Last night I saw John Carter in the coziest theater at Celebration Cinema. Cozy was fine since there were only about 10 of us seeing the film. The original plan to see Wrath of the Titans was hijacked, but it turned out that John Carter was a good choice. I had a lot of fun mocking and laughing and the whole Edgar Rice Burroughs as a character in the movie amused me. Overall, the film seemed very well made, and while I wouldn’t see it again or anything, it did keep me interested. Well…mostly, I did succumb and eat a candy cane at one point for the sugar rush. (Yes, I know it’s April but Hershey’s Chocolate Mint Candy Canes are a year round treat!) And the funniest bit of the night was when my friend tried to inflate the beach ball she uses for lumbar support subtly and kind of completely failed. But other than that, it was a pretty good time. 
The one bit that I thought was different was the odd xylophone type sound effects that happened at times. It was a jarring note because I came into this expecting an action film and those sound effects (and other things) made the film a bit more Disney-fied. My taste in movies definitely runs towards the comic book action with big explosions and fire and robots. Some aspects of this film almost made me look at it like it was animated…which I suppose it could have been. They probably wouldn’t have lost anything acting-wise because, let’s face it, the Tharks were the best actors and they were CGI creations. 
In conclusion, I’m happy that movies are being made from books, I really want a superfast Martian dog and despite having seen it several times….the Avengers preview continues to make smile.
Edit: Check out this video at io9 to see a preview that will make you actually want to see this film.
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