Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

Oh, yeah totally - no disagreement there, it was a bad film no doubt - a bad, silly, fun, enjoyable, film, which I will never watch again. I will, however, watch a sequel if one ever gets made.

I stand by my 2-star review. I've always argued that there is a difference between "good" films and "enjoyable" films. This is a pretty terrible movie but I still loved watching it.

I have my fingers crossed for a decent sequel with lots of Gordon-Levitt hamming it up.

I liked everything about it, which is pretty rare.

Quaid was brilliant, he just turned up and left no stones unchewed.

It's fun, isn't it? It never once tried to be serious and it's a movie based on a child's action figure series, so I cut it some slack and enjoyed it all the more for it. Still laughed at the bit where Channing Tatum tried to beat up a hologram, though.

Well, that was thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end. Loved the way it got stuck into it's own little world and just ran with it - fuck the consequences, just do it. Excellent. Surprisingly funny too.

Who was the redhead? My word.

It was like the first Natal game made especially for quadriplegics.

Because the summer is 99% of the year?

Because 99% of retards enjoy the summer?

Because 99% of people are retarded?

Why are 99% of summer films retarded?

In the UK, GI Joe was rebranded as Action Force. A quick survey among friends reveals that I'm the only one who has ever bought the figures and toys. And cartoon videos. And lunchbox.

Interesting fact: They made a GI Joe cartoon movie in 1987 but, because the Transformers cartoon movie flopped somewhat, it had a lower budget which means there are no Orson Welles-type big names in the voice cast except Don Johnson and the 90s wrestler, Sgt Slaughter.

Saw this today and am ashamed to say I rather enjoyed it. No chance anyone can take it seriously - Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Cobra Commander is a panto villain. Probably the dumbest film of the year, but it's a good old-fashioned undemanding summer bollocks-buster.

"[...] their limbs flailing in true 'CGI Joe' style [...]"

I see what you did there. Ho-ho, most amusing.

That settles it: Ben wins the zingiest comment of the month award!

Ahahaha just watched the trailer again - it might as well be that G-Force film with the little rat things.

Canning Town?

Did we ever have GI Joe in jolly ol' Blighty? We had Action Man and his stupid eyes. Either way I don't care - this elicits a big "meh" from me also.

Channing Tatum sounds like a line on the underground. Change at Bank onto an eastbound Channing Tatum train, go three stops and you're right there in 'Meh'.