...and, The Film is 1 Hour 47 Minutes

[TheVileOne]

Judging from the runtime and the script, I will say PG.

 

[terry78]

Sommers doesn't do PG. As Michael Bay-ish as he is.

 

[TheVileOne]

Why not?

 

[Timstuff]

OK, let's look at the pattern:

Sommers:

The Mummy - PG-13
The Mummy Returns - PG-13
Van Helsing - PG-13

Paramount and Hasbro:

Transformers - PG-13
Transformers 2 - PG-13

Why would GI Joe suddenly be PG?

 

[M.E.H.Z.E.B]

Read the script. It's going to be PG-13 for intense sequences simulated violence, me thinks.

 

[terry78]

Sommers first two movies, which were Huck Finn and Jungle Book, were PG, but the material called for it. Plus those were his first two outings as a director.

 

[The Guard]

Definitely PG-13.

 

[TheVileOne]

OK, let's look at the pattern:

Sommers:

The Mummy - PG-13
The Mummy Returns - PG-13
Van Helsing - PG-13

Paramount and Hasbro:

Transformers - PG-13
Transformers 2 - PG-13

Why would GI Joe suddenly be PG?

Doesn't mean anything. They could still probably get a PG if they want.

 

[The Guard]

I doubt it. A lot of war and combat scenes, and some pretty disturbing imagery with Cobra Commander and Destro's respective injuries. Given the level of violence, I think it's pretty much got to be PG-13. I'd be very surprised if it even approached PG.

 

[Timstuff]

Doesn't mean anything. They could still probably get a PG if they want.

But why would they? You have no evidence whatsoever to suggest they're shooting for a PG, while there is plenty of evidence that they're shooting for a PG-13.

 

[enterthemadness]

The movie should be PG-13.

And Sommers has had only one R-rated movie, and that was Deep Rising. (Which had one hell of a cliffhanger ending)

G.I. Joe at PG would be a disaster. GI Joe at R or NC-17 would be something to see...but GI Joe isn't that violent. So, PG-13.

The again, star wars movies were PG, except for the last live action one so what do I know?

 

[terry78]

Some stuff from the graphic novel adapation is pretty much PG-13 material, if you've read it you know what it is. Though the new Harry Potter has some ghastly **** in it and they scored a PG, so whatevs.

 

[Fresh Prince]

I'm still not excited to see this movie, but keeping it under two hours is definitely a step in the right direction. Mindless action movies really shouldn't be any longer than 120 minutes.

Agreed.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

If this movie does well enough to warrent a sequel (which it probably will), you can probably expect it to have a longer runtime, which is often the trend with franchise movies like this. I'd say just over 2 hours would be the ideal length.

But the first Transformers was over 2 hours, why is G.I.Joe under that?

 

[Vile]

The less we see of this abortion the better.

 

[Fresh Prince]

The less we see of this abortion the better.

Agreed.

 

[Theweepeople]

I'm confused about the run time rumors because IMBD has it at 118 minutes. Is the movie close to 2 hours or not? If it's closer to 2 hours than I'll be even more excited to see this because those extra minutes could make a world of a difference in terms of character development.