GI Joe: Rise of Cobra

ExtremeSleuth

ExtremeSleuth

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GI Joe was the shi* when I was growing up. Cobra Commander was always my favorite character. When I came down to Full Sail, some people were talking about GI Joe and COBRA, and a few of us banded together to start our own COBRA group.

I'm really looking forward to this movie, although with Stephen Sommers (sp?) in the director's seat, I'm not setting the bar very high. Plus Brendan Fraser is in it. Come on.

I do like the casting of Dennis Quaid, and I'm looking forward to how Joseph Gordon Leavitt handles Cobra Commander.

What do you think?
 
HAHA. We just all have a love for the Cobra, man. Its just a group of close friends who like Cobra and Cobra Commander.
 
Anyone else remotely interested in this, or am I the only perpetual 12 year old that wants to see it this weekend?
 
I wasn't really excited about Dennis Quaid or some of the other cast but I think I'm going to go see it this weekend. I'm just expecting a rock n sock em shoot em up movie, all of a sudden the tracking has come on really strong so I might wait until Monday when the crowds thin out.

When I was a kid my G.I. Joe was THE ladies man and used to do sexual things to my sisters barbie, I hope they remembered to put that in the movie. Dh'O!
 
ChipG said:
When I was a kid my G.I. Joe was THE ladies man and used to do sexual things to my sisters barbie
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Funny, a co-worker said almost the same thing verbatim this morning.

Yeah, liking this movie goes against all my better judgments, but if I got fooled by a cool trailer it would not be the first time.
 
You'll see some cool cgi sets that have never been done before (actually lots), loreno d. who produced it produced the transformers movies which I have never seen (ya I know :)) so I'm in the same boat being 39 years old but I'm looking forward to seeing it, it does look really fun. I almost feel like it is my patriotic duty to go see g.i. with an american flag hanging from my car antenna, the windows rolled down and kid rocks american bad ass turned up to 11!
 
It's kind of interesting that with 'GI Joe' the studio has basically said we're not going to show this to the usual critics because 'Transformers' has proven that the critics' opinion is basically irrelevant, for big noisy silly over-the-top kind of summer movies.

Almost like they're admitting that it's crud* up front, but from a business perspective crud sells, and why let critics try to interfere.



*highly polished, technically sophisticated crud, of course.
 
Sad Max said:
It's kind of interesting that with 'GI Joe' the studio has basically said we're not going to show this to the usual critics because 'Transformers' has proven that the critics' opinion is basically irrelevant, for big noisy silly over-the-top kind of summer movies.

Almost like they're admitting that it's crud* up front, but from a business perspective crud sells, and why let critics try to interfere.



*highly polished, technically sophisticated crud, of course.
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I have been following most of that, it's like the critics expect every movie they see to be oscar worthy, come on, these are fun rock n' sock em summer movies made for teen age boys / young adults. All critics like to grandstand by invalidating any movie that is less than oscar worthy including super hero movies.
 
I don't know, this film looks like a mess. It just seems all over the place. First we got these GI Joe soldiers with their high tech battle armor, then there is the whole Cobra underwater base that looks like something out of a Jules Verne turn of the century sci-fi adventure. Plus, they are probably going to have to shoe horn in all kinds of cheesy sayings like "go Joe" or something along those lines. Remember the Mortal Kombat film (I wouldn't be surprised if none of us did) and how they had to include fatalities and sayings like "finish him"? They even had the toasty guy standing in a crowd as they watched a fight. Now, all of this stuff works successfully in a video game, but not in a film. This stuff just annoys me when Hollywood can't grasp how to successfully adapt something as simple as Mortal Kombat, GI Joe, or Transformers.

Also, GI Joe is directed by Stephen Sommers, who did the sleep inducing atrocity of a creature feature known as Van Helsing. Seriously, I put Van Helsing a notch above The League of Extraodinary Gentlemen, a film I can image they play on an endless loop to all the poor souls in hell. I'll admit that I did enjoy The Mummy, and The Mummy Returns was somewhat fun too, but after Van Helsing I'm very cautious about going to a film by Stephen Sommers.

GI Joe, Transformers, etc... these might be fun but are ultimately unforgettable once you are leaving the theater. Actually, this summer's films have all been kinda like that, with a few exceptions. I had fun with Transformers, Star Trek was technically well done but a disappointment, and I thought Terminator Salvation was solid. I'm burnt out on big budget blockbusters.

ChipG said:
I have been following most of that, it's like the critics expect every movie they see to be oscar worthy, come on, these are fun rock n' sock em summer movies made for teen age boys / young adults. All critics like to grandstand by invalidating any movie that is less than oscar worthy including super hero movies.
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I agree Chip. I think that sometimes critics do go into movies with bloated expectations, or that they simply don't like these types of summer blockbusters with the exception of the ones that are a bit more realistic and serious like The Dark Knight.

I have to admit though, that I actually had a good time with Transformers 2, even though it has a thin plot and characterization, something about Michael Bay's style is just fun to watch, in addition to rampaging robot destruction. The problem is, besides some nice visual FX, I couldn't really recall anything amazing standing out as I walked from the exit to my car once it was over.

As for GI Joe, I'm gonna sit this one out and wait for District 9 and Inglorious Basterds.
 
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ChipG said:
I have been following most of that, it's like the critics expect every movie they see to be oscar worthy, come on, these are fun rock n' sock em summer movies made for teen age boys / young adults. All critics like to grandstand by invalidating any movie that is less than oscar worthy including super hero movies.
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I don't think anyone - critic or not - seriously expects every film to be an Oscar(tm) contender.

But I think they do hope that even a summer action movie can be competently plotted, with compelling characters and interesting dialog. And frankly that is not even a slightly unreasonable expectation, considering the resources dumped into projects like this.

Unless of course one's perspective is, the audience digs crap, which means that crap should pass by unquestioned.
 
Wenstien is being bashed all over town for cutting a trailer to Bastards that has nothing to do with the movie, it'll be interesting to see how that one plays out. Lot's of pissed off people will be walking out of theater scrathing thier heads on that one.
 
Happens all the time. Can't tell you how many people were bitching about Jarhead being set during Desert Storm when they felt the promos had led them to think it was an Iraqi Freedom-themed movie...
 
Sad Max said:
Happens all the time. Can't tell you how many people were bitching about Jarhead being set during Desert Storm when they felt the promos had led them to think it was an Iraqi Freedom-themed movie...
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I know it does but not like this, I'm telling you, different plot etc. it's the worst trailer pull over ever in history.
 
ChipG said:
I know it does but not like this, I'm telling you, different plot etc. it's the worst trailer pull over ever in history.
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Hmmm... I didn't know this about the Basterds trailer. I've read a little of the script, just the opening, and have heard enough about its premise coupled with the fact that it is Tarantino to not really need to trailer to entice me.

But I do have to admit, the trailer did seem a little off to me having known a little about the film beforehand. It comes out soon enough anyway, so I can easily avoid any previews and trailers.

As for trailers, you bring up an interesting point. Luckily before I had a chance to view The Lovely Bones trailer, I heard that it gave away a ton of the plot, so I've decided I'm going to avoid the trailers for it. I just want to see the darn movie. Same thing with James Cameron's Avatar.
 
ChipG said:
Yea, Cameron doesn't even need a trailer for avatar :)
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Well, for the general public he will, but I've heard so much hype for this over the last year, and am such a big Cameron fan, especially his science fiction stuff, that I don't need a trailer to convince me. I'll be there at the 3-D Imax showing on opening day.

I just hope Avatar doesn't get over-hyped and the film can't live up to it come December.
 
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