GI Joe

[Lord_BoNes]

Split from another topic -b.

I'm off to have my brain thoroughly gouged out by GI Joe!

LOL! Have fun with the gouging...

[beowuuf]

My brain survived, but was not nourished in any way either!

[Lord_BoNes]

Was it THAT mediocre? Or was it all FX and no plot?

[beowuuf]

All FX and basic plot. It's pretty much the standard movie franchise movie now. Set up the characters (add flashbacks and conflicts as needed), have a little bit of a training montage, blow the heck out of a heck of a lot of things. The plot at least had a few points to it, but like the name suggests (Rise of Cobra) it's mostly about setting up cobra by the end.

It is literally mediocre - neither good nor bad, just existing as a watchable thing. Pretty much the same as Transformers, with a touch more character beats.

[Lord_BoNes]

Well, me guess that me is using my Gold-Class Movie Pass to see Harry Potter instead. I was debating whether to see G.I. Joe... but, it sounds like I hoped it wouldn't be.

[linflas]

GI Joe is a good action movie (basic story, nice FX, hot girls) that you will see probably once in your life. To watch that kind of movie, i *always* choose cinema with big screen, big sound and eventually polarized 3D glasses
I also followed that rule for Godzilla, I am legend, Transformers, I Robot, Wanted, Max Payne, Doom, Wing Commander and lots of "no so good" movies. But if I hadn't followed it, i wouldn't have watched at best conditions awesome movies like Starship Troopers or recently Watchmen for example.

[beowuuf]

Front middle is my new position for this sort of film! Screen filling your vision!

[Rye Gon Gin]

I've been a GI Joe fan since I was a kid. I was really excited to hear that Ray Park was playing my favourite character Snake Eyes! I was even lucky enough to meet him at The Fan Expo this past summer!