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Best movie of this year hands down!

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Blistering performances.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

I've never read the comics so watched this totally open minded. The acting is pretty bad, the story line is rather cheesy but the special effects are just fantastic and make the movie worth to watch! It is a simple bad-guys-want to destroy-and-rule-the-world scenario. Chris Ecclestone is one of the finer actors, and since I will always see him as Doctor Who, I got to say it's nice to see him in another role. Dennis Quaid is always okay, the fight scenes are really nice but the rest of the acting is really dreadful to watch. Again; awesome special effects, you will enjoy them very much. I'm off to watch the sequel now ;-)

Well there have been tons of reviews, mostly mixed so I will try to keep mine brief. The Good: They included a nice roster of Joe characters, and that felt pretty balanced. The cobra operatives were also well chosen for this initial movie offering. There are a lot of fast paced action scenes and thankfully you can at least tell what is going on from scene to scene. The Bad: Oh boy, well the look of the film is all wrong….this looked and felt like Sci-Fi and not a Military inspired movie. I don't have an issue with making the team international to a point, but I think I would have kept the team true to its American origins and let the international aspect be filled in by ancillary characters. The character connections: brother, sister, lover whatever seemed really off to me and don't work in the movie at all. The Ugly: The pacing was way too fast, and no time was given to reflect on the situations, sometimes too fast just doesn't work. The origin stories, both Destro's, Cobra's, Duke's and Snake Eyes were just awful. None of them resonated or made me care about the characters. I think a clear mistake was trying to move this story into the future and not keeping in mind that these characters and situations are a product of Reagan's 80's and that if you are going to move it forward to a different time you have to update all elements accordingly. To clarify, create a world where you have jingoism as its heart where the shadow of a cold war and a looming threat of terrorism is constantly lurking in the background….ya know…like the world we live in today….more or less.

Every male plays with a G.I. Joe action figure at some point in his childhood. They're an iconic toy that when put to the screen has no toy aspect or good quality. When an elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer... well let's just say explosion after explosion occurs with horrendous dialogue read belligerently by actors with as much talent as an inoperative typewriter. The premise of bringing the imaginations of children to the big screen involving cool costumes, destruction, endless action, and more destruction sounded like something I would totally dig. "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" stalls out and lacks any source of inspiration in respecting the honorable toy that is the G.I. Joe doll. Instead, director Stephen Sommers guides his team to deliver sharp sound fused with some decent visuals, but a whole lot more of laughable words flying out of the action-stars mouths while trying to lighten the mood by adding laughless comedy. I wondered if Sommers ever took each actor aside and said, "That was decent, now act in a less sucky way." On and on we're succumbed to lame CGI and a bunch of wacky characters that lacks any originality or potential for a fun sequel. This is the exact type of film that would please dim-witted audiences who just want to see something blow up. Trust me, you'd rather make firecrackers than spend money on this squawky action adventure.

If you are under 12 and a boy probably amazing. Everyone else OMG rubbish. If you want this sort of thing which doesn't take itself too seriously try Star Ship Troopers - although that's not really suitable for 12 year old boys!!!!For small kids go for Spy Kids 1,2,3,...99 For older ones, transformers again 1,2 3, .......Oh dear, I still can't believe how bad G.I. Joe is. Seriously 2009? CGI is very second rate. The sequence heading across the desert looks like a computer gameI presume its based on a comic book as the script is like one - scenes of 2 minutes which try to tell a while story.