'John Carter,' aka the Edgar Rice Burroughs 'A Princess of Mars' adaptation

yeah the civil war parallels are REALLY hard to pick up on. wtf.

i hope he never has to review a bollywood movie. those CRAZY character names! how do they come up with them? american movie critic in stupid-ass stupid face shocker.

(sorry i hate that guy. not like i wish him harm or anything many blessings to him and his just his writing and his thoughts. and his stupid-ass stupid faceness.)

no, no, it's good. denby's sole purpose at the new yorker afaict is to make all the other writers look good by comparison. he's like the dero of movie writers.

I would fight denby tbh

he's like the derpy of movie writers

http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/7/73/Derpy_id.png

this movie was very easy to understand, btw

There's CGI in Zodiac? Must watch it again.

Once again, tried to see John Carter tonight, and the showtimes were totally inhospitable. Like, 6:20 or 9:40. Fuck that noise. It's almost like they're trying to bury this cat turd. Oh well. Saw "21 Jump Street" instead. Was funny.

There's CGI in Zodiac? Must watch it again.

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every shot in fincher's recent movies is like a composite of several takes, using CGI. it's insane.

AV Club loved it, though they point out that a fully faithful version would have to be made by Paul Verhoeven and unreleasable in the US.

Vulture has an interesting story about how it was massively mishandled partly because the director made Finding Nemo and Wall-E and was basically made of gold to Disney.

Also read somewhere that Disney's films department is now making a loss for the fourth year in a row after betting bad on Mars Needs Moms, The Sorceror's Apprentice, and Prince of Persia.

Also what's really really weird is that the 'logo' for the film has a very visible J C and M - it looks like they took 'of Mars' recently - except that it's been called John Carter for as long as I've been aware of it.

A lot riding on The Avengers then

I'm finally seeing this today! 11am, y'all! Set expectations on ... low.

he's like the derpy of movie writers

How dare you insult derpy like that, at least she is funny and cute.

In comparison to denby, anyway.

Mars Needs Moms, The Sorceror's Apprentice, and Prince of Persia
man I can't believe they lost money on these.
National Treasure 3, The Search For Revenue set for release Summer 2013.

I tried to watch Sorceror's. First 15 minutes were too painful to bear. Seemed like some committee's idea of what kids want to watch.

Maybe it was just the version I saw but the very end had JOHN CARTER OF MARS before the credits. (Just 'JOHN CARTER' at the start)

"wait a minute, that was all taking place on Mars?"

haha

Put that at the end of Jerry Maguire and see how it plays...

Mildred Pierce OF MARS

Michael Clayton OF MARS

Nixon OF MARS

wait that might make more sense

Carter's of mars, Nixon's of Venus

John, Carter of Mars

Of Mice and Men of Mars

Anne of Green Gables of Mars

Mars Needs Moms of Mars

The Rise of the Planet (Mars) of the Apes

Disney Needs Money of Mars

I Don't Know How She Does It On Mars

Sex and The City On Mars

Mars Attacks On Mars

John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars On Mars

Mask of Mars

Star Wars Of Mars

Delta of Venus of Mars

To Live and Die in L.A. of Mars

Freddy vs. Jason of Mars

The Passion of the Christ of Mars

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil of Mars

Holes of Mars

A Trip to the Moon of Mars

Schindler's List of Mars

Just got back. This movie was perfectly fine! I will say, however, that the stuff that doesn't work about it largely falls at Stanton's feet: his misbegotten promotion ideas, his inability to find a rhythm (talk talk talk ACTION talk talk ACTION talk), his lack of experience dealing with in-the-flesh actors and occasional tough time simply putting a movie of this scope together (weird framing and mismatched scenes abounded). Bummer we won't get a sequel, because obviously the foundation is there. How did fucking Clash of the Titans get a sequel? Was that a blockbuster? How did Battleship get made at all?

This movie did leave me wanting a six-legged butt-dog of my own, though. And a Lynn Collins.

I have a butt-dog but alas, she only got 4 legs.

his inability to find a rhythm (talk talk talk ACTION talk talk ACTION talk),

i think this is a big problem yeah. i still think any scene where characters are gravely spewing 30 different goofy alien names at you is just dead-on-arrival. i also didnt care for how JC felt like a cardboard Reluctant Modern Movie Hero - right down to the phoned-in hero refusing the call moments. most of the stuff about his backstory was unnecessary, especially all the stuff where he keeps telling people he's done with fighting other peoples wars or whatever - it doesnt resonate, and it drags the movie down. you never believe him as a southern gentleman from virginia either

How did fucking Clash of the Titans get a sequel? Was that a blockbuster?

a big one!

How did Battleship get made at all?

thats kind of a funny story actually. universal was desperate for franchises a few years ago and hasbro had just switched to an aggressive firm looking to make some deals, so universal bought the rights to a bunch of hasbro properties, with penalty clauses if they didnt get projects off the ground within a certain amount of time. so to avoid a 7 figure penalty, they commit to a $200 million Battleship picture because it was the best choice out of a bad lot. i think their deal recently went in the toilet so there probably won't be any more boardgame movies in the near future.

you mean we're not going to get Ridley Scott's Monopoly?

I want to see that list