John Carter

This is the completed filming of the ever popular Edgar Rice Burroughs novel which started the John Carter of Mars franchise many years ago.  The first screen rendition was a direct to DVD production in 2009.  I didn't see that other version, but a direct to disc, well one has to wonder.

This film, Disney, of course took out all the nudity that ERB put in his novels.  They did manage to keep a lot of blood and brutality though, but on a par with Star Wars.  They also managed to de-villanize the Apaches who were brutal savages in the novel.

The overall look was kinda how I expected, though I have never actually read any ERB cover to cover.  By keeping a turn of the century scientifiction look it almost seems steampunk at times.

So, yes lots of fighting, lots of rebellious hero, lots of scantily clad maidens, lots of pulp SF in glitzy 3-D CGI where you just totally go with the flow.

One thing that irked me was the subtitles when Martian is spoken.  I was also tricked into seeing the 3-D version, but this one was very watchable.  I'm learning to not try to focus on the characters who are out of focus.