GI Joe Movie

[Dolemite]

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-1 for posting the CG version instead of the Muppet.

[Josh]

[Dolemite]

That's better.

[Space Pirate Roberts]

Moriarty says it's good

[Dolemite]

Can't read it. I'm on media blackout, nigga.

[Dolemite]

Positive reviews of Retaliation are coming in from all over the place, especially Joe fan sites. I just read this blurb from a spoiler-free review:

"The star of the show was absolutely Cobra Commander. He owned absolutely every single scene he was in. Every one. Jon Chu knew precisely how to use the character, and the way he shot his scenes was simply perfect. He was clearly the focal character that everyone bowed down to, and even with the absolute ludicrous image of Cobra Commander surrounded by ninjas and just walking calmly into a UN assembly...it just worked. Because that's how the G.I. Joe universe works. It doesn't have to make sense, it doesn't have to function in the real world, it just is. And that's okay."

Seeing this tomorrow night. Can't wait!

[Dolemite]

Oh, and I need this poster:

[Dolemite]

Just got back from seeing it. It was a DAMN good movie. It's not perfect...the flow of the story felt a tad disjointed at points (mostly involving the ninja stuff) and I felt that it could be a little confusing for people who either hadn't seen the first movie or weren't familiar with the overall story of the comics. Also, since this is a story about the Joes knocked down and on the run, there was plenty of great action, but not on an army vs. army scale like they had in the comics and cartoon- I missed that a little. But otherwise, it was 10,000x better than Rise of Cobra.

Cobra Commander owned this movie, so much so that I was actually annoyed that he wasn't in the movie nearly as much as I would have liked. He costume was so bad-ass and the voice they used for him was great. Firefly was really cool as well, but pretty much anything Ray Stevenson does is good, so whatever.

Roadblock was good, Lady Jaye was good, Flint was...kinda bland. Bruce Willis had a somewhat larger role than I expected (I really just thought he would have a small cameo, despite being plastered all over the promotional materials). Snake Eyes owned, and his costume was far better this time around...no big rubber lips, thankfully.

Overall, great movie and I'm hoping for a sequel where they totally go all-out.

[Timber]

Wasn't planning on it but I'm gonna go check this out in a half hour.

I enjoyed Rise of Cobra so they aren't going to have to work too hard to please me.

[Dolemite]

If you liked Rise of Cobra then you will totally like this one.