I miss these boards, but sadly I'm working now. I would like to say this movie was soooooooooooo much fun, wow better than I expected based on sommers' track record.
He does better work away from universal.
what
I liked in a nutshell;
The idea to use the new recruit structure applied to the introduction of the gi joe oginazation. A good way to keep the audience engaged and in wonder.
-I love Brandon Fraser.
-Cobra's scarred past.
-Some of the set pieces.
-Snake eyes being that special scene stealing bad ass(he could do everything they could, and without the special suits)
-Snake eyes past.
-Every joe getting his moment(like the show)
What
I didn't like so much.
Channing being a naturalistic actor is good is most of his urban set movies but here, for all Dukes charm he was out of place.
Not sure why they had to attack the eiffel tower if the bugs would eat the entire city
nothing else is worth really mentioning.
I would like to address this however
...I was snickering often at the absurdity. This could be the quintessential roll your eyes movie. Whether it was the preposterous flashbacks (kung fu kids? bunker bad guy lives?) or the insane disregard for human life (how many people died in Paris?) this movie was so bad that it may be rewatchable simply to mock it.
3/10
about half as many that died during the real terrorist attack on New York City a few years ago. Sometimes the heroes can't save everyone and people actually die. Especially when they are trying to stop the "Bad guys" form destroying everyone in the city(including they ones that got hit by the stray missiles)
as a young boy I would have really loved seeing that kid snake eyes story line.
lastly I will say this, sommers and bay should trade, they obviously want to.
That paris scene needed it some bay.
Sure bay likes cars but he likes making cool military show pieces moreso.
Sure sommers likes cool army heroes but he likes making (mediterranean) culturally mythic other worldly cgi driven adventures as moreso.
peace
oh yea, I wonder when ppl will start mentioning how a black character that (can't) "doesn't read manuals" and trips over his feet, has wonky caricaturic features and makes dumb jokes is offensive to the black community...
