It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.
Roger EbertI know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?
Roger EbertWhat we have here is a rousing boy's adventure story, adapted from stories that Edgar Rice Burroughs cranked out for early pulp magazines. They lacked the visceral appeal of his Tarzan stories, which inspired an estimated 89 movies; amazingly, this is the first John Carter movie, but it is intended to foster a franchise and will probably succeed.
Roger Ebert