It’s the ancestor, and it can’t change the fact that it’s a bad movie

Marie 2021-10-20 17:32:16

All the settings of this film are very old-fashioned. The world view is also relatively narrow. Mars is an old America in a different world. The two red man forces can correspond to the colonists of the North and the South, and the barbaric Tharks can correspond to the Indians with limited civilization. I have watched the Song of Ice and Fire and the War of Rhode Island. Today, I deeply feel that the Spartan-style martial barbarians and the mysterious and powerful God’s messengers in the film are really clichés and boring. Of the old bridge.

The scene is magnificent and beautiful, the desert is as spectacular as Star Wars, and the dreamlike wedding is as beautiful as Final Fantasy. The male protagonist, to be precise, "travels" to Mars, which caters to the popularity of Japanese girl manga in the 1980s and the current Chinese Qing dress. The growth process of the male protagonist is the classic line of American Super Hero.

It's a typical Hollywood chowder.

——Just as I was about to draw conclusions like this, I suddenly heard that the film was adapted from a novel, which was written in 1917.

In an instant, I was in awe of the author: At that time, the small broken glider of the Wright brothers had just crossed the blue sky, and the author's idea of ​​a large flying warship in the book was so brilliant. At that time, there were few excellent works of fantasy novels, and the author's imagination of different races and exotic technologies was so unconventional. It is not a chowder, nor is it plagiarism, it is the grandfather of all the above-mentioned masterpieces of later generations!

It is a pity that my respect for this novel does not improve my experience of watching the film. In fact, no matter how old-fashioned the plot, you can tell wonderful stories, such as Ironman and Dark Knight-this film obviously does not have this ability. The explanations of several key plots in the film are too simple and rude (for example, Sola's identity...it's too rude for me to take it off--b), resulting in the character image not being full. When I heard that the director of the film and Wall E were the same, I was shocked at the time.

The beginning of the film gave me a lot of surprises and expectations when the protagonist first arrived on Mars, and the suspense at the end also refreshed me. It's not ugly, it's still ugly, but I won't recommend it to friends.



PS (Spoiler):

After the "brainwashing" of masterpieces like Nausicaa and Avatar, which advocated that "life is precious", I couldn't bear to see the heroic hero "slaying" Thrarks. Some people praise this scene of alternate processing of tragic and magnificent scenes...Maybe it is indeed one of the highlights of the film from the perspective of film aesthetics, but I really look at it both disgusting and sad:(

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Extended Reading
  • Andrew 2022-04-23 07:01:20

    I haven't watched the domestic time-travel drama, but I can irresponsibly say that this film is definitely better than the domestic time-travel drama, and it has a little Sherlock Holmes flavor at the end. However, the 3D effect of the whole film is really not flattering. The whole process feels no different from 2D, far less than the Dragon Gate Flying Armor.

  • Antonio 2021-10-20 19:03:01

    At least the dogs on all planets are very loyal...

John Carter quotes

  • Dalton: [back at Carter's estate, Dalton reads from Carter's will] And lastly, I hereby direct, that my estate shall be held in trust for twenty five years. The income to benefit my beloved nephew, Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the end of which term, the principal will revert to him, in full.

    Edgar Rice Burroughs: [Burroughs looks shocked] Of course, I always adored him, but it's been so long. Why me?

    Dalton: He never offered an explanation, I never asked him for one.

    [Dalton passes an old looking journal to Burroughs]

    Dalton: It was his private journal. He was most explicit that you, and only you, would read its contents. You might possibly find some kind of explanation in here. I'll leave you now.

    [Dalton stands and offers his hand to Burroughs]

    Dalton: Again, my condolences.

    [Dalton turns and leaves]

  • John Carter: [voice over] My dear Edgar, I remember how I used to take you on my knee and tell you wild tales, which you always did me the great courtesy of believing. Now you are grown, time and space have parted us, but I reach out across that distance, to that same wide eyed boy and ask him to believe me once more. This wild tale begins thirteen years ago, in the Arizona Territory, between the Pinaleño Mountains and the backside of hell.