[SFRA-L] John Carter

[Dave Samuelson]

It's pretty loud.  Ear plugs may prove useful.

On 3/14/2012 12:07 PM, Christopher Hellstrom wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Of interest may be Greg Bear's positive review.
> http://www.gregbear.com/index.cfm
> I have not seen it but I enjoyed Bear's take on it, which seems to
> mirror your own.
>
> I may take my daughter but the noisy CGI reminds me of the worst of
> the Star Wars Prequels
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Dave Samuelson<dnsmlsn at csulb.edu>  wrote:
>> My bad.  I hijacked a previous message without revising the subject line.
>>
>>
>> Has everybody ignored the new Disney film, John Carter?  My family and I saw
>> it Sunday (IMAX 3D) and had a great time.  It's pure unadulterated hokum but
>> very well done.  Comic-Con and critical buzz have condemned it, but if you
>> go with lowered expectations, you may find it enjoyable.  I haven't been a
>> fan of Burroughs since I was 12, but I think the imagineers took only the
>> absurd framework and characters from ERB; it's a (very) old-fashioned
>> shoot-em-up Western, but a visual treat, if you don't take it seriously.
>>
>> Dave Samuelson (putting at grave risk his reputation as a fairly severe
>> critic of sf writing and cinema).
>>
>>
>>
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