Nic
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Sign me up with Team Bionic. I just saw this movie tonight and I LOVED it! I thought Taylor Kitsch worked well on the Mars scenes, but didn't exactly come up as a Confederate Soldier, thought he came off as too modern. Lynn Collins is a wonderful actress and plays an amazing female role, almost to the point that I wanted her to be the main character. I think between her and Gina Carano (Haywire) we have a Wonder Woman on our hands.
The movie itself felt very reminiscent of Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1980s Flash Gordon of fun films that I'd feel good about watching over and over again. My major complaint though is that I wasn't really drawn in by the villains. I don't get any sense of why Than Kosis did what he did besides just being evil. In fact, there's never indication as to why the red martians were fighting each other in the first place, so that kinda makes me question why John would help a group of people he knows nothing about, aside from Collins word for it, which itself barely works. In that sense, it might've helped if it were a more whimsical romp, like the 80s Flash Gordon film. That being said however, I still greatly enjoyed this movie and can't wait to own it on DVD.
The movie itself felt very reminiscent of Raiders of the Lost Ark and 1980s Flash Gordon of fun films that I'd feel good about watching over and over again. My major complaint though is that I wasn't really drawn in by the villains. I don't get any sense of why Than Kosis did what he did besides just being evil. In fact, there's never indication as to why the red martians were fighting each other in the first place, so that kinda makes me question why John would help a group of people he knows nothing about, aside from Collins word for it, which itself barely works. In that sense, it might've helped if it were a more whimsical romp, like the 80s Flash Gordon film. That being said however, I still greatly enjoyed this movie and can't wait to own it on DVD.