Saw the movie John Carter

[Lionheart]

You must also realize that your minds' eye is what generates your 'visuals' of what you are reading. Though a book can be well written, it is still words and not media. Your imagination must be INCREDIBLE if that movie didnt meet your expectations. The imagination is an incredible thing. Joyce Meyers calls it the 'mind lands', a world inside the mind, or perhaps a place that the mind can go to....


I remember reading one page from Walt Wittman (I hope thats his name) how he could talk about a morning, the sunlight, etc... I guess the better the writing, the more your mind see's, but you are still making the images yourself.

[Lionheart]

When in need of transport within SOL star system to Bahr-Soom, and with the teleport device in hand, one says.......

OAK OH-HEHM WEEEEZ BAHR-SOOOOM


Watched it again... Great movie...

[aircav1970]

Thanks for the review Bill,I read the series years ago and when they advertised "John Carter" I knew what the movie was based off of but was hesitant because of the way Hollywood does the book to movie transition....usually not too well.It's in my Netflix queue now and I look forward to seeing it!

[Odie]

They do a pretty good job (book to movie) and the concessions that needed to be made are understandable in trying to get
a book into a little over 2 hour movie. You can also see where they were trying to make some things explainable to the audience
where the books just laid it out and that's the way it was.

If you haven't read the books prior to seeing the movie you won't come up short. If you have read the books, you'll catch some of the
"in" comments. I personally reread the books every so often as they hold up very well and are written with ERB's flair for adventure.

The overall look of Barsoom was captured nicely by the film's designers and everything rings true to form visually. It's a shame that they
couldn't have delved deeper and brought more of A Princess of Mars to the screen, but there's only so many minutes of film to work with. Personal
opinion here, A Princess of Mars would've made a better title in my mind. Let her plight become the primary vehicle for the plot and maybe they
could've worked some more bits of the book in. Just the writer in me speculating to a degree.

Still, a very enjoyable and entertaining film.

[Lateral-G]

You can get a five book series for the Nook for $1.49, sounds like a good read to me.

Beard

Amazon had them for free earlier this year......

[jbtate]

Checked out "John Carter" this weekend. Great story, great movie. More so given knowing that Burroughs practically invented the genre. Had my involuntary "this is really cool" smile face on several times while watching, along with some moments of tragedy. Long live John Carter.
jbtate

[Eoraptor1]

You must also realize that your minds' eye is what generates your 'visuals' of what you are reading. Though a book can be well written, it is still words and not media. Your imagination must be INCREDIBLE if that movie didnt meet your expectations. The imagination is an incredible thing. Joyce Meyers calls it the 'mind lands', a world inside the mind, or perhaps a place that the mind can go to....


I remember reading one page from Walt Wittman (I hope thats his name) how he could talk about a morning, the sunlight, etc... I guess the better the writing, the more your mind see's, but you are still making the images yourself.

I'm unapologetic is my preference for books. I love movies, but I'm not invested in them the way I am in the written word.

JAMES

PS Walt Whitman. He was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War, as well as a writer.