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Friday, November 30, 2012

John Carter - 2 1/2 stars out of 5 stars

Much too long at 132 minutes, this 2012 movie disappointed me greatly.I recommend only for the last hour and some novel ideas.However its equal parts poor,thus the 50/50 2 and 1/2 stars.The actors didn't do it for me,and the plot was sort of a bad mix of "Star wars"and "Avatar"with even a little "dune"in the mis-mash plot.The plus's were civil war era meets aliens and that secret 3rd party that watches and sometimes interferes with events.I never knew  Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote this series of"mars"books that this disney flick is based on.Tarzan its NOT.Trailer URL follows the pix and a IMDB summary below.

John Carter, a Civil War veteran who in 1868 was trying to live a normal life, is "asked" by the Army to join. But he refuses so he is locked up. He escapes and is pursued. Eventually they run into some Indians and there's a gunfight. Carter seeks refuge in a cave. While there he encounters someone who is holding some kind of medallion. When Carter touches it, he finds himself in a place where he can leap incredible heights, among other things. He later encounters beings he has never seen before. Later he meets a woman who helps him to discover that he is on Mars. And he learns there's some kind of unrest going on. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlvYKl1fjBI

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