John Carter—a sci-fi action flick with the Disney logo atop—is now on the big screen. I’ve not seen it, but from the ads I believe it’s safe to assume the movie is chock-full of loud crashes and dizzying special effects. The movie, if you didn’t know, is based upon a character that appeared in several Edgar Rice Burroughs novels.
What you may not know is that Ward Kimball animated elements from the Carter novels way back in 1957.
Films are ruined daily by advertising and hype is their big, blood-letting knife. I stopped buying film magazines for over 10 years the day I accidentally saw a film called Fight Club, without knowing anything about it.
There are rules to watching movies. I’m not just talking about watching them in a proper environment (I never watch movies on the computer while doing other things, for example). There are also rules to preparing yourself to watch a movie.
