John Carter (2012).
It's a bit of a jumbled up mess but there is a rather good adaptation hidden in the pieces.
The big mistake was not showing us Barsoom through Carter's eyes.
The framing device is nice but it should be our route into the story.
'Ned' should be called to Carter's house, have the manner of Carter's demise and his will told to him and he should settle down to a good read.
The Princess' story should be told via flashback as she tells it to John.
That would have created more tension and revealed the world in a much more interesting way.
The Helium/Zodangan scenes are too processional and lack swagger.
The action scenes could do with a bit more swashbuckling.
But once Scytale...(opps) Matai Shang meets John the film begins to fit together and becomes a bit more like it should be (superdog aside).
However it is another case of a film of based on a book suffering from not being enough like the book.
A real candidate for a re-edit methinks.
3 Thuvias