GI Joe: Rise of Cobra Discussion and Reviews [SPOILERS]

[lerath666]

it's got the same title as transformers three, AND spaceballs two.
The quest for more money.

 

[Khev]

Hisstank.com is reporting that Steve Sommers won't be directing GI Joe 2!

 

[EVILFACE]

Prolly will be Bret Ratner.

 

[unsung hero]

Prolly will be Bret Ratner.

Not that I'm a big fan of Ratner, but it would have to be better than Sommers again. He's the damn reason we got the accelerator suits. At least Ratner has made one good movie, Red Dragon. He did kill the X-Men franchise though.

With the writers of Zombieland doing it, I have higher expectations, I just hope they bring in a good talent to direct. And get rid of Channing Tatum while they are in the firing mood.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Not that I'm a big fan of Ratner, but it would have to be better than Sommers again. He's the damn reason we got the accelerator suits. At least Ratner has made one good movie, Red Dragon. He did kill the X-Men franchise though.

With the writers of Zombieland doing it, I have higher expectations, I just hope they bring in a good talent to direct. And get rid of Channing Tatum while they are in the firing mood.

Now, Zombieland is about the only zombie movie that I enjoy watching more than once...but I see it as simply funny in how ridiculous it is. What exactly is it about the writing that gives you confidence in the writers to do something as different as GI Joe is from Zombieland?

 

[unsung hero]

Now, Zombieland is about the only zombie movie that I enjoy watching more than once...but I see it as simply funny in how ridiculous it is. What exactly is it about the writing that gives you confidence in the writers to do something as different as GI Joe is from Zombieland?

Because they were able to make it enjoyable to watch multiple times, without it getting tired and old. It's witty and funny, set in a horrible experience. You can enjoy the characters, even if they are somewhat predictable. None of the characters in Joe were enjoyable, aside from Snake Eyes. Joe was a halfway decent popcorn flick, but doesn't really hold up to multiple viewings. The writers for Zombieland were able to take a genre that is (or was, as AMC has been able to make a great series out of it) heading into the tired, same old nonsense that starting sending these flicks direct to video. I found it to be very entertaining, and liked it enough to buy it on Blu Ray. Granted, it's not only the writers that make it great, the acting and direction also have a large part to do with it (as well as the cameo of the year), but it starts with the writing.

 

[EVILFACE]

Now, Zombieland is about the only zombie movie that I enjoy watching more than once...but I see it as simply funny in how ridiculous it is. What exactly is it about the writing that gives you confidence in the writers to do something as different as GI Joe is from Zombieland?

I liked Zombieland but it was kinda just a meh movie with no real plot other than find tweenkies.

But even that would seem better than the ROC, which I still haven't seen.

 

[Darth Cruel]

I liked both movies enough to watch them multiple times. Yes, Zombieland was MUCH better and I hope the abilities that the writes showed in Zombieland can be ported over to GI Joe 2, but the differences in the kinds of movies they are seem to make that a far cry from a given.

Just the same...I am willing to bet it'll be OK for me whether or not it gets the hate from others that Rise of Cobra got.

 

[Khev]

What a bizarre ad for ROC's basic cable debut.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0EhxocIL6k&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

 

[thenammagazine]

On the bright side, I'm usually well clear of USA on Saturday nights.

 

[hunnipot85]

What a bizarre ad for ROC's basic cable debut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0EhxocIL6k&feature=player_embedded

what a terrible commercial.

Atleast they got it right by showing Sienna when they said attractive people though..

 

[Khev]

Channing Tatum goes on record as saying he "****ing hates GI Joe Rise of Cobra:"

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra may have been a success by box-office standards, but not so much in Channing Tatum's eyes. According to the Magic Mike XXL hunk, who talked about the film on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show on Tuesday, June 23, he was forced to take the role because of a contract with the studio — and he's still not thrilled about it.

"Look, I'll be honest. I f--king hate that movie. I hate that movie," he told Stern of the 2009 blockbuster, which grossed more than $302 million worldwide. "I was pushed into doing that movie...[After] Coach Carter, they signed me for a three-picture deal...And as a young [actor], you're like, 'Oh my god, that sounds amazing, I'm doing that!'"

