John Carter

[Twilla]

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I really don't understand why this movie bombed, I thought it was a lot of fun. I had read the book ages ago and I never liked how the hero was magically whisked away to Mars. This movie did an excellent job of explaining it and I had a fun trip along the way. It reminded me how I felt the first time I saw the very first Star Wars movie (episode 4?) with some less cartoony Flash (wooohooo) Gordon circa 1980 thrown in.

I liked it.

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I never read the book. Is it worth reading at all compared to the movie?

[Twilla]

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It'd be a good book at the pool or beach. Not a lot of substance but it's fun.

[LKTraz]

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It was Edgar Rice Burroughs' follow up to Tarzan. Carter appeared in one of the last Tarzan comic strip stories. That was his segue to the John Carter series of books.

[John L]

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I never read the book. Is it worth reading at all compared to the movie?

Its not just 'the' book, but a series of books. I enjoyed them when I was in college, but there are far better out there to read. Burroughs was one of those late Victorian style writers.