Review of John Carter (2012) by Oftenwrong — 10 Mar 2012
Many of the negative criticisms show expectations that have been shaped by those various movies of the fantasy and science fiction genre, some of them having been influenced by the original "Princess of Mars" story, which movie themselves have also come to include various formulaic requirements of a "good movie.
" The new movie "John Carter" is escapist fantasy plain and simple, without camp or issues or cutesy kid stuff or mystery meanings or allegory or cosmic questions or dire warnings or hopeful futures or technology predictions or apology or even a clear delineation of good and evil.
It's just the pure goo of macho hero fantasy, where the only virtue of the title character is that he doesn't know when to give up.
This review of John Carter (2012) was written by Oftenwrong on 10 Mar 2012.
John Carter has generally received positive reviews.
Was this review helpful?
