Probably because there wasn’t a leftist progressive “moral” or “lesson” and the villains weren’t identifiably conservative.

I may see John Carter then.

What makes me wary of the politics of Hunger Games?

Errrr – many years of Hollywood product.

Many times I have seen shows and films that are supposedly “very libertarian” and nearly always (not quite always) the bad guys turn out to be “the rich” or “corporations”.

On this matter I suspect that Mendicant I correct – it is going to be another “Battle Royale”.

I remember that film – the surviving chilren become a People’s Resistance and describe the AK47 (in reality the principle rifle of the forces of collectivism for 60 years) as the weapon of freedom.

It was this film that showed me that the modern Japanese entertainment world is just as much under the control of the left as the entertainment world of America is.

Indeed (come to think of it) it was only after I watched this film that I predicted that Japan would go into decline.

When the culture collapses – everything else, eventually, follows.

Karl Popper note.

What I say above can be refuted.

Show me a politician bad guy in Hunger Games talking, with approval, about “Social Justice”.

Or some other language of the left.

By the way people….

Spare me the “both parties are the same” or “if either side got all the power” stuff.

Disney’s marketing of John Carter was terrible (John Carter sounds like the title of an art-house movie); calling it John Carter of Mars would have made more sense.
Releasing the movie well into the summer would have made more sense as well.
Contrast Disney’s lame marketing of John Carter with Marvel’s promotion of The Avengers and Fox’s promotion of Prometheus.

Regarding Transformers, the fan-made adaptation of Simon Furman’s Transformers: The War Within is a thousand times better than Michael Bay’s moronic “movies”. Bay and Spielberg seem to be oblivious to the fact the Transformers are meant to have personalities, meaning there’s no need for human characters to be at the centre of everything, or indeed present at all.
Furman should have been involved with the movies, with Brad Bird directing.

It was fun and reasonably well thought out. No major plot hiccups. also it was enjoyably “social agenda” free!!!… it is so nice to see a film without crappy politics woven into it, but rather sad to consider that thought.

Damn, i wish there were a lot more films like this. Pure enjoyable escapism. Where men are men – Women look as good as they fight and aliens that are believable within the film context.

I feel sorry for anyone that listened to the naysaying reviewers and didn’t go to see it. That is one film I didn’t begrudge paying to view.

Just plain good fun – I hope it turns into a cult feature

Please Film makers – make more like this – this is the way films should be…. just get the damn advertising right next time.

And Dale – thanks for reminding me – I’m glad I got to see it on the big screen in 3D.

The film’s real problem was buzz, or lack thereof. Perception is everything in the internet age and most moviegoers had written this off as a generic dud long before the film ever opened. It was a marketing problem much like the one Conan the Barbarian faced last August.

However, unlike Conan, John Carter is actually a well-crafted film. I’d even go so far as to say it’s better than modern box office triumphs like the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, the Transformers trilogy, G.I. Joe, Clash of the Titans, and even the Star Wars prequels.

Where John Carter shines is in its ability to reproduce the kind of old-fashioned, pulp spirit that made the original Star Wars films such a revelation. It’s not a perfect film, but it is a great deal of fun that will likely be looked back upon fondly years from now.

Can anyone honestly say the same about Clash of the Titans or Transformers 2?