There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

This movie was bad -- there are no other words for it. The sad thing is, with its premise, there was NO WAY this movie could have been good. The only move with a worse premise is "Yor - The Hunter from the Future". Look ythat one up on IMDB! In any case, the premises are nearly the same, in Yor a caveman defeats aliens who possess spaceships and lasers, and in John Carter, a civil war soldier defeats aliens who possess spaceships and lasers. A civil war soldier. defeats aliens wielding lasers for airborne craft. Are you still wanting to defend this? How was he able to accomplish this? Because he could jump well -- because the gravity on Mars is less than on Earth, he could jump really far -- much farther than would physically be possible, in fact. Also it appeared he intermittently had superhuman strength. Since punching is more horizontal than vertical, the gravity thing doesn't really influence it -- so I am not sure where this superhuman strength came from, or why one minute he could kill a big alien with one punch and the next he punched a normal sized person and they fell over (not dead) when you'd expect them to fly across the room (and be dead). Also, the end... I hope he knows the princess has moved on in the last ten years. Especially after (she thinks) he bailed on her. Just sayin'.

The top user reviews I read were positive. Seeing such a low rating and especially that by supposed professional critics - as usual - affirms my low confidence in trusting said professionals.This is a highly entertaining movie in every way. And an avid movie/TV series buff dating back to the 60's, I find very little to criticize about this flick. Thereto, I would be hard put to even compare it to any other movie I've seen. The script is well-written and the acting is both genuine and at a high level.Watch it and judge for yourself. And for future's sake, NEVER trust professional critics OR even other viewers.

It had everything, action, adventure, romance, fantasy, you name it. Made me think at a lot of movies, like Jumper, because this guy jumps a lot, kangaroo John :)), at Warcraft because it has that Thark population with 4 arms and all are green and very tall, alien style but more like a game fantasy characters, Mad Max Road Fury cos they all do crazy battleship fights and really there is no time to get bored. Really good movie i enjoyed a lot and hardly eat my cereals cos I did not want to lose any of the details.John Carter takes Mars related movies to a whole other level, without people wondering on a deserted planet and killing one another to see who gets back home, but it has a human story with human feelings and a really good plot regarding the power balance and if this power balance is really decided through victories and defeats or already the games are being made by other high instances. Maybe some wars need to be won by certain sides and it goes like this before our planet even existed. I mean the Matai Shang makes a good point if you want to think beyond the fantasy of this movie. But sometime a hero appears who blows all the game in the air and rewrites everything and this is why I am saying.....can someone get Nick Fury to recruit this guy? Trust me he's good and i think the chick, his new martian wife will do better than Wonder Woman, has more feeling into it and kicks booms like no other.

Saw it without any expectations while doing something else on the computer and was pleasantly surprised. Has that Disney magic leaking through the seams. Great acting from the cast. Entertaining Sci- fi/fantasy concepts. All those other blockbuster hits just don't cut it with their cheap one liners, meaningless explosions, and pointless screenshots. One of the few movies that I can watch over and over again without getting a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach due to mediocre direction/production attempt. This is really a 7/10 (solid, pop in and play film) but bumped to and 8 due to the lack of recognition it deserves.