John Carter
Release Date: 8th March 2012 - Australia
Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)
DistributionWalt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: M
Runtime: 132 minutes
Budget: $263,700,000
Box Office Gross: $284,139,100
(Worldwide)
Plot SummaryJohn Carter is transported
from 19th century America
to Mars "Barsoom" to its
residents where he becomes
embroiled in a brutal civil
war.
Cast
Taylor Kitsch - John Carter
Lynn Collins - Dejah Thoris
Samantha Morton - Sola
Willem Dafoe - Tars Tarkas
Thomas Haden Church - Tal Hajus
Mark Strong - Matai Shang
Ciaran Hinds - Tardos Mars
Dominic West - Sab Than
James Purefoy - Kantos Kan
Bryan Cranston - Colonel Powell
Polly Walker - Sarkoja
Daryl Sabara - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Nicholas Woodeson - Dalton
Rupert Frazer - Thompson
Amanda Clayton - Sarah Carter
Figs Jackman - Man in the Bowler
David Schwimmer - Young Thark Warrior (Cameo)
Jon Favreau - Thark Bookie (Cameo)
Crew
Screenplay/Director - Andrew Stanton
Based on Novel "A Princess of
Mars" - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Screenplay/Second Unit
Director - Mark Andrews
Screenplay - Michael Chabon
Producers - Lindsey Collins,
Jim Morris & Colin Wilson
Alien Language Developer -
Paul R. Frommer
Production Designer - Nathan Crowley
Supervising Art Directors - James Hambidge & Naaman Marshall
Senior Art Director - David Allday
Makeup Designer - Bill Corso
Costume Designer - Mayes C. Rubeo
Director of Photography - Daniel Mindel
Second Unit Director - Mark Andrews
Second Unit Director: Additional Photography, Los Angeles/
Special Visual Effects Consultant - Eric Brevig
Stunt Coordinator - Tom Struthers
Swordmaster - Kevin McCurdy
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould
Special Effects Coordinator - Scott R. Fisher
It's pretty bad that 'JOHN CARTER' bombed at the box office, because it is such a misunderstood film. It really deserves a cult following from those who have read the books of Carter and get a chance to see the movie.
Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie
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Cast
Taylor Kitsch - John CarterLynn Collins - Dejah Thoris
Samantha Morton - Sola
Willem Dafoe - Tars Tarkas
Thomas Haden Church - Tal Hajus
Mark Strong - Matai Shang
Ciaran Hinds - Tardos Mars
Dominic West - Sab Than
James Purefoy - Kantos Kan
Bryan Cranston - Colonel Powell
Polly Walker - SarkojaDaryl Sabara - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Nicholas Woodeson - Dalton
Rupert Frazer - Thompson
Amanda Clayton - Sarah Carter
Figs Jackman - Man in the Bowler
David Schwimmer - Young Thark Warrior (Cameo)
Jon Favreau - Thark Bookie (Cameo)
Crew
Screenplay/Director - Andrew Stanton
Based on Novel "A Princess of
Mars" - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Screenplay/Second Unit
Director - Mark Andrews
Producers - Lindsey Collins,
Jim Morris & Colin Wilson
Alien Language Developer -
Paul R. Frommer
Production Designer - Nathan Crowley
Supervising Art Directors - James Hambidge & Naaman Marshall
Senior Art Director - David Allday
Makeup Designer - Bill Corso
Costume Designer - Mayes C. Rubeo
Director of Photography - Daniel Mindel
Second Unit Director - Mark Andrews
Second Unit Director: Additional Photography, Los Angeles/
Special Visual Effects Consultant - Eric Brevig
Stunt Coordinator - Tom Struthers
Swordmaster - Kevin McCurdy
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould
Special Effects Coordinator - Scott R. Fisher
Visual Effects Supervisors - Peter Chiang &
Sue Rowe
Visual Effects Supervisors: Double Negative -
Ken McCaugh & Paul Riddle
Visual Effects Supervisors: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp,
Zave Jackson, Helen Newby & Andy Robinson
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Adam Valdez
Animation Supervisor - Eamonn Butler
Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain - Stephen Aplin
Character Design Supervisor - John Rosengrant
Film Editor - Eric Zumbrunnen
Sound Consultation - Ben Burtt & Ren Kylce
Music - Michael Giacchino
Review
I never knew that 'JOHN CARTER' could be quite the visual spectacle that it was. Now I realise it's a good sci-fi movie with plenty of visual effects. I certainly give thanks to its director Andrew Stanton who finally brought Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel of the Barsoom series to the big screen. It is something that others failed to do in 81 years. The 'John Carter' books have influenced such filmmakers as George Lucas and James Cameron into making sci-fi features as the 'Star Wars' trilogy and 'Avatar'. The film's 3D aspect is really something, but I would say that the acting performances including Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong and others are terrific.
Visual Effects Supervisors: Double Negative -
Ken McCaugh & Paul Riddle
Visual Effects Supervisors: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp,
Zave Jackson, Helen Newby & Andy Robinson
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Adam Valdez
Animation Supervisor - Eamonn Butler
Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain - Stephen Aplin
Character Design Supervisor - John Rosengrant
Film Editor - Eric Zumbrunnen
Sound Consultation - Ben Burtt & Ren Kylce
Music - Michael Giacchino
Review
I never knew that 'JOHN CARTER' could be quite the visual spectacle that it was. Now I realise it's a good sci-fi movie with plenty of visual effects. I certainly give thanks to its director Andrew Stanton who finally brought Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel of the Barsoom series to the big screen. It is something that others failed to do in 81 years. The 'John Carter' books have influenced such filmmakers as George Lucas and James Cameron into making sci-fi features as the 'Star Wars' trilogy and 'Avatar'. The film's 3D aspect is really something, but I would say that the acting performances including Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong and others are terrific.
It's pretty bad that 'JOHN CARTER' bombed at the box office, because it is such a misunderstood film. It really deserves a cult following from those who have read the books of Carter and get a chance to see the movie.
Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie
It looks like a good movie. I think I will probably rent this.
ReplyDelete-James
As someone who read the books and looked forward to the movie, I thought it was a great effort and a good kick-butt flick. I was also sad that it bombed at the box-office. I'm hoping it'll be rediscovered as a true sci-fi fantasy spectacle it is, and that Disney or someone will try again to do it justice.
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