goneboating
I write this review to correct the misguided hack reviews of 2009 .
I saw this film in 2009 and just watched it almost 9 years later.
I am STILL impressed with the action , CGI , and polished finish of this product.
The faithful portrayal of the comic-book characters is refreshing in a Marvel dominated 2018 summer movies frenzy.
Its nice to see the "Good Guys" rue the day!
Heroes that we can relate to beat any antiheroes with psychotic antisocial antics that make you think they are anything but deranged megalomaniacs driven by hatred and self loathing. "two thumbs up".
If you want your heart to pound through most of the film and be wowed by non stop action stunts ,explosions and the nice guy gets his girl back ....Then this flick is fo you!
wikipediacabal
I was ten years old when the GI Joe cartoon came on back in the 80s and I thought it was great back then. When I watched this reboot, my first reaction was that it has no respect for plausibility or physics. There are many examples but one of the worst was the ballistic missiles. Marlon Wayans steals some kind of SR-71 knockoff Cobra plane and proceeds to chase and shoot down two ICBMs.Stupid, right? Ridiculous in several different ways? That's what I thought until I happened to rewatch one of the 1985 cartoons: "Red Rocket's Glare." In the cartoon, a ballistic missile is about to launch from California to Washington, DC. Roadblock, one of the GI Joes jumps onto the missile to disarm it. The Crimson Twins are in hot pursuit and they also jump on. The missile launches with three guys on top of it and they hang on.Flint and Lady Jay are in an F-14 flying around. Someone radios to them that this particular rocket has launched. So they say "On our way" and the afterburners light up, naturally allowing the jet to catch the ballistic missile.The missile has apparently gone up as high as it's going to go and come down again with Roadblock and the two Cobra guys hanging onto it, still fist fighting and exchanging quips. Flint then shoots a sidewinder at the flying missile and somehow it knocks the missile warhead off, instead of exploding itself. Then the missile luckily lands in the Potomac and everyone is OK.My point is, the dumbest and most unbelievable stuff from the movie pales in comparison to how stupid everything was on the TV show. Actually they cleaned it up a lot in terms of plausibility. You think nanomites are dumb? In that particular show I discussed, Destro has invented something called a photon disintegrator that fits in a backpack and makes a whole city disappear. And he is going to use them to destroy every capital city unless every country surrenders their nation to Cobra. That's it! No further explanation! When this is the source material, it's impossible to criticize the movie for being implausible. It might help to watch some of the old cartoons to recalibrate your sense of what is just too stupid.
Dominic LeRose
Every male plays with a G.I. Joe action figure at some point in his childhood. They're an iconic toy that when put to the screen has no toy aspect or good quality. When an elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer... well let's just say explosion after explosion occurs with horrendous dialogue read belligerently by actors with as much talent as an inoperative typewriter. The premise of bringing the imaginations of children to the big screen involving cool costumes, destruction, endless action, and more destruction sounded like something I would totally dig. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" stalls out and lacks any source of inspiration in respecting the honorable toy that is the G.I. Joe doll. Instead, director Stephen Sommers guides his team to deliver sharp sound fused with some decent visuals, but a whole lot more of laughable words flying out of the action-stars mouths while trying to lighten the mood by adding laughless comedy. I wondered if Sommers ever took each actor aside and said, "That was decent, now act in a less sucky way." On and on we're succumbed to lame CGI and a bunch of wacky characters that lacks any originality or potential for a fun sequel. This is the exact type of film that would please dim-witted audiences who just want to see something blow up. Trust me, you'd rather make firecrackers than spend money on this squawky action adventure.
Taylor Kingston
I enjoy this movie, but I can't watch it over and over. I honestly didn't know that G.I. Joe was a cartoon and a famous character. And when I did find out, I though that G.I. Joe was one person, not a team or an organization.I feel a bit bad for this movie, because it didn't get great ratings and not a lot of people liked it that much. I enjoyed, but I'm pretty sure that's mainly to do with Channing Tatum. I like this movie and would recommend it, but don't get mad at me, if your expectations aren't met. Since I never knew anything about G.I. Joe, I couldn't be disappointed.In this movie, a group of elite combat fighter spy people, called the G.I. Joe's, are called to action, against a ruthless enemy. Also, Channing Tatum is in it, and he looks good.Overall, I give this movie a 7 out of 10.
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