SoulfulFX
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Really brackets the historical events prior to Midway well--especially from Enterprise's perspective. Nice inclusion of vignettes from the lead up, and battle itself. Some gloss over on the intel build up, but I expect that's due to runtime constraints.
While this has the usual war film embellishments, I think it does well for tackling so much in the time it had--definitely worth a watch.
While this has the usual war film embellishments, I think it does well for tackling so much in the time it had--definitely worth a watch.
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This was a pretty entertaining sci-fi movie. The plot is rushed at some points, but I guess readers of what this is originally based on probably understood the gaps. As someone who never read the "Princess of Mars," I still found the plot easy to follow and actually fairly well paced for a 2 hour runtime. The action sequences are nicely done and except for the CG aliens, the special effects are not intrusive.
I would have liked more time to explore the role of the highly-advanced aliens responsible for the inter-world travel system...but otherwise, I felt generally satisfied with the story.
I saw one review or two say this was "Avatar-lite" but I disagree somewhat. The earth-man rescuing the alien civilization part fits that description, but "Avatar" was almost blow-for-blow the same as the Pocahontas story... "John Carter" is NOT like that...its story is indeed richer.
Definitely worth seeing.
I would have liked more time to explore the role of the highly-advanced aliens responsible for the inter-world travel system...but otherwise, I felt generally satisfied with the story.
I saw one review or two say this was "Avatar-lite" but I disagree somewhat. The earth-man rescuing the alien civilization part fits that description, but "Avatar" was almost blow-for-blow the same as the Pocahontas story... "John Carter" is NOT like that...its story is indeed richer.
Definitely worth seeing.
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