John Carter 2012

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 theres 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 theres some kind of unrest going on.

Review

I did only have modest expectations of this film as the trailer reminded me a bit to much of Dune. Really surprised to find a film which had a good plot line (albeit cynics will liken it to Avatarlite) well acted reasonable characterisations brilliant visuals and a surprisingly good hero figure in Taylor Kitsch. I saw the preview screening this morning don't really care how much it cost to make what I found was a big budget film that I really enjoyed from start to finish. My advice don't follow the cynics and naysayers see it for yourself. I will normally not go see 3D films (they give me a headache) but the 3D wasn't too intrusive on this one.