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GI Joe: Rise of Cobra Discussion and Reviews [SPOILERS]
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tomandshell
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I know I was expecting a cinematic abortion, but that's not what I experienced. I guess there are two kinds of people--those who grin during the trip down the elevator through the different levels of the Joe base, and those who don't. That was just one of the times I found myself with an unexpected smile on my face. It gave me the "playing in the toy box" feeling I was expecting.
I really wasn't expecting to tolerate a Wayans brother, but he was actually directed with a bit of restraint. Sommers could teach Bay a thing or two about how to utilize and portray black supporting characters in films like this. Wayans underplayed it and Mr. Eko from Lost was pretty cool--they didn't shriek, mug and talk jive like they would have in a Bay production.
Of the two, I say that this is the Paramount/Hasbro cartoon/toy inspired film of 2009 that isn't overlong and doesn't take itself too seriously. I had more fun with it and would rather watch this one again than T2. Bay's effects were better and more expensive, but I don't care if I ever see them again because there was no fun factor involved when all was said and done.
I really wasn't expecting to tolerate a Wayans brother, but he was actually directed with a bit of restraint. Sommers could teach Bay a thing or two about how to utilize and portray black supporting characters in films like this. Wayans underplayed it and Mr. Eko from Lost was pretty cool--they didn't shriek, mug and talk jive like they would have in a Bay production.
Of the two, I say that this is the Paramount/Hasbro cartoon/toy inspired film of 2009 that isn't overlong and doesn't take itself too seriously. I had more fun with it and would rather watch this one again than T2. Bay's effects were better and more expensive, but I don't care if I ever see them again because there was no fun factor involved when all was said and done.
cerealkeller
Super Freak
Wow. Yep taking Batman seriously is a MAJOR flaw
Saying something like this is no way to make a point as your wrong, plain and simple. I'm not saying G.I.Joe was horrible or even bad. And I know everyone has an opinion, but in this case your opinion is just wrong. And personally, I wish Sommers had taken things a little more seriously. It was fun, but no sense of anything taken seriously at all.
Well heck I went and saw the bloody thing and enjoyed it.
Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller obviously can't act their way out of a paper bag and Marlon Wayans getting Scarlett at the end made me want to throw up but I realized about a third of the way into it if this was some random GI Joe movie from yesteryear that played at midnight on TNT I'd probably get sucked in every time. Obviously a waste when you think about what could have been, but what can I say. I'm a sucker for ROTJ-style multi-battle finales and Sommers gave us a pretty lengthy one.
10 year old Snakes and SS? By far the biggest badasses in the film. Even moreso when you compare them to the likes of Jake Lloyd in TPM. Not the Joe movie I'd ever hope for them to make, but a guilty pleasure in the tradition of Batman Forever, X-Men 3, and parts of Independence Day.
If we get a TDK-esque reboot ROC will be even easier to stomach. Sommers left the Mummy franchise, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll let GI Joe go as well.
Channing Tatum and Sienna Miller obviously can't act their way out of a paper bag and Marlon Wayans getting Scarlett at the end made me want to throw up but I realized about a third of the way into it if this was some random GI Joe movie from yesteryear that played at midnight on TNT I'd probably get sucked in every time. Obviously a waste when you think about what could have been, but what can I say. I'm a sucker for ROTJ-style multi-battle finales and Sommers gave us a pretty lengthy one.
10 year old Snakes and SS? By far the biggest badasses in the film. Even moreso when you compare them to the likes of Jake Lloyd in TPM. Not the Joe movie I'd ever hope for them to make, but a guilty pleasure in the tradition of Batman Forever, X-Men 3, and parts of Independence Day.
If we get a TDK-esque reboot ROC will be even easier to stomach. Sommers left the Mummy franchise, maybe we'll get lucky and he'll let GI Joe go as well.
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EVILFACE
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Looks like I'll be skipping the sequel too!!
Khev, my disappointment in you know no bounds on this one. 
why do you have to make me choose Scott? can't I have both?
Indeed! Just pull a Doublemint!
Double your pleasure! Double your fun!
Sixthscalemagazine
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It's funny how some people feel so highbrow over a movie based on a cartoon...
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Heh.
Anyway, I cant wait for a sequel. The movie set up a ton of stuff I want to see next flick.
Anyway, I cant wait for a sequel. The movie set up a ton of stuff I want to see next flick.
Mesa
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It's funny how some people feel so highbrow over a movie based on a cartoon...
agreed. What was SO bad about the movie, other than the two poor choices of leading men?
It's not like GI Joe is an epic masterpiece like Tolkien's LOTR that only someone as talented as PJ could pull off. It's a cartoon about cool weapons and machinery, which is exactly what the movie included. I don't get all this talk about how horrible it is/was.
EVILFACE
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Eye of the beholder. LOTR isn't anything special either.
It's funny how some people feel so highbrow over a movie based on a cartoon...
That's the first problem. It shouldn't be based on the cheesy cartoon anymore than a Batman movie should be based on the Adam West show.
Hmm. Let's see... the script, the designs, the acting, half of the FX, the directing... are you sensing a trend yet? Seriously, what of those was GOOD?
Mesa
Super Freak
Them's fightin' words. Blasphemy.
Mesa
Super Freak
That's the first problem. It shouldn't be based on the cheesy cartoon anymore than a Batman movie should be based on the Adam West show.
There are plenty of serious and realistic war movies. If you want something based on reality, watch "Saving Private Ryan."
Hasbro succeeded in this film. All the kids that were there seemed to enjoy it, didn't notice any bad acting, weren't concerned over how well the movie adhered to any source material (comics, old cartoon show, vintage toys), and I'm sure will be asking them to buy all the new GI Joe toys that are coming out.
Where did I or anyone else here say we wanted that??
What is this need for one extreme or another?
Again, the bellweather (for me) is IRON MAN. It's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously and is hardly what I would call realistic, but is also a very well-made movie with designs faithful to the source material, a solid script, good performances, and a competent director. All things JOE sorely lacks.
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Alllright...De-mod this guy of this section !!!!! he's an Heretic.
jye4ever
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Seriously
if Mesa hits the nail on the head anymore than he already has done, the Carpenter's Union will require that he begin paying monthly dues.
if Mesa hits the nail on the head anymore than he already has done, the Carpenter's Union will require that he begin paying monthly dues.
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