin Lawerence or Adam Sandler films. Those are films you know what you're getting into which is why I boycott them |
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06-18-2013, 11:57 AM | #12 |
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I liked it. It's not nearly as bad as people made it out to be. I've noticed critics like to attack movies based on budgets a lot. It's like they get the knives out ready to attack whenever something with a big budget flops.
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I've spoken to several people that advised Disney to do something more with the trailers, with the title, with the overall marketing but they refused to listen. Unfortunately, it happens. |
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Good God, I just watched the trailer linked in this thread for the first time.
What a horrible choice in music, the edits, etc. Wow, just awful. |
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06-18-2013, 12:27 PM | #15 |
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I know. I enjoyed the series of books as a teen. I'm a fan of this type of science fiction and it was grueling for me personally to see how the film was handled. I feel as if somebody stumbled into a diamond mine, grabbed a small dirty bit of dust, crammed it into their asshole then wore it proudly around town for six weeks. Frustrating and disappointing.
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