Go see John Carter Of Mars

John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is a former civil war officer who is in search of a cave of gold. While rebelling against those who wish for him to fight for their side, he stands as well known man who only works for himself type. When he does find his cave of gold, he is attacked by a member of the Therns (a magical group of people who wish to bring chaos to the planet Mars) and he is then transported to Mars. Here he discovers his increased strength from the planet's low gravity, allies himself with an alien tribe named the Tharks (they look like standard movie aliens) and gets involved in a war between two alien cities named Helium and Zodanga (these aliens look like earth people). He later fights for one of the cities, in the hope that he will find his real home.
I use the word standard a lot in the first paragraph, and that is a word that I think really does describe the story of the film. The film is based on the first in series of books about the title character written by Edgar Rice Burroughs (which I have not read). This movie does have a number of standard movie elements, the anti-hero who must become the true hero, his love interest is there can becomes his main focus by the end of the film, one of the villains is just power hungary and so on and so forth. But it is done very well.
This film is not going to change the way we see movies, but I do think that it is an enjoyable ride and a well done picture. I liked the main characters and how they dealt with the conflict  and the enemies did keep my attention. The effects ranged from very well done to fairly poorly done. The world of Mars was nice to look at.

The film cost 250 million dollars to make. It currently has made $254,510,000, which while it has made back it's budget; but, most likely,  it has not made the money Disney was hoping to earn. If it is still in theaters, go see it. If not, then get the dvd.