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Carter
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FilmPG-132012
John Carter
Directed by Andrew Stanton
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (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. From TMDB
276 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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John Carter is a 2012 action adventure science fiction film, directed by Andrew Stanton, starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Samantha Morton.
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60 of 276 · most liked firstI watched JOHN CARTER and this movie has about 500 times more heart than basically 99% of the blockbusters made in the last fifteen years
positive · AI labelView post →I rewatched JOHN CARTER last night, and I'm disappointed we didn't get a couple of sequels out of it - A great adaptation, incredible visuals and design, a really fun movie that deserved better.
positive · AI labelView post →It’s a film that feels destined to join Speed Racer and John Carter in the list of blockbusters that flopped at the box office that people can post about on Reddit with “does anyone else think this movie deserved better?”
neutral · AI labelView post →Born on this day: Noah Wyle is an American actor best known for his decade‑long role as Dr. John Carter on ER. He built a career blending television, film, and stage work, earning acclaim for his grounded performances and enduring screen presence
neutral · AI labelView post →Andrew Stanton's John Carter was released 12 years ago today. A film neglected by Disney, which was about to buy Star Wars (while A Princess of Mars, the original novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, was a source of inspiration for George Lucas).
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great. #FilmSky JOHN CARTER (2012)
positive · AI labelView post →Dominic West is an incredible actor who has done some of the most acclaimed performances on TV and in film on the last 20 years. He is also the scene chomping villain of John Carter and I think that's what acting is all about
neutral · AI labelView post →Red Planet is a better movie but its own kind of mess. Better Mars movies: Robinson Crusoe on Mars, The Martian, Quatermass and the Pit (though it's on Earth), John Carter
neutral · AI labelView post →It's so funny that Avatar made billions and John Carter, a film that's essentially identical except no one's blue, is the biggest flop in Hollywood history
neutral · AI labelView post →Listening to the Blank Check for John Carter and finding out that the old Facebook page for the movie is now defunct. But I distinctly remember a post from March 2012 for pre-release tickets that had this picture with the text JOIN WOOLA FOR MIDNIGHT ON MARS
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching John Carter for Film Sack tomorrow. Know what kind of enjoying it so far.
positive · AI labelView post →Books to film 📚=🎞️ A Princess of Mars (1912) by Edgar Rice Burroughs was filmed as John Carter (2012). The protagonist is changed from a genteel soldier to a damaged veteran. Other changes include how Carter gets to Mars as the film discards the imperialist tone of the book. 🔴⚔️👽 #filmsky #booksky
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve gotten more requests to bring this post back from the internet graveyard than anything else. So here it is, for April Fool’s, my stupidest post: the time I called someone named John Carter in every state to see if they were going to see the movie JOHN CARTER
neutral · AI labelView post →I am watching the movie John Carter and it is a MAGNIFICENT waste of special effects. The script is turgid and John Carter himself is a seriously dull person. So dull. So uninteresting. Quite dim. Why are heroes written like this? Lowest Common Denominator humans with no sense of humour.
negative · AI labelView post →John Carter is such a good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →the old John Carter movie is weird and all the more interesting when you learn that the reason for the surreal design choices is that the book was written at the end of cowboy times. They understood planets and the gravity difference just on ancient physics, long before space travel was conceivable.
positive · AI labelView post →John Carter |2012 www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729 #NowWatching #filmsky #scifi #sci-fi ·a war-weary former army captain is inexplicably transported to Mars and reluctantly becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions·
neutral · AI labelView post →I still say "John Carter" might've succeeded if the title had any indication of what the movie was about. My ex-wife kept confusing it with "Michael Clayton."
neutral · AI labelView post →JOHN CARTER (2012). A criminally unappreciated film, it suffered for having such a generic name. JOHN CARTER OF MARS is a step up, but really if they'd called it WARLORD OF MARS and amped up the advertising push it might've fared better.
positive · AI labelView post →Name a movie that flopped at the box office but is actually great. #Filmsky John Carter
positive · AI labelView post →I have to work today, but I’m going to take a break and go see a movie. I’m taking a break from writing an adventure with John Carter and Dejah Thoris and Red Sonja and Tarzan and Tars Tarkas to go see a Star War, with my tiny fierce adorable rebel leader wife. The world is on fire. I know. 1/2
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s Film Selection🍿🎥🎬: This was a really fun film based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ story. Disney told them to change the name from “John Carter: Warlord of Mars” (ERB’ title) to “John Carter” and then gave it no support. Oscar-worthy? NO. Fun? YES. A REALLY FUN FILM BASED ON A CLASSIC STORY.
positive · AI labelView post →Dropping "of Mars" was (IMO) one of the things that hurt it in terms of appeal/drawing people in. "John Carter" sounds like a generic action movie that you wait to watch until it's on streaming. "John Carter of Mars" at least adds that intrigue. "Wait WHY is this guy on Mars?"
neutral · AI labelView post →A real sic transit gloria etc moment to contemplate how huge Barsoom still was 50 years ago, so huge the Burroughs estate sued TSR and buried this game, and how nowadays not even Disney could get people into a John Carter movie
neutral · AI labelView post →make a movie better by adding John Carpenter's to title John Carpenter's John Carter
neutral · AI labelView post →I haven't seen the new He-Man film, but reviews seem mostly positive. Is this another case of John Carter, where we get a surprisingly fun movie that nobody gives a shit about?
neutral · AI labelView post →BADLANDS is basically a sword and planet adventure movie that just so happens to star a Predator in the John Carter role and it's fun. It doesn't need to be the original because we already got the original.
neutral · AI labelView post →Films I liked or even loved from the very beginning that studio execs would prob nowadays delete as tax write-offs: JOHN CARTER THE LONE RANGER VALARIAN & THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS HUDSON HAWK HEAVEN'S GATE THE THING (1982) PSYCHO (1998) SHOWGIRLS OBSERVE & REPORT multiglom.com/2011/07/05/t...
positive · AI labelView post →Without stating your age, post your favourite film released the year you turned 18. God there was a lot of shite this year 😅 But John Carter my beloved, you were done so dirty, a real misunderstood film 💔
positive · AI labelView post →'Brave' Director Mark Andrews Joins ‘John Carter’ Animated Series. > Oscar-winning filmmaker Mark Andrews has joined the upcoming *John Carter, Warlord of Mars* animated series as supervising director and co-showrunner. Andrews, who directed Pixar’s Brave, will oversee the adaptation alongside co-showrunner and head writer Michael Kogge. > > According to *[TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/john-carter-warlord-of-mars-adds-mark-andrews/)*, Andrews and Kogge will discuss…
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's movie recommendation is the under-rated "John Carter". This 2012 movie was the most undeserving box office bomb in modern times. It should have been the start of a franchise. Great world-building, compelling story, it deserved better than it got. #Movies
positive · AI labelView post →JOHN CARTER is an absolute banger of a film that should have been a much bigger hit.
positive · AI labelView post →Why use multiple framing devices for the opening? Why saddle John Carter with gloomy charmless characterization? Why start the movie with complicated alien politics that actually figure little in the original story? Why choose that generic looking art style?Gah!!!!
negative · AI labelView post →Since there's some conspiracies that Disney screwed up John Carter on purpose because they were getting Star Wars, maybe they have been screwing up Star Wars because they want to do a sequel or Reboot to John Carter
positive · AI labelView post →When EX-PATRIOTS came out in 2011, someone asked me if the character of John Carter Freedom had been named as a product placement tie-in to the upcoming Disney film. (he was not)
neutral · AI labelView post →All the same “themes” AVATAR touches on — with cringey simplicity — are right there in Edgar Rice Burroughs. But he’s a “genius” so we had to get John Carter, Warlord of Ferngully, Who Dances With Dragons. Or whales. Depending on the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carter? You mean Noah Wylie’s character on ER? A whole movie of him?? 😉
neutral · AI labelView post →The second movie after The Avengers was John Carter.
neutral · AI labelView post →"If the penis dog dies, I am rage quitting this movie" - Me watching John Carter
neutral · AI labelView post →that John Carter movie didn't really flop any harder than anything Jared Leto has done but they still exiled poor Tim Riggins to the moon over it
positive · AI labelView post →"This Movie Deserved Better" JOHN CARTER [OF MARS] ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOR AMONG THIEVES
neutral · AI labelView post →- Age: 30 👉👈 - Gender: Female - Sexuality: heterosexual, a little bisexual (I'm old-fashioned) - Height: ~176 - Eyes: brown - Fav food: noodles with seafood - Fav drink: Cola - Fav game (rn): Horizon zero Dawn - Fav film: John Carter - Fav show: Avatar: The Last Airbender - Fav animal: Mantis :0
neutral · AI labelView post →The JOHN CARTER movie is an excellent space opera swashbuckler that was sunk by TERRIBLE marketing and audience perception that it's a Star Wars knock-off (other way around).
positive · AI labelView post →'Brave' Director Mark Andrews Joins ‘John Carter’ Animated Series. > Oscar-winning filmmaker Mark Andrews has joined the upcoming *John Carter, Warlord of Mars* animated series as supervising director and co-showrunner. Andrews, who directed Pixar’s Brave, will oversee the adaptation alongside co-showrunner and head writer Michael Kogge. > > According to *[TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/john-carter-warlord-of-mars-adds-mark-andrews/)*, Andrews and Kogge will discuss…
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t think anyone has made a worse title for a movie than John Carter. Your average moviegoer is gonna think that’s their neighbor getting a movie, not a movie based on one of the most foundational piece of sci-fi ever
neutral · AI labelView post →"I don't care what anyone says I like that movie"🎥 My choice Disney's John Carter
positive · AI labelView post →I vividly remember being outside the multiplex and seeing a pair of teen girls looking at the film titles on offer: “John Carter? I think thats about a president”. They did not choose that film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched John Carter Man of Mars again and I still think it rules??? Maybe a bit long but so chock full of cool shit. Underrated movie.
positive · AI labelView post →I know it's not the most perfect movie in the world but John Carter is so much better than it was marketed as and performed and it makes me sad since it's genuinely a super fun movie upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
positive · AI labelView post →John Carter. I don't know if it's a 5-star film, but it was very good and deserved much better than it got. It was easily one of the worst marketed films of the past 20 years.
positive · AI labelView post →Yes yes nobody remembered who the fuck John Carter was when JOHN CARTER came out, but let me suggest its a mistake to open your movie with like 2 prologues. Or a prologue *and* a framing device.
neutral · AI labelView post →I think John Carter (2012) is a good and fun movie that would have been a more fun direction than the MCU Charybdis that has swallowed us all
positive · AI labelView post →Disney actually tried to make a "Barsoom" movie. It was called John Carter of Mars. However, the "Barsoom" setting is so violent and luridly sexual (Edgar Rice Burroughs was kind of a freak) that it didn't really go anywhere. The Disney Barsoom Cinematic Universe ended up being a flop.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a movie that’s wayyyy better than people say. Mine: John Carter (of Mars)
positive · AI labelView post →it would be fitting for elon to take big budget movie advice from John Carter
neutral · AI labelView post →John Carter is bad!! It's very bad! It's not even the best flop sci-fi movie starring Taylor Kitsch of that year!
negative · AI labelView post →My current go-to ‘what should I watch?’ movies are Pride & Prejudice, LotR (series), The Hobbit (series), Barbie, John Carter, MirrorMask, EEAAO, The Shining, Scream (1-3), The Exorcist, any Miyazaki film, The Fall, Summer Wars, Bedknobs & Broomsticks, Shrek, DOA: Dead or Alive: The Movie, & Wicked.
neutral · AI labelView post →Waterworld, Sahara, and John Carter are all amazing movies that BOMBED... but by what metric? Tons of money in production and/or inept expensive marketing and it didn't make it back. That's all. It wasn't a "market success." But I'm glad they're a part of culture. Sahara is the Uncharted movie we deserved. I wish we got more Clive Cussler movies. One of my favorite films. John Carter is the reason I will never properly pronounce "Virginia" again. Waterworld's stunt show is incredible…
positive · AI labelView post →Don't sit, P catches himself & doesn't, John Carter grabs the hat. After the film segment finished & lights came on, John says, Man, you almost squished my Dad's hat.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching John Carter for the first time having not really appreciated previously that it was an Andrew Stanton film and man, yeah, even in the first half hour you can see some of the basic Pixar DNA that both makes this better than a lot of modern crap but also just *is not quite working*
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