tarotwitch0

It was way too long. The last part was painful to watch. They should have ended it earlier.

The details of the era, the sets, the costuming was incredible. The actors were just too old. Even when playing younger, the body movements were just obvious. I am old and remember when all these actors were young. It was distracting that these three have been in every gangster movie for decades. I could not separate the actors from the characters.

We saw it before all they ads and hype started. We hated it. What a waste of time. Actually too much like real life with dumb dysfunctional people. An ad finally came on TV saying is was funny. I started yelling at the TV. "Funny??? Funny???? Where????? While yelling a description of some things that happened in the film. My husband came in to see if I was OK and wanted to know if I was having a seizure.

It did have pretty scenery. But I would like to know how a bachelor and a teen age boy had such a clean house. I couldn't connect with any of the characters. None were likable. So, no I can't recommend it unless you are into depressing films.

This story came out in 1917, before James Cameron, before Star Wars, before Avatar. All these stories came out AFTER A Princess of Mars. Before James Cameron, Steven Spielberg and Lucas parents were even born.

They got some of their ideas from Edgar Rice Burroughs, not the other way around.

The film did have some updated ideas to make it a bit more exciting for younger watchers. I had to think about it for awhile. I did enjoy the film a lot.

My review is kids, read the old science fiction.