Thought it was great!
Stay away if your sandy vagina needs every movie to be a masterpiece. It was stupid fun, just like the original.
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Thought it was great!
Stay away if your sandy vagina needs every movie to be a masterpiece. It was stupid fun, just like the original.
The original wasn't even fun... Are you telling me this movie is on the same level as the original?
Missed Dole's comment, ok. Cool
The biggest difference is that you can tell whoever wrote/directed this one was a G.I. Joe fan. Instead of someone who wanted to make a big action flick and didn't care what franchise it was attached to.
Exactly. The first one was obviously directed by a hired gun who clearly didn't "get it."Quote:
Originally Posted by Timber
As Timber said, it's not high art, but it's a fun movie made by someone who clearly knows what makes GI Joe tick. Other than wanting more Cobra Commander, I left the theater happy.
BTW, after the credits there's nothing. Bummer.
Yeah I never cared a whole lot about GI Joe as a kid, so I don't really get it either. I was listening to someone complain that it goes from everyone having their own armies, to tiny little fights in this one that are kind of like "We're supposed to remember the first one happened, except the parts with thousands of soldier's on each side?"
Probably just gonna wait.
I watched it last night. It was ok.
It was 1,000,000,000 times better the first G.I. Joe, but having an ulcer is 1,000,000,000 times better than having a chest burster.
I would not tell anyone it sucks and not to see it if they already wanted to see it. I would not tell anyone on the fence that it's a must see.
There were some great set pieces and action scenes. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 had some great set pieces and action scenes.
I failed to see what was so awesome about Cobra Commander, aside from point on characterization from the cartoons. He was a loser who did nothing but order people around, turn tail at any sign of resistance, and leave important shit up to underlings. So in that sense, A+.
In the pro column:
- Rock did a fine job of carrying the movie. I never thought of him as Roadblock (a real rhyme would have been nice!), but I like the Rock; so whatever.
- Bruce Willis had moments of his classic charm shining through. He's been a disappointment more often than not lately, so it was a treat to see a bit of the Old Bruce Willis shine through in old Bruce Willis. Unlike another scene I'll get to in a second, even though I'd seen the cholesterol bit a thousand times, it still made me smile.
- Ninja scene aside from cheesy CG here and there was really awesome.
- Jonathan Pryce was wonderful in his duel role. From a pure acting standpoint,I think he outshined everyone else in the movie. Dude effortlessly beamed with integrity the way we all desire to see when we look at our president, and then epitomized the insidious evil we love to permeate our villains.
- 'Splosions! Lots of them! It sucks that the destruction of London was shown in trailers. That would have been an awesome scene if it hadn't been spoiled a hundred times previously.
- Palicki in her underwear!
- Boyd Crowder! It was a small part, but he was great.
- Channing wasn't in it much.
- Plot perfect for a cartoon, not so much for a film. I'm going to kill you. WITH GRAVITY!
Cons:
- Channing wasn't in it much. I thought part of the reason for the delay was to put more of him in it. throughout the whole movie, I kept expecting him to show up somewhere.. Was it just the Xbox commercial in the beginning? Weak.
- Firefly. I liked Ray in Punisher War Zone (even though the movie was a piece of shit) and I loved him in Rome. He couldn't decide if Firefly was Southern, Australian, or some bastard mix of the two. Overall, he overacted and was disappointing.
- Rza. I'm not sure if he was a known entity in the movie beforehand, so I will spoil him just in case so that I don't ruin the surprise, if there is supposed to be one. Anyway, he was horrible. If this is how he was in The man with the iron fists, then I'm glad I never watched it.
- The Zartan-Storm Shadow connection. Holy shit was it contrived and ludicrous. Worst part of the film.
- I hope Arnold Vosloo is still getting residuals from The Mummy, because I doubt his ten seconds is this movie will contribute much to his lifestyle.
- When they walk into the new Pit, all you see are monitors from the 90's laying around. A scene or two later there are flatscreen monitors and all sort of gadgetry set up. Nitpicky, but I can only suspend my disbelief so far. These guys are on the run, did they pull this shit out of the couple of knapsacks they carried from the desert?
- Rza. He was so bad, it bears repeating.
It wasn't a train wreck, but I don't see myself rushing to purchase (or even that other thing that Josh likes so much) it to see it again. If you're a fan and want to see it, go for it. You'll forget most of it before your popcorn bucket hits the trash.
I rate it 3 Trouble Bubbles out of 4 Pac Rats.
I saw it today, and agree with much of what SSJN just said. I was shocked by Duke dying because i thought the whole point of the delay was to add more of him, which I took to mean he was staying alive.
I wish Roadblock had busted out a rhyme. Just one.
Zartan had some really funny lines.
Seeing London get blowed up was amazing, even though I knew it was coming.
Was kinda hoping North Korea didn't have an abort button. Or some other sort of joke about NK's nuclear ability. Like a misfire when the missiles launched or something.
Oh! That reminds me of something else that bugged me. Why would the abort button cause Zeus to explode? Did it not cross anyone's mind that just because they may want to stop the countdown right now, maybe they'll want to start it up again in the future?
Cobra Commander sounded like the zombie in the first segment of Creepshow. "Where's my cake...?" I liked it. And yeah, he didn't do a whole lot during the movie, but I'm a big fan of the old-school character, so seeing him not being a total pussy with a goldfish bowl on his head like the last movie was cool. Nostalgia, nigga.
RZA is the worst actor on the planet.
No mid-credit PSAs was a bummer.
I didn't get the whole instant Zeus explody button thing, either.
The ninja mountain scene was pretty fucking awesome.
Live action HISS tanks were really cool...too bad they couldn't do a damn thing against Rock's glorified dune buggy thing.
This was a fucking GI Joe movie and I loved every bit of it.