I agree that the motivation of the therns doesn't make any sense at all. Major flaw.
The purpose of the wedding, according to the head thern, is to create a grand public spectacle in which the princess of Helium is murdered before the eyes of the whole city-state, thus crushing the will of the people. Mwa-ha-ha! Twirl mustache!
I really didn't like the complaining of Dejah Thoris either. It would've been better for her to simply defy her father's plan and head for the hills.
I think there's an implication that John Carter recognizes Sola's relationship to Tars Tarkas because he had a daughter of his own and recognizes a fellow father's feeling for a daughter. This is certainly underdeveloped.
Unlike you, however, I really enjoyed the movie a lot despite its flaws. I liked this version of John Carter better, and find the John Carter of the books pretty unbearable. To me ERB's Mars books are most interesting for the world-building, and most of the good stuff is in the first two books. I liked how the movie integrated the therns into the storyline from the get-go, and I'm curious how a second movie would have dealt with the books' anti-religious stance.
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Date: 2012-04-04 04:11 pm (UTC)The purpose of the wedding, according to the head thern, is to create a grand public spectacle in which the princess of Helium is murdered before the eyes of the whole city-state, thus crushing the will of the people. Mwa-ha-ha! Twirl mustache!
I really didn't like the complaining of Dejah Thoris either. It would've been better for her to simply defy her father's plan and head for the hills.
I think there's an implication that John Carter recognizes Sola's relationship to Tars Tarkas because he had a daughter of his own and recognizes a fellow father's feeling for a daughter. This is certainly underdeveloped.
Unlike you, however, I really enjoyed the movie a lot despite its flaws. I liked this version of John Carter better, and find the John Carter of the books pretty unbearable. To me ERB's Mars books are most interesting for the world-building, and most of the good stuff is in the first two books. I liked how the movie integrated the therns into the storyline from the get-go, and I'm curious how a second movie would have dealt with the books' anti-religious stance.