Completely Unasked For Review: John Carter (of MARS!!)

Mar 22, 2012 10:04

Well, we saw it. Wanted to know why it was the biggest flop in cinematic history. Still not sure why. It wasn't good, but it should not have cost $250 million dollars to make. The reason for that price tag may be the reason for its failure: it felt like a movie by committee. As KAr3n put it, the movie had so much going for it. Big names, the ( Read more... )

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twistedcat March 22 2012, 17:18:48 UTC
We enjoyed it last night...

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yrcomplacency March 22 2012, 18:08:43 UTC
I had a dream about you, K and Paddy. She took baby out, while you and I painted furniture and did house repairs. Um?

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thefreak March 22 2012, 18:11:08 UTC
Makes sense. They probably went to Gymboree.

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mycroftca March 22 2012, 20:05:51 UTC
Having read the books when I was in junior high school, I should probably not comment on raped childhoods.

I shall await Netflix.

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mythlore March 23 2012, 21:52:15 UTC
Pretty close to my thoughts. Entertaining with some fresh ideas. Well, ideas a hundred years old, but fresh to expensive CGI movies. It was certainly better than the trailer, which made it look like Transformers 3 meets Conan 3D.

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