John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is a Civil War cavalry soldier who is still at war with himself, authority, and just about anyone else around him. He gets transported to Mars. The gravity on Mars is substantially less than Earth, so John Carter is 10 time stronger than the regular inhabitants. He's faster, stronger, more agile, regular Superman without the tights. As he tries to come to terms with his new environment, his sense of honor drives him to do what most honorable men do, defend the helpless.
Powers beyond comprehension are moving to continue Mars down it’s path of destruction and eventually as gets explained, destroy Earth. John Carter becomes the road block. He saves the princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) and with the help of Sola (Samantha Morton, the daughter of the Mars warrior creature chief Tar Traks (Willem Dafoe), he turns the tide against the evil forces.
First off, this movie was phenomenal. The computer graphics are stunning. I was blown away. Avatar move over… there’s a new king in town. This movie is based on a comic book in which a human rises to become a warlord on Mars. This movie is a winner. As with most science fiction, there are language barriers and terms unfamiliar to the audience that we need to get over, but the movie does it rather well. Remember how in Harry Potter they said "muggle" and at first no one knew what a muggle was? That kind of thing.
The hero is good looking. The princess is sexy and strong. The CG is captivating and the creatures are flawless from the fur on the giant white gorilla monsters, to the lovable facial expressions of Woola, Carter’s dinosaur-like dog. The flying ships, the planet, the detail of the landscape blows Avatar away. I know there’s some hard core Avatarians out there who won’t stand for it. If you’re going to see this in the theater… pay a little extra to see the 3D. The mesh of CG and human actor is superb.
Disney knocks it out of the park on this one.
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