It turned out to be too good to be true. "So time goes by, and you get other jobs...and things happen and you have a dream job that you want to go do, and the studio calls up," the Foxcatcher star, 35, explained. "And they're like, 'Hey, we got a movie for you. We're gonna send it to you.' And it's G.I. Joe."
Having grown up watching the cartoon (which had a corresponding line of toys by Hasbro), Tatum actually loved G.I. Joe (the franchise, not the movie) — but he wanted to play Snake-Eyes. The studio said no. Snake-Eyes eventually went to actor Ray Park, who reprised the role in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

"The script wasn't any good," Tatum told Stern, adding that he was afraid he'd ruin something he loved as a kid. "I didn't want to do something that I thought was 1) bad, and 2) I just didn't know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe."
That said, he knows it could have been worse. "I could have been given...I don't know, Scream 5," he quipped. "I'm super lucky and blessed to have been given that film. That was really not all that bad. [But you have] no option. 'You're doing this or we're gonna sue you.'"

Channing Tatum I "F--king Hate" G.I. Joe, "Was Pushed" Into It - Us Weekly

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Tatum during the interview.

I'm pretty sure that's how a lot of the Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Star Trek, and LOTR actors feel about those films deep down. Even Vigo Mortensen has already said he wasn't a fan of LOTR, so for a mediocre actor like Tatum to not like GI Joe and be honest about it, is not a real surprise.

 

[crows]

Channing Tatum goes on record as saying he "****ing hates GI Joe Rise of Cobra:"

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra may have been a success by box-office standards, but not so much in Channing Tatum's eyes. According to the Magic Mike XXL hunk, who talked about the film on Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show on Tuesday, June 23, he was forced to take the role because of a contract with the studio — and he's still not thrilled about it.

"Look, I'll be honest. I f--king hate that movie. I hate that movie," he told Stern of the 2009 blockbuster, which grossed more than $302 million worldwide. "I was pushed into doing that movie...[After] Coach Carter, they signed me for a three-picture deal...And as a young [actor], you're like, 'Oh my god, that sounds amazing, I'm doing that!'"

It turned out to be too good to be true. "So time goes by, and you get other jobs...and things happen and you have a dream job that you want to go do, and the studio calls up," the Foxcatcher star, 35, explained. "And they're like, 'Hey, we got a movie for you. We're gonna send it to you.' And it's G.I. Joe."
Having grown up watching the cartoon (which had a corresponding line of toys by Hasbro), Tatum actually loved G.I. Joe (the franchise, not the movie) — but he wanted to play Snake-Eyes. The studio said no. Snake-Eyes eventually went to actor Ray Park, who reprised the role in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation.

"The script wasn't any good," Tatum told Stern, adding that he was afraid he'd ruin something he loved as a kid. "I didn't want to do something that I thought was 1) bad, and 2) I just didn't know if I wanted to be G.I. Joe."
That said, he knows it could have been worse. "I could have been given...I don't know, Scream 5," he quipped. "I'm super lucky and blessed to have been given that film. That was really not all that bad. [But you have] no option. 'You're doing this or we're gonna sue you.'"

Channing Tatum I "F--king Hate" G.I. Joe, "Was Pushed" Into It - Us Weekly

isnt this looked down upon in Hollywood? badmouthing the people you work for?

 

[The Ween]

Give him a few years and he'll be saying the same **** about Magic Mike movies. You took the job, you got paid, so STFU.

 

[EVILFACE]

ROC sucks and Tatum, you are the star of it. Deal with it.

 

[Khev]

ROC sucks and Tatum, you are the star of it. Deal with it.

Clooney never made excuses for Batman & Robin. He always acts like the batnipples and things are his mistakes to apologize for even though they clearly were not. Now everyone knows that if you work with Clooney you'll never be thrown under the bus.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Aww the potato head didn't like his movie wah wah wah.

 

[RIDDICK]

You took the job, you got paid, so STFU.

Clooney never made excuses for Batman & Robin.

Not to mention that GRoC wasn't worse than any of dem Bayformers, and no one will ever apologize for those.
This Magic Mike fella can go **** his career right in the paycheck.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

Give him a few years and he'll be saying the same **** about Magic Mike movies. You took the job, you got paid, so STFU.

Or Gambit