The worst part is john carter fighting a white ape with a sword and tearing through its stomach when it falls on him, blue blood covered and all. Transported to barsoom, a civil war vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12foot tall barbarians. It has a mixture of cinematics and gameplay from the actual video. Still, that is his real name, and one can wonder how many fans of wolverine, for example, are familiar with the word or its meaning. Once every couple of years disney releases a movie with a stupidly high budget and it always bombs at the box office, john carter does the same thing but this time the movie itself is pretty good. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. John carter is played by taylor kitsch, who costarred with collins in wolverine. Dirty little secret the all american rejects youtube. John carter 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A movie despised by critics, but we loved, based on popcorn, was resident evil. Plus, its cosmic setting and premise revolving around warring. The 2012 john carter movie was an adaptation of edgar rice burroughs scifi epic series john carter of mars, boasting a solid cast including willem defoe, dominic west, ciaran hinds, lynn collins, and taylor kitsch. John carter is a warweary, former military captain whos inexplicably transported to mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict.
John carter is a 2012 american science fiction action film based on a princess of mars 1917, the first book in the barsoom series of novels by edgar rice burroughs. It seems innocent enough for a popcorn sicfi movie, but i think one of the biggest problems was in the marketing. The film is about a trio of girls who plot to break the heart of manipulative basketball star john tucker after they learn he has been secretly dating all three and pledging each is the one. The inside story of how john carter was doomed by its first. Mar 09, 2012 john carter is disneys opening salvo in what could be a series of barsoom films. He made a joke about how the original title from the comics i guess was john carter. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior.
The actress then continued her film work with hairspray 2007, finding. Safe house, bourne movies, christopher nolan movies in. John carter is, at heart, an action movie as much as it is a romance. Taylor kitsch was born on april 8, 1981 in kelowna, british columbia, canada, to susan green, who. Directed by pixar legend andrew stanton and starring battleship himbo taylor kitsch, the long gestating big screen adaptation of edgar rice burroughs highly. Based on a muchloved and highly influential fantasy series from edgar rice burroughs and directed by pixar legend andrew stanton, there should have been a lot of potential here, but the confused plot and stilted dialogue rendered the film bloated. Adding to the handicap of having no blowout battle footage, stanton wanted to honor carters origin and the films love. Directed by pixar legend andrew stanton and starring battleship himbo taylor kitsch, the long gestating big screen adaptation of edgar rice burroughs highly influential adventure novel was a disastrous box. Holly john s movie date diana ha chinese woman in theatre donald fong chinese man in theatre karlie locke sign language girl stephanie a. John carter production finds mars vistas in utah landscape. Its a movie about four scorned girls from disparate cliques obsessing over one guy. Mar 09, 2012 john carter taylor kitsch and tal hajus thomas haden church on the set of the movie john carter.
Finding himself a prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter dejah thoris, princess of helium, who is in desperate need of a savior. Find out in the hit movie that proves revenge isnt just sweet, its. Extinction, and recently starred in and executiveproduced a christmas winter song, a lifetime. John carter 2012 cast and crew when civil war veteran john carter taylor kitsch mysteriously awakes on the surface of mars also called barsoom he little expects the adventure that awaits. It seemed as though someone had finally devoted the sort of resources these books needed to make a. Three exgirlfriends of a serial cheater set up their former lover to fall for the new girl in town so they can watch him get his heart broken.
I remember hearing an old podcast episode with patton oswalt talking about this movie when it was coming out. Its a world on the brink of collapse, and carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of barsoom and its people rests in his hands. With taylor kitsch, lynn collins, willem dafoe, samantha morton. If youre stuck indoors and looking for a movie that will. Listen to beyond the box set episodes free, on demand. It was directed by andrew stanton from a screenplay written by stanton, mark. We generally love a good adventure romp here at beyond the box set, but john carter confounded us. The film is about a trio of girls who plot to break the heart of.
Yes, i agree kitsch is a curious name for a star in action movies. Snow signed on to play kate in john tucker, the new girl in school. Third graders not too sensitive to fighting violence should be ok. Buckcherry crazy bith official music video duration. Disneys john carter 2 never happened, despite having all of the trappings associated with a franchisestarting film.
Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Misleading movies that seem like theyd be popcorn movies but arent. Nov 10, 2008 anna kendrick, anna camp, and brittany snow find out which pitch perfect character they really are duration.
Civil war vet john carter is transplanted to mars, where he discovers a lush, wildly diverse planet whose main inhabitants are 12foot tall green barbarians. Location scouts for john carter looked all over arizona and new mexico, and even argentina and romania to find martian set tar tarkas willem dafoe, left, and john carter taylor kitsch film a scene for john carter. Do not expect everything in this trailer to be used in th. Which camera does the 3 girls use when they spy on john carter, the wireless mini camera thing. Plus, there are a couple of strong female characters, and an overriding message that theres a particular honor to being selfless, even if it puts your own life in danger. I am not talking about the camera used to record the film i need to know what is the name of the mini wireless camera that is used within the film. The narrative of the movie is mostly taken from a princess of mars, although it was heavily adapted by a screenwriting team that included author michael chabon. Though the title suggests the jtmd is a horror film. This movie was super hilarious, and the acting was great. Frankly, as far as were concerned this unholy mess of a movie should have been called john carter and the completely incomprehensible plot. John carter 2012 filming locations 27 moab, utah, usa shiprock, new mexico, usa big water, utah, usa utah, usa coal mine canyon, tuba city, arizona, usa.
The film chronicles the first interplanetary adventure of john carter and his attempts to mediate civil unrest amongst the warring kingdoms of barsoom. I need it for my house, so i can record what what happens when i am not at home, as i live alone and their are lots of theifs around. With jesse metcalfe, ashanti, arielle kebbel, sophia bush. Oct 24, 2014 john carter actually cost disney even more money to make than was originally thought.
Can the tantalizing teen trio turn this serial dater into a onewoman man. John carter cost even more money to make than we thought. The movie contains violence on par with many family movies of today. Best known for his portrayal of troubled high school football star tim riggins on nbcs acclaimed television series, friday night lights 2006, actor taylor kitsch has scored big with audiences and critics on both the big and small screens. Three teenagers twotimed by a local lothario decide to turn the tables on him in this romantic comedy.