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SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG) 12:05PM 4:45PM 9:25PM FRIENDS WITH KIDS (R) 12:00PM 2:35PM 5:10PM 7:45PM 10:20PM GHOST RIDER SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE (3D) (PG-13) 12:30PM 3:00PM 5:30PM 8:00PM 10:30PM JOHN CARTER (3D) (PG-13) 12:00PM 1:30PM 4:30PM 6:05PM 7:30PM 10:30PM JOHN CARTER (PG-13) 3:00PM 9:00PM JOURNEY 2: THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (3D) (PG) 12:10PM 2:40PM 5:10PM 7:40PM 10:00PM PROJECT X (R) 12:50PM 3:10PM 4:20PM 5:30PM 7:50PM 9:15PM 10:10PM SILENT HOUSE (R) 1:05PM 3:20PM 5:35PM 7:50PM 10:05PM STAR WARS: EPISODE I PHANTOM MENACE (3D) (PG) 12:30PM 3:45PM THE VOW (PG-13) 12:25PM 2:55PM 5:25PM 7:55PM 10:25PM THIS MEANS WAR (PG-13) 12:25PM 2:55PM 5:25PM 7:55PM 10:25PM WANDERLUST (R) 7:20PM 9:45PM Please visit cinemark.com for movies and times Confederacy of Dimwits MELANCHOLIA 9:15 “NO LONGER SNEAKING BEER INTO THE MOVIES SINCE 2008” “TEXT-A-BEER” 541-913-5733 ORDER DRINKS & FOOD RIGHT FROM YOUR SEAT Adv. Tix on Sale THE HUNGER GAMES 21 JUMP STREET (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1130 1200 210) 420 450 700 730 940 1010 FRIENDS WITH KIDS (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1145 225) 505 745 1025 CASA DE MI PADRE (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1230 245) 500 720 955 IMAX: JOHN CARTER 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.1245 400 705 1015 JOHN CARTER (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(300 PM) 635 PM JOHN CARTER IN REAL D 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1155 AM) 935 PM A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1225 250) 510 735 1000 SILENT HOUSE (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1220 235) 515 755 1020 DR SEUSS' THE LORAX IN REAL D 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(200 PM) 915 PM DR SEUSS' THE LORAX (PG) Fri.(1140 230) 415 445 645 945 Sat.(1140 1210) 415 445 645 715 DR SEUSS' THE LORAX [OC] (PG) Fri.(1210 PM) 715 PM Sat.(230 PM) 945 PM PROJECT X (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1215 240) 455 750 1030 ACT OF VALOR (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(1235) 405 640 920 THIS MEANS WAR. (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1240) 425 655 925 SAFE HOUSE (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(255 PM) 650 PM THE VOW (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(205) 435 725 1005 PINA 3D (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(1205 PM) 930 PM THE ARTIST (PG-13) Fri. - Sat.(1135 AM) Adv. Tix on Sale THE HUNGER GAMES 21 JUMP STREET (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(130) 420 720 1000 JOHN CARTER (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.400 PM 950 PM JOHN CARTER IN REAL D 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG-13) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 PM) 650 PM SILENT HOUSE (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(150) 440 740 945 PROJECT X (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(140) 430 730 935 DR SEUSS' THE LORAX (PG) Fri. - Sat.(120 350) 700 950 DR SEUSS' THE LORAX IN REAL D 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 330) 640 920 ACT OF VALOR (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(110) 410 710 940 21 JUMP STREET (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(115) 400 430 700 730 945 1015 PROJECT X (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(145) 445 740 1000 WANDERLUST (R) - ID REQ'D Fri. - Sat.(130) 415 710 930 STAR WARS: EP. 1 IN REALD 3D - EVENT PRICING (PG) ★ Fri. - Sat.(100 PM) On Mars, no one can hear you think JOHN CARTER: Directed by Andrew Stanton. Screenplay by Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon, based on the book A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Cinematography, Daniel Mindel. Editor, Eric Zumbrunnen. Music, Michael Giacchino. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Samantha Morton, Willem Dafoe and Dominic West. Walt Disney Pictures, 2012. PG-13. 132 minutes. 00011 J ohn Carter didn’t show up without baggage. That’s a nice way to say that for months, people have been talking more about the story (and money) around the movie than about the movie itself — a tactic that sometimes works out just fi ne (hello, Titantic) and sometimes doesn’t. When The New York Times is making Ishtar references while Monday- morning quarterbacking a fi lm’s weekend take, it’s relatively safe to assume the pre- release gossip hits home. But John Carter — no longer John Carter of Mars, which was the manned-up version of A Princess of Mars, the name of the Edgar Rice Burroughs tale on which the fi lm is based — will slip right through the cracks precisely because it’s neither Ishtar nor Titanic. Too science-fi ctiony to play to a mainstream audience and too mainstream to develop a real genre fanbase, JC is a fi lm that tried to have it both ways and landed smack in cultural nowheresville. John Carter (Taylor Kitsch, of Friday Night Lights), a Confederate soldier and excellent fi ghter, is hunting gold in Arizona when a peculiar encounter sends him to a different dry landscape: the rugged brown surface of Mars, called Barsoom by its natives. Barsoom is in the middle of its own civil war, which might be notably relevant for a Confederate solider — but perhaps that relevance was lost in a previous draft of the screenplay. On Mars, Carter befriends/impresses a four-armed and well-animated animated species, the Tharks, and makes the acquaintance of a wise warrior princess, Dejah Thoris (a very earnest Lynn Collins). Bad, superpowered fellows led by Matai Shang (Mark Strong) have been mucking about in Mars’ confl icts, and Carter’s arrival — and subsequent side-choosing — changes everything. Naturally. John Carter’s charms include John’s initial exploration of Mars, which he does by leaps and bounds once he gets used to the different gravity; a space-dog named Woola that wins over everyone whose heart is not yet turned to cynical stone; the airships of Barsoom, which look like glittering metal dragonfl ies; and every moment in which Kitsch, who broods like nobody’s business, cracks a smile. That smile is all too rare in the fi lm, which slowly becomes a mishmash of underwritten characters, underdeveloped notions and nicely executed effects. Too much stuff is crammed into JC’s plot: Dejah is supposed to marry the human bad guy, Sab Than (Dominic West)! There’s unrest among the Tharks! Sab Than has a cool, evil, mobile city! There’s also a nifty magical power source called the Ninth Ray that you’ll just have to accept for whatever it is (save your questions about the other eight rays for Wikipedia). John Carter would like to have big ideas — something about fi nding where you belong and fi ghting for what’s right, not hogging the planet and not abusing power — but the movie leaves no room for them. You can still have fun without a lot of thoughtfulness, of course, but with its frequently too-ponderous tone, John Carter makes even that complicated. ew Times For 03/16 - 03/17 © 2012 24 MARCH 15, 2012 EUGENE WEEKLY WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM
