Product Description
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From Academy Award(R)-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton (Best
Animated Film, Wall-E, 2008) comes John Carter -- a sweeping
action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of
Barsoom (Mars). Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's classic novel,
John Carter is a war-weary, former captain who's
inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes
embroiled in an epic conflict. It's 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.
Stunning special effects, great characters and villains -- and
complete with extraordinary bonus features -- John Carter is a
heroic and inspirational adventure that will thrill you beyond
imagination.
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Disney's megabudget foray into a new CGI franchise of epic
sci-fi mythology arrives with a massive marketing push and an
interesting pulp pedigree that will probably inspire as many fans
as it will naysayers. This impressively crafted piece of escapist
fantasy is based on a character and series of books by Edgar Rice
Burroughs that is runner-up to his primary creation, Tarzan, and
the 20-plus volumes he wrote about that iconic ape-raised jungle
adventurer. Burroughs churned out books in both series
concurrently for roughly his entire adult life in the first half
of the 20th century. John Carter is a former Confederate Civil
War captain and fortune-hunting ne'er-do-well who through a weird
incident of astral projection is plopped down on the red planet,
where he becomes a passionate warrior against beasts and
humanoids for the security of a home world known to its
inhabitants as Barsoom. John Carter presents this origin setup in
a clever prologue that finds the cranky Carter on the run from
frontier authorities as well as a band of marauding
Indians. Carter is played by Friday Night Lights star Taylor
Kitsch with great bravado. His character undergoes radical change
when confronted with something he can finally care about. It
doesn't hurt that an exotic princess of Mars is part of the prize
package that comes from his battle against evil and ultimately
doing the right thing. John Carter is a visual feast (especially
in well-conceived 3-D) with an array of digital and
motion-capture techniques that create an eye-popping world of
strange creatures, astounding architectural vistas, aerial
panoramas, and luminous landscapes. All the extraordinary detail
is not surprising considering that Pixar superstar Andrew Stanton
is at the helm (he also directed Finding Nemo and WALL-E).
There's a lot going on in the script, and it sometimes feels as
though too much work was done in the editing suite to streamline
a story that is often overly complicated. Barsoom is ruled by
three species, all with their own political and social agendas.
There are the humans whose city-state cultures are threatened by
civil war and the aggression of Tharks, a race of giant
green-skinned, four-armed warriors with horrific tusks and a
deeply bellicose intellect. Separate from both are the mythic
Therns, a cultlike sect of über-beings who seek to manipulate all
of Barsoom into their own submission. Added to the mix are a
variety of outrageous animal creatures both vicious and sublime
that make for an extremely motley ensemble of beasties. The huge
cast of characters, species, and names becomes a bit confusing to
keep straight in all the rapid-fire exposition. Fortunately the
movie doesn't ever stop long enough to allow much time for
thinking; there's something new and exciting to look at in
virtually every scene. Because of some fantastical leaps of
physics and gravity, Carter's Martian body possesses super
strength and the ability to make single bounds over huge
distances. His powers not only make him a godlike presence to the
natives of Barsoom, they also provide for some dizzying feats of
movie magic. The most bravura element of the conceptual design is
a fleet of massive solar-powered flying machines that recall
something out of H.G. Wells or a steampunk fantasy. These
colorful, insectlike machines soar and float in the gold-hued
Martian atmosphere with thrilling precision. Even though the
multitude of beings, names, and alliances may sometimes elicit a
glassy-eyed response, there's plenty of attention-grabbing
exactitude to behold in John Carter. There's also a good chance
that the fans will make it worth Disney's while to shell out
another hundred million to keep the saga going. --Ted Fry
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Versions of John Carter on Blu-ray and DVD
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John Carter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)
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John Carter (Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD + Digital
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June 5, 2012
June 5, 2012
Format/Disc # DVD Blu-ray, DVD
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Blu-ray No Yes Yes DVD Yes Yes Yes Digital Copy No No Yes Bonus
Features None
· Blu-ray Feature Film + Bonus
· DVD Feature Film+ Bonus
· Disney Second Screen
· 360 Degrees of John Carter
· Deleted Scene with Option Commentary by Director Andrew Stanton
· Barsoom Bloopers
· 100 Years in the Making
· Audio Commentary with Film Makers
· Blu-ray 3D (TM) Feature Film
· Blu-ray Feature Film + Bonus
· DVD Feature Film+ Bonus
· Digital Copy of Feature Film
· Disney Second Screen
· 360 Degrees of John Carter
· Deleted Scenes with Optional Commentary by Director Andrew
Stanton
· Barsoom Bloopers
· 100 Years of in the Making
· Audio Commentary with Film Makers
