Episode 22: JOHN CARTER- Movie Review
                                      
                                 Phantom Menace + Attack of the Clones + Avatar = John Carter

        John Carter is directed by Andrew Stanton, who is making his live action directing debut. It stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, and Mark Strong. John Carter, a Civil War veteran,  is transported to Mars and encounters a princess that must get married or else a war will occur. She of course, doesn't want this marrige so John Carter decides to help her only if she returns him to Earth.
     I didn't see John Carter in theaters due to a large amount of negative reviews. But I had the chance to see it on DVD and I decided to give it a shot. I thought John Carter was a fun movie but it is in no way a great movie and it has some large problems. I'll get to the problems first so let us start with the acting. I respect Taylor Kitsch because most of the movie was him talking to a green screen.Most of the acting is mediocre but is good for this kind of movie except for one actress, Lynn Collins. She was terrible in this movie because some of her line deliveries were just awful.
     Also, the third act of the film was extremely boring and it felt very stretched. The movie could have ended at least twice. The first twenty minutes of this movie wasn't very good and it only got good once he  got on Mars. The relationship between John Carter and the princess was very stale and had no believable chemistry. It felt very similar to the relationship between Padme and Anakin in Attack of the Clones.

      Now let's get onto the good things that are in this movie. The visual effects aren't half bad;  like the aliens. The aliens look good and have great voice acting. There is also a good amount of action and great visual effects. There isn't much else to say about John Carter and I'm going to give it a 6.5/10.