Sunday, August 9, 2009

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Review


Thanks for checking out my G.I. Joe review.


The Good: Snake Eyes. This dude is easily my favorite character. (Spoiler Alert: He doesn't say a word throughout the movie. End of Spoiler). It tells his history with Storm Shadow, the white ninja. I would have loved a spin-off telling more about these character's history together. During the history, Snake Eyes as a kid is homeless and tries to steal food, but Storm Shadow fights him. It's just an awesome history that made this part of the movie my favorite.


Next is the action sequences: Oh boy, was there a lot. Big nonstop action sequences, with cool slow motion moves and big explosions.


The Visuals and Special Effects were just like Transformers, so it was loud and realistic.


The overall story is true to the old G.I. Joe franchise.

The Bad: Sometimes there's a really annoying shaky cam during action scenes.


Weak story keeps this from understanding what's happening.


Pour acting. Oh man, some actors said terrible dialogue and felt extremely wooden, even Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point star.) Disappointing.


Overall: Not as good of Transformers, but a worthy action-thriller with brilliant action, and Snake Eyes. Despite some problems, a good movie that could have been great with a better screenplay and acting. 8/10.

3 comments:

Skyler Olson said...

That's surprising. I thought it would be like your favorite movie! Okay, not really, but still, 8/10 is really good. Second worst rated movie on your blog though...

MBJ said...

Yeah, but I've seen much worse movies that I haven't reviewed. Like Just My Luck (1.5/10), Flightplan (5.5/10), and The Wild (3/10).

Skyler Olson said...

Oh really? I haven't seen flightplan, which looked cool, but is it really that bad? Yeah, I agree, the Wild was pretty bad, I actually didn't finish watching it. I have no intention of watching Just my Luck.