Meet John Carter is a wonderful modern science fiction adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs novel Princess of Mars the first of the John Carter books. The scope was big and sweeping and in 3D it simply transported you to the surface of Barsoom (Mars). I did at first think that it seemed a bit melodramatic and had some tired out conventions. I then realized something very, very important it was Edgar Rice Burroughs that created many of those conventions. His books were considered pulp science fiction when they were published. The film even for all its amazing special effects still brought me back to watching the old Flash Gordon serials (no I’m not that old I have them on DVD).
I don’t know whether it was the nostalgia or the sheer fun of the film, but I totally enjoyed it and hope to see another in the near future.