John Carter

At August's After-Hours Movie Night for Teens, we polled the attendees as a tie-breaker and ended up watching John Carter.

The movie John Carter is based on the book "A Princess of Mars," the first book in the Barsoom series, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.  In the film, John Carter's story is told to his nephew, Ned, through Carter's journal.  John Carter is a former Civil War soldier who gets transported to Mars via a medallion.  He is found by the Tharks, a group of green Martians, and learns that there is a massive war going on between the red Martian cities of Helium and Zodanga.  Through a series of events, John Carter finds the medallion he lost and is given the choice between returning to Earth and staying on Mars.

As a fan of action/adventure movies, I was looking forward to John Carter (despite what the critics have said) and I was not disappointed.  I have never read the Barsoom series, but was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't something I needed to have read in order to enjoy the movie.  While the summary does sound like something only sci-fi fans would enjoy, I recommend the movie to anyone who is up for a little fun and adventure.

Have you seen John Carter?  Have you read "A Princess of Mars"? Tell me what you thought!

-Siobhan