Review: Disney's "John Carter" is an epic sci-fi misfire

Film Rating: D+

I wanted to like John Carter.  I really did.  I never read the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels growing up, but I’m well aware of the passion they’ve stirred in others, and I’m a huge fan of the many sci-fi and fantasy works they helped inspire, such as “Star Wars.”  With Andrew Stanton – one of co-founders of Pixar and director of “Finding Ne…