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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - BLU-RAY
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra - BLU-RAY
Single disc. The "Real American Hero" goes international with this big-screen action film. Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY) directs this live-action adventure featuring a huge cast of stars, including Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Sienna Miller. Ray Park, who made his name playing Darth Maul in THE PHANTOM MENACE, takes on the role of Snake Eyes.
 
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Feels just like the original cartoon
on December 6, 2009
Posted by: TearsintheRain
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No spoilers here.
Judging this movie as an adaption of one of the two most popular 1980s cartoons....this is the best one yet. Both the Transformers films missed the target i.m.o., in that they were about the people, not the Transformers. I won't get into detail there.
G.I. Joe, on the other hand, gets everything but the costumes right. There are a few things they did that never would have happened in the cartoon. But this is a movie, and the way they did those things worked.
The costumes are all different--I would have liked to see at least a few nods to the original costumes, but to be honest with myself, if they had done that, the movie would have looked like a video for The Village People. The only one who looks exactly like she did in the cartoon is the Baroness. But the Baroness is also missing her accent. There's a good reason for that change, however.
Aside from the look, this entire movie is just like the cartoon. I highly recommend sitting down and watching a few episodes of the original cartoon