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SkinnyPupp 08-06-2009 08:48 PM

GI JOE
 
Fucking AWESOME movie, best action movie I've seen in years.

At first I thought it would be stupid, because I assumed it would be like Transformers. In other words, Transformers could have just as easily been about any group of large robots fighting each other. Throw in some explosions and stupid jokes, and you have "Transformers" (and any other Michael Bay movie).

On the other hand, GI JOE takes many of the characters we were familiar with, and made a really fun movie about them. They changed some things here and there, but it's not like they completely changed everything. It's still GI JOE, not "random soldiers with cool weapons".

I think of it as being like STAR WARS for this generation. This is what Episode 1 should have been. :thumbsup:

quasi 08-06-2009 09:27 PM

Really? I grew up in the 80's and GIJoes were always my favorite toy but the previews made me not want to watch it at the theatre. Maybe I should reconsider?

SkinnyPupp 08-06-2009 09:30 PM

I reconsidered at the last moment. I was a huge fan of Transformers and GI Joe, and I hated the Transformers movie.

!SG 08-06-2009 10:16 PM

gonna go see it tommorow!

k20a 08-07-2009 12:34 AM

Me too.

will068 08-07-2009 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6536566)
I reconsidered at the last moment. I was a huge fan of Transformers and GI Joe, and I hated the Transformers movie.

I had the same paradigm as you with Transformers. GI Joe sounds like a hit.

RayBot 08-07-2009 01:54 AM

Oh...i dunno what to say.

I don't care about the whole 'not true to the cartoon,' 'the movie ruined my childhood blah blah,'.....im not one of those cartoon / comic book nerds that complains about those things.

As long as i find it entertaining, okay storyline, and not mind-numbing....then its worth my time.

But the movie itself? I found it....well, a waste of my time. On top of a bunch of things, it felt too artificial....almost kinda like watching that Speed Racer movie from last year.


Everything else i didn't like about it is completely subjective.

DanHibiki 08-07-2009 02:16 AM

First off I want to say I did enjoy this movie and was a huge fan as a kid.

To enjoy this movie you have to accept the fact that everything is over the top and that it's like you were actually watching an episode of the old cartoon series. A live action cartoon movie is what it is and that's how it felt.

One of my complaints and reasoning to make you feel less like any of this could be plausible is that the technology in this movie is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond it's time. That plus the funding required by both the Joes and Cobra to have all that equipment is impossible.

But again, I came in expecting this and did enjoy it a lot. Storm Shadow + Snake Eyes = AWESOME.

And if there was one reason to watch this? THE BARONESS = HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_goGwh3PP9G...-+Baroness.png
http://mos.totalfilm.com/images/s/si...-00-420-75.jpg


I still think the directing was brutal. Certain scenes were really poorly done making it look really lame and almost like they are insulting our intelligence by making the explanations so clear and concise as if we couldn't understand it otherwise.

YO JOE!!


Sienna Miller should keep her hair black and always wear those glasses and leather suit.

v.Rossi 08-07-2009 02:22 AM

yeah i just saw this movie, it was pretty good in terms of action and for sure entertaining, the storyline was okay. overall i give it 7/10.

and yes that chick is pretty fucking hot!

RayBot 08-07-2009 02:42 AM

Now that I think of it, if theres a movie that I can compare the impression i got with Gi Joe, it would be STREET FIGHTER (w/jc van damme).

Don't get me wrong....i loved the Street Fighter movie. But only because i love street fighter, not because Raul Julia deserved the Oscar for best supporting actor as M Bison.

hotjoint 08-07-2009 06:37 AM

looks like a good movie, that chick is dope....

winson604 08-07-2009 07:20 AM

The minute I saw Marlon Wayans in the trailer I lost total interest in this movie. To top it all off when they pull the whole "what does it accelerate?" "YOU!" I was like i'm done with this. Download for me.

q0192837465 08-07-2009 02:58 PM

not really interested, but will prolly end up watching it

!SG 08-07-2009 03:02 PM

i gotta say, i liked it.

lots of action.

Spoiler!

DanHibiki 08-07-2009 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !SG (Post 6537452)
i gotta say, i liked it.

lots of action.

Spoiler!

Spoiler!

hotong 08-07-2009 06:33 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdNOSDQyZDA

hal0g0dv2 08-07-2009 06:35 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BDM1oBRJ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9u4g...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMDcj...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eA3X...eature=related

hal0g0dv2 08-07-2009 06:36 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj802...eature=related

SkinnyPupp 08-07-2009 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonogunn8 (Post 6537481)
Spoiler!

Trust me, it was him. He was Sgt. Stone, a character from the 90's cartoons that I am not familiar with. (GI Joe Extreme, and GI Joe Sigma)

DanHibiki 08-07-2009 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp (Post 6537786)
Trust me, it was him. He was Sgt. Stone, a character from the 90's cartoons that I am not familiar with. (GI Joe Extreme, and GI Joe Sigma)

ur right. on imdb it's doesn't show GI Joe but on Wiki it does.

Spoiler!

BT 08-07-2009 09:34 PM

Just saw the movie. Theatre was packed and sold out (as expected) and I think it was an entertaining movie to say the least. Sienna Miller ftw!

hotong 08-07-2009 09:35 PM

yah the movie wasn;t bad

rice cooker 08-08-2009 02:41 AM

no sgt slaughter?

SkinnyPupp 08-08-2009 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rice cooker (Post 6538298)
no sgt slaughter?

Watch RAW on Monday ;)

RayBot 08-08-2009 08:28 AM

Brendan Fraser's character was
Spoiler!


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