By: TheRik

Ernie Estrella 2 months, 4 weeks ago on Wordpress

Reubin,

Thanks for reading. I expected it to be a good film like anything I watch, and it fell short of that. It was an average film, any grade above that is a stretch for this film. It’s not like I gave it a D or an F. Of all the action films I’ve seen, and there are a lot, it is a middle grade action film.

Take a look at the footage of the night battles First Desert Storm war. It looked like a GI Joe Cartoon. I was pretty shocked because I thought that was all just cartoon nonsense but it’s close visually. After watching HBO’s Generation Kill, again, a show that prides itself on its real portrayal, looked like a a GI Joe cartoon, so yeah I appreciated the cartoon a bit more. Larry Hamma was a consultant on the film, the extras show that the filmmakers wanted to base this off the comics and what’s going on in the real military. Listen to the commentary. So yeah, base it all off that, and it should be better than what I saw.

Of course I didn’t expect the Godfather but there are films out there that can toe the line of campiness, military operations much better than what GI Joe did.

The GI Joe Resolute cartoon was miles beyond what the live action film was.

Fair enough on Destro being Scottish, but for someone who’s eventually going to be the bad ass chacter Destro is supposed to be, he didn’t hit that mark. At least shoot for Robert Carlyle. Chris Eccleston was pretty weak. ... See all content Hide content

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Ernie Estrella 3 months ago on Wordpress

Yeah, like I said, I think it was a stronger link to the cartoon than what the transformers were, but that didn’t mean they had to go Thunderball with it. This one was at least casted mostly well (Destro-real bad, I mean, how is Destro not an African-American brotha?), but the performances were all subpar, which means that the script was pretty bad. They kept saying how quickly the script had to be written. Bad things usually happen when you rush them. I just think it was a bit of a missed opportunity here for something a bit more memorable. ... See all content Hide content

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TheRik 3 months ago on Wordpress

I have never been as disappointed as I was while sitting through this heeping pile of Duke. The story lines were bad, the acting was worse, and I saw better costumes at Comicon.

Zartan is an X-man – Morphing, so stupid.

Cobra and Baroness’ storylines were so off and lame, plus where was cobras mask or helmet? Or Dr. Mindbenders monacle, c-mon.

I also hated the metal suits that Duke and Ripcord wore, so fake and the scene with Snake Eyes on the car was even more frustrating. What, was he hanging out under the car until ordered to do something, or until the two GoBots finished wrecking the city. Yo Joe, millions in damage.

Destro had this whole history with a mask and was the only storyline I didn’t mind and then they ruined it at the end by his face just turning to metal, RIDICULOUS!

I will end this by saying I love Dennis Quaid, but I wonder if he even took this movie seriously, bad acting job my man. And can you say Brenden Frasier, I screamed out loud when he rolled up on that damned golf cart, that was the dingleberry on the top of the crap sundae.

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