not horrible nor great

hyped garbage

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This is the ultimate sci-fi B movie night film to enjoy with popcorn. I really enjoyed watching this. The film has good special effects for low budget, a good storyline, funny lines, interesting aliens and monsters. It's obvious that many would hate it and give this a very low rating because it's not a mainstream film and it's just a decent science fiction. It doesn't have any Hollywood pap or any of the popular PC fillups. it's just devoid of this rubbish you get in big blockbusters these days. It's better than a lot of Hollywood big films. Sometimes the smaller productions are really entertaining. I also want to point out that if you suffer arachnophobia, please don't watch this.

Let me start off by saying, I only listened to about one chapter of the audio book, then like many things, I got bored, started listening to Asimov instead. I liked the movie, the pacing and storyline seemed to go pretty well, I was disgusted at some points with the bugs, found it funny when carter killed the guy that held his chains with just a flick of his wrist and loved the funny nature of the alien species that took him in. The movie could have potentially been great, had it not been for other factors.Now, the other factors, in sequence, 1)gravity, mass, carter has to slow down in an arc and somehow stop himself jumping between peaks at the start 2) Do not have a shot of a slow moving hovering land barge with an entire paragraph of dialogue being said by an actor 3) do not have a long drawn out escape from the land barge during the initial vicious attack of the land barge 4)the flying bug attacks on Traci lords, we see her swarmed, but as we know, not actually swarmed because the hero's woman does not get injured, they should have simply surrounded the cage and freaked her out, way more plausible 5)the martians somehow got outside the climate control station? 6) I was very confused about the atmosphere effect at the end, going away? coming back? they looked reversed, it was only when i saw the second graphic that I went "oh the first one is the atmosphere going away"Anyway, alright movie, just be ready for things beyond your control

I watch all movies that are based on ERB novels. All of 'em. I think I even watched that Bo Derek nightmare. But I could not go the distance on this dog. As has been mentioned, the martians are quite grotesque and this makes one wonder why they cast Ms. Lords. The effects, I concede, are surprisingly credible given the low budget. The problem lies in the atrocious script. It is as dull as an old knife. A Burroughs flick can be a lot of things, but boring should not be one of them. Even on a skimpy budget, I could have done a better adaptation than this. So could your eight year old child or perhaps your Border Collie. If you loved the book as I did, you simply must stay away from this. It will actually hurt you.

The film without the plot is just awful, effects to laugh at, fights that you are expecting to see in amateur night, and actors that defy any form of acting.... But to use a perfect book, such as Princess of Mars for that petty excuse of a movie... That will probably make the bones of Edgar Rice Burroughs rattle in his grave... I'm very disappointed to see his work twisted this way... The whole idea was to bring the book up-to-date i suppose, by making John Carter (the hero) a soldier (sniper) that is participating in an experiment of quantum de-materialization, in order to re-materialize in a different planet (Mars). The experiment is a success and after that he encounters numerous terrors, and I mean to use the word literally - such make up effects and costumes are terror to sci-fi enthusiasts - till he meets his partner on screen, the Princess (now that's something entirely different - what where they thinking when they cast the role of a princess to Tracy???) Anyway, I guess it's a good movie to see if you're waiting for a dentist appointment, surely will numb the pain if you manage to see the whole film!!!