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

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
So here we have the next in line for the Hasbro toy-to-movie treatment, following on from the Transformers films and then probably exhausting all other brands until we get a live-action trilogy of My Little Pony Vs Hungry Hungry Hippos. Like the Transformers movies, G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra is pitched as a fun, action-packed,...

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16 comments.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 18:27 on 04/10/09
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.
Matt
Posted by Matt at 18:01 on 04/10/09
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.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 15:33 on 04/10/09
I liked everything about it, which is pretty rare.

Quaid was brilliant, he just turned up and left no stones unchewed.
Ali
Posted by Ali at 15:22 on 04/10/09
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.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 15:15 on 04/10/09
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.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 22:16 on 10/08/09
Because the summer is 99% of the year?
Matt
Posted by Matt at 20:46 on 10/08/09
Because 99% of retards enjoy the summer?
Ali
Posted by Ali at 20:40 on 10/08/09
Because 99% of people are retarded?
Goatboy
Posted by Goatboy at 17:23 on 10/08/09
Why are 99% of summer films retarded?
Matt
Posted by Matt at 07:38 on 10/08/09
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.
Ali
Posted by Ali at 15:54 on 09/08/09
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.
Timmargh
Posted by Timmargh at 13:12 on 08/08/09
"[...] their limbs flailing in true 'CGI Joe' style [...]"

I see what you did there. Ho-ho, most amusing.
Ali
Posted by Ali at 10:30 on 08/08/09
That settles it: Ben wins the zingiest comment of the month award!
Luke
Posted by Luke at 10:22 on 08/08/09
Ahahaha just watched the trailer again - it might as well be that G-Force film with the little rat things.
Luke
Posted by Luke at 10:15 on 08/08/09
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.
Ben
Posted by Ben at 06:16 on 08/08/09
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'.
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