Do not see the 3D version....seriously!!!!

Fun movie, and Lynn Collins was absolutely stunning. But this movie was originally shot in 2D, and framed and composed for 2D, and intended to be displayed in 2D. Only later was a conversion to 3D created. It sucks.

I shoot movies and commercials for a living, and much of the work of shooting in 2D is about creating a sense of dimensionality. Backgrounds are placed far away and out-of-focus foreground elements are added. But this is terribly distracting in 3D! It ruins the 3D effect! Watch Hugo: when two people are talking on screen, in the tight shots you don't typically see the shoulder of the person over whose shoulder you are looking; instead you just see a clean single. Why? Because the blurry foreground shit fucks up the 3D effect!

In 2D it is visually exciting to cut cut cut! from one shot to another, but in 3D you need a few seconds for your eyes to adjust to/be able to see the 3D in each new shot. That type of editing just doesn't work in 3D! It ruins the 3D effect! You fuckers!

The 2D version costs half as much and is twice as enjoyable. Seriously.

"like a reverse Superman"

No, like Superman. A reverse Superman would be one of the martians being transported to Earth and barely able to move due to the increased gravity.

Best. Movie. Ev... Recently! Saw it twice this weekend. Definitely had that ancient feeling.

Awful film. The two lead actors were laughably bad. At first, I thought it was intentional, but not, just bad actors. Or maybe it was the script. Or the production? Or all the other actors? No, just an awful movie.

This is one of the more crack-headed reviews I've ever seen.

Carter's jumping ability - starting at long bounds and quickly escalating to cartoonish proportions took basically all seriousness out of the movie for me. It was disappointing to see Bryan Cranston and Dominic West wasted in this movie.

Kitsch was great as the brooding, post-jail Riggins. He broods much worse over his dead wife and child (which could be his sister, or his parents, whatever, that exposition was left on the cutting room floor) in Carter. The love story between him and the girl is preposterous (she falls in love literally the second they meet)

Agreed with @1 rubus above: 3D movies focus waaaay to much on ultra-narrow focus shots which maximize the 3D effect.

I'm fucking sick of 3D everything.

I completely agree with Mr. Constant. I really enjoyed this film. Saw it with my girlfriend this afternoon, and we agreed there was something for everyone in it. Thank goodness Michael Chabon and Andrew Stanton love pulp for exactly what it is and can be on the big screen. I'm a sucker for 3-D and was very happy to have my depth perception whipsawed like a tall tree in a windstorm. I didn't go expecting Fellini or Bergman, and wasn't disappointed in the slightest. Three stars and a full bucket of popcorn.

Pure, unmitigated, swill.

(And, Disney expects to lose $200 million on this piece of excrement, making it one of the biggest flops in cinema history. Think Cutthroat Island, or The Adventures of Pluto Nash. Or Ishtar. That laughably bad. It's not just those elitist critics piling on, either. The people have spoken with their wallets: moviegoers are avoiding it like the plague. The Mouse Empire will likely see an 80 to 120 million dollar loss during the current quarter, alone. Disney shares were down nearly 2% this AM over the news.)

It's quite enjoyable. Not getting the hate. However, saw 3D and I see the criticisms; 2D would probably have been more of a visually complete experience.

Saw it in 2d - and I thought it was amazing.

Mind blown. So was my husbands. The acting is fine, the story is great, the visuals are fantastic and I love the cgi.

But then again - we are roleplaying nerds who love pixar, fantasy and sci fi movies - how could we NOT love JC?

Fantastic film! I saw it 7 times in the theater. I did prefer the 2D version, myself. I thoroughly enjoyed the story (not dumbed down for the audience like most films are), the cast was brilliant, the effects flawless, and I especially adored Woola, John Carter's faithful Martian dog! I was SO disappointed that Disney didn't offer a plush Woola toy! My heart was set on one, so I made one for myself! I do hope SO much that the film continues to do well on disk so we get to see the trilogy that Stanton has planned! I think it will. I also think it will go down not as a turkey, but as a classic as more people see it and realize how great it is!

Fantastic movie. One of the few I enjoy seeing over and over. First rate production, as you'd expect with a Disney film. I agree about 3-D. In general, I think it adds little to ANY movie. However, we're not talking about any movie. We're talking about John Carter, a great movie, well worth seeing in any format !