This is a film that revels in its pulp sensibilities and has no shame in the fact that science fiction has become exceedingly complicated since Burroughs’ stories first came to print.
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There is no question that these two actors had the capability to lead a franchise and delve deeper into these characters.īeyond John Carter managing to remain largely true to the source material while also modernizing the characters and story for new audiences, Stanton, alongside co-writers Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, brings a sense of warmth and humor to it. So many of the traits we now associate with Wonder Woman’s onscreen depiction - her curiosity, strength, resolve to save lives, all while refusing to shy away from romance - were present in Collins’ Thoris. Similarly, Collins, redefines Dejah Thoris from the nearly naked damsel in distress to Barsoom’s chief scientist and a warrior who frequently out-fights Carter. But Kitsch brings a certain slyness to the role, in which Carter’s seeming naivete hides a watchful intuition. Burroughs’ Carter is something of a blank slate, the strong heroic white man whom readers could project themselves onto. While certain pundits love to look back in mockery of all the actors from the past decade that Hollywood tried to make into stars but couldn’t, Kitsch brought something to the role beyond just classic looks. And with a supporting cast of thespians, including Willem Dafoe, Ciarán Hinds, Thomas Haden Church, Mark Strong, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, James Purefoy and Bryan Cranston, John Carter spared no expense in giving the film a sheen of legitimacy. Stars Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins are compelling as John Carter and Dejah Thoris, respectively, employing the kind of classic movie-star charm that would have made them breakout performers only two decades earlier. For what it’s worth, I find Stanton’s film to be incredibly entertaining, far more than its 52 percent Rotten Tomatoes score would suggest. John Carter changed the film landscape, just not in the way anyone intended it to. Frank Connor/Walt Disney Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection The perfect success story had been written in the stars, only for those stars to all come crashing down. John Carter finalized its script and began preproduction in 2009, with a release date set for 2012, as part of a 100-year celebration of the character’s legacy and impact on the genre. Director Andrew Stanton, the filmmaker behind Disney and Pixar’s masterpiece Wall-E (2008), had dreamed of seeing Burroughs’ world onscreen since childhood. And John Carter, with its strange land, smart and feisty princess, loyal animal companion, noble group of underdogs, and its mysterious and villainous wizards, was another fairy tale. After all, the studio had managed to turn centuries-old fairy tales into an enterprise.
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Harvey Keitel Joins 'National Treasure' Series at Disney+Įven after the failure to launch new franchises akin to Pirates of the Caribbean with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Tron: Legacy (2010), John Carter made perfect sense for Disney at the time.