Monday 12 March 2012

Gerry Barnaby's Film Review: John Carter

Genre:   Action Adventure Fantasy, contains mild fantasy action & medium violence

Cert: 15 cert

Story: From filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter-a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars). John Carter is based on a classic novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, whose highly imaginative adventures served as inspiration for many filmmakers, both past and present. The film tells the story of war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), who is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

Likes : Omg this film was fantastic,sc-fi,adventure/romance/action all rolled in to one film. Taylor Kitsch plays john carter a war veteran just looking for a way to survive after he lost he family to a war he never want a part of but on he's search for gold he discovers a race Matai bent on destroy every in the name of claiming the chaos in the galaxy,he discover also that being on there planet he has the ability to jump long distances & have the strength to defeat an entire army of soldiers single handed,Taylor kitsch character as john carter was just outstanding, rediscovering he humanity to save mars & its people from being destroyed was just inspiring accompanied by a loyal dog like creature that can move seriously fast i mean flash fast was just funny. Lynn Collins wow what a beautiful,stunning actress plays the princess of mars Dejah Thoris a beautiful princess force to marry a evil man that has been give powers to destroy by the alien race bent of destroying every to rid the universe of chaos,falls in love with john carter after he save her.her performance was just outstanding play the princess.Willem Dafoe voice of Tars Tarkas chief of a race john carter meet first when he ends up on mars after killing one of the evil races & speak words to transport him there.Bryan Cranston plays the American war general Powell that was look for john carter to bring him back on from leave a war with out orders i think it was a cameo for Thomas as he was only in a few scenes.Mark Strong another brilliant actor plays the evil alien race leader bent on destroying everything Matai Shang,hes characater role was like going to every race putting dealt in there minds cause them to go to war with other races so they wipe each other out,he was very ruthless in this film as a character through but serious played it well.Ciarán Hinds plays the princess father Tardos Mors who has no choice but to make a pack with the evil Sab Than played by Dominic West to save he people from destruction but that where the twist was.James Purefoy (solomon Kane) plays Kantos Kan the right hand general of princess Dejah Thoris was pretty funny in this role with a sense of humor.Polly Walker the voice of Tars Tarkas daughter Sarkoja a female race of the aliens john carter first met you kind of feel sorry for her as the rest of the tribe treat her with disrespect & torture her for little things which i through was wrong Daryl Sabara play the nephew of john carter Edgar Rice Burroughs a young boy who inherits everything john carter owns for a reason which im not going to say because it will spoil the film so you just have to watch it for yourselves.

Dislikes : nothing wrong with this film

Overall : an inspiring film since gladiator this film brings it all adventure,action,romance,sc-fi it will make you laugh,cry & be inspired with emotion that will make you see the film as fantastic,its a must to see

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment, 10 out of 10 for storyline & sc-fi action.



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