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Rating: 3.9/5
Review: "John Carter movie review"

Unfortunately, I didn't catch it in 3D. I wasn't sure of how the post-conversion would turn out. Back to the movie. To tell the truth, before John Carter opened, I was not sure if I should give the movie a try. The posters are boring and uninspired and trailers are not really exciting. It was only the week that it opened that I decided to catch it in cinema. I am glad that it is actually a fun and entertaining movie that is worth to watch in cinema.

The story: It does pack a lot during the 132 minutes runtime. And it does feel slightly bloated. But it is still fun entertainment. The movie starts with a short action scene on Mars and moves on to John Carter on the human world. Then the next 20-25 minutes show John on Earth. So Sci-Fi will have to wait a while to see John on Mars. The story is simple to understand but the number of characters may confuse. It is sort of a chase movie. The action scenes while short are many and some like the climax are thrilling. It is kind of violent for a Disney movie. Music is good. Acting is okay. One of the few problems the movie had is that it is overlong. The director could cut it down to about 2 hours. It could have been better if less things are packed in. There are loads of characters too.

Overall: It is a fun Disney movie, something like Prince of Persia. It is fun and entertaining but not great due to its bloated runtime and pacing problems. I can't believe Disney would churn out a heavy US$250 million budget and hopefully it would at least do better than Prince of Persia which was a disappointment. It may not look interesting but when you watch it, you will realise that it is actually a fun movie.

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