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Matt’s Review: ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’ is a Poor Movie That Could Have Been Good
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GRADE: C
While I know G.I Joe came out weeks ago, I actually went and saw (500) Days of Summer for a second time instead of seeing this movie once. I think I made the correct choice seeing the previous mentioned movie was was amazing and G.I. Joe is a huge mess of CGI, bad acting, and a movie that leaves Joe lovers pondering of what could have been.
Box-Office Benjamin$: G.I. Joe’s Cobra “Commands” The #1 Spot. Ha Ha, Get It?
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Looks like I was finally right with my G.I. Joe box-office prediction, or at least close. Last week I predicted that Joe & Co. would top the box-office this weekend with $62 million. I was only off by $6 million as Joe brought in an impressive $56.2 million from Friday to Sunday. The rest of my predictions were way, off, but I digress. So despite mostly negative reviews and just general negative perceptions prior to release, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra showed, like Transformers 2, that mindless action can find a significant audience during the summer months. So much so, that Paramount has already announced plans to very soon, initiate development on G.I. Joe 2: Reign of Cobra?. Classic.
Nerds of the Round Table: Episode 2, August Summer Movie Preview
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In Episode 1 of Nerds of the Round Table, Ryan, Travis and I discussed our favorite films of the summer thus far, our biggest disappointments and a breakdown of what’s currently going on in the superhero genre. In Episode 2, we’re going to look at the month of August by discussing the three biggest films of the month: G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, District 9 and Inglorious Basterds. As always, we’ll provide expert insight and analysis of what you can expect from this later stage of summer movies.
Sorry for the hiatus folks, but after Comic-Con I think studios needed a week or so to decompress, thus resulting in the VERY slow past five days of movie news. Anyway, I’m back with this week’s edition of Box-Office Benjamin$ and Judd Apatow’s Funny People is on top, taking in a respectable $22.7 million during it’s opening weekend. This could be seen as somewhat of a disappointment for a labeled “R-rated blockbuster comedy” with such name-brand star-power, while The Hangover makes over twice as much on its opening weekend. Word must have spread about the heightened level of emotional drama, compared to Apatow’s previous two films, which maybe some people didn’t like or want to see. But that is why I think this movie is so great and is FAR superior as a motion picture than The Hangover. Check out my review of Funny People HERE.
Some Quick Tidbits
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● Another epic comedy ensemble is being formed, this time for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Paul. The writing-team blokes from the UK, responsible for bringing us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, wrote the script for Paul. It’s about two British nerds who go to Comic-Con in America and during their road trip they stop off at Area 51 due to their Alien affinity/nerdery. There, they meet an alien named Paul who asks them to help him escape from the U.S Government. Sounds pretty hysterical. Variety reported yesterday that Jason Batemen, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig and Seth Rogen have all signed on to comprise the rest of the cast. Rogen is apparently not in the actual movie, but rather the voice-over for the main alien/title character, Paul. What makes this movie absolutely pure gold is the fact that it’s being directed by Greg Mottola, director of Superbad and Adventureland. Thanks to SlashFilm for the image. Paul will comence filming next month with TBD release date in 2010.
Trailer Trash: First Official Trailer for “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra”
Posted by: | CommentsI posted an article a few weeks ago discussing the poor response G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra received at ShoWest in Las Vegas after Paramount premiered an extended sneak peek to movie journalists and bloggers. That, on top of the “peppy” action-vibe conveyed in the G.I. Joe Superbowl TV spot, myself and many others were speculating on the potential and quality of this film. I stated that, while I was excited for it, (especially because JGL is Cobra) you really can’t deny that a blockbuster action film of this level and budget has some pretty poor and cheesy CGI effects. I will say that this new trailer is more encouraging. It seems that since the ShoWest debut of the “peppy vibe,” they really went for a more serious and bad-ass tone in this newest trailer, which I like much better. Mic check 1, 2 the first official trailer of G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, thanks to FirstShowing.
What Do You Think? Discuss.
Does “G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra” Already Suck?
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Paramount revealed about 5 minutes of exclusive footage of their upcoming summer blockbuster G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra yesterday at ShoWest in Las Vegas. For those who don’t know, ShoWest is an annual film industry exhibition where studios, producers & directors try to impress movie journalists and bloggers, so that they get their readership jacked up with anticipation for the future films.
Paramount showed a screening of The Soloist with Robert Downey Jr. & Jamie Foxx, but right beforehand, they gave a surprise sneak peek of some G.I. Joe action to the audience of industry people.
Alex Billington over at FirstShowing.net, is a film journalist and blogger, whose opinion I respect and take very seriously. He was one of the lucky few who got a glimpse of this exclusive sneak peek, and he claims that the consensus was either “two-thumbs down”, or “meh….” This is bad news for Paramount. All they need is for fanboys to start bashing the film, calling it cheesy 5 months before it’s even released. And even if this is an unjustified, knee-jerk reaction, the film’s director Stephen Sommers has a bad track-record of creating corny, bad-effects-filled action yawners; aka Van Helsing and The Mummy 2 & 3.
Now I don’t want to jump to conclusions, so let’s compare the feedback we’ve received from ShoWest attendees, to the G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra TV spot that ran during the Superbowl:
Now those black suits apparently have super-human/Ironmanish abilities, which is cool. But did you see that green chemical stuff eating up the Eiffel Tower? Pretty horrible effects for a film’s debut Superbowl spot and for today’s blockbuster standards. Now, I still have hope and it is three words; Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or JGL as I affectionately call him, is a rising young star and is one of the best actors of his generation. He used to be the quirky, shaggy-haired alien on 3rd Rock from the Sun, but has since blossomed into
spectacular performer. Need proof? See: Brick, The Lookout or Mysterious Skin. He’s usually cast in small-budget, indie flicks, but this August, he’ll be playing the legendary villain, Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe.
Why would they cast a 28 year-old who looks like a teenager to play a sinister villain like Cobra Commander you might ask? Well I’m pretty sure that’s the same question that EVERYONE asked when Heath Ledger was cast as the Joker, and look how that turned out. (p.s. JGL and Heath look eerily identical). So here we are. Is G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra going to suck or be bad-ass? I don’t know and neither does anyone else until we see the flick. Either way, I’m ecstatic to see how JGL is going to play this character. And to see the smokin’ hot Sienna Miller play the sexy Baroness (poster at top).
STAY TUNED for our G.I. Joe expert Polly’s take on the upcoming film! COMING SOON….
What Do You Think? Discuss.
