![]() The triumph may be represented as the hero's sexual union with the goddess-mother of the world (sacred marriage), his recognition by the father-creator (father-atonement), his own divinization (apotheosis), or again - if the powers have remained unfriendly to him - his theft of the boon he came to gain (bride-theft, fire-theft) intrinsically it is an expansion of consciousness and therewith of being (illumination, transfiguration, freedom). When he arrives at the nadir of the mythological round, he undergoes a supreme ordeal and gains his reward. The hero may defeat or conciliate this power and go alive into the kingdom of the dark, or be slain by the opponent and descend in death (dismemberment, crucifixion).īeyond the threshold, then, the hero journeys through a world of unfamiliar yet strangely intimate forces, some of which severely threaten him (tests), some of which give magical aid (helpers). There he encounters a shadow presence that guards the passage. " The hero, setting forth from his common day hut or castle, lured, carried away, or else voluntarily proceeds, to the threshold of adventure. I did think that dedicating the film to the memory of Steve Jobs was a nice touch, however. When the dialogue is so forgettable that you can just skip it, that doesn't say much for the screenplay. This is good for international distribution but probably a bad reflection on the script. You can eliminate the dialogue and still pretty much "get" the movie. The good news there is that with international sales, it won't be impossible at all. $250 is a big nut to have to crack when you are looking at a bottom line. In other words, none of these guys cared so much that they were willing to fight to get it made, despite whatever obstacle existed.ģ. Robert Rodriguez Kerry Conran, John McTiernan and John Favreau have all been signed on at one time or another but fell by the wayside. When big name producer/directors are associated with a project but then drop out, one after another, there's often a reason for that. "John Carter" has been in turnaround since the '80s.Ģ. ![]() When a film languishes in development over 30 years, there's often a reason that it never got made. (And, yes, I know that Bob Dylan wrote that song but I happen to like the Johnny Cash version better. (Cue Johnny Cash here:) So for those producers that are looking for the big payoff with the Sci-fi crowd, "John Carter" will probably fill the bill. It's an escape film with nothing to do with reality. LOL Not exactly a "slice of life." But that's why Sci-fi folks like this genre of film. ![]() Oh, the shame!Īlso the storyline was something less ausable. So they saved everything for the big finale and then cheap-johned the stuff in the middle. It's almost as though you could see them running out of money on the screen. I found John Carter to be uneven in the special effect department and in a movie like this, where special effects are everything, you can't afford to have cheesy effects pop up, even if it's only from time to time. In explaining WHY I didn't like it, a terrific song comes to mind: "It Ain't Me, Babe" by Johnny Cash (There's way too many in that last category right now.) I saw this movie because, let's face it, I'm a movie junkie and I see pretty much everything.
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