Review of John Carter (2012) by Monster_Robot — 10 Mar 2012

I'll make my review short and sweet. Every once and a while my inner child stands up and pushes aside the cold cynical adult that I have become and takes a stand. John Carter was made for that inner child.

This is not a film attempting to be more than what it is, cheesy pulp sci-fi and I loved every ridiculous minute of it. It's a shame this film won't win at the box office or win the hearts of critics.

It deserves more then month after month of critical press and ominous projections. It isn't perfect, but its not supposed to be. The source material is corny, far fetched, sword and planet sort of adventure pulp, but the film has no delusions of what it is, or what it wants to be, and that's refreshing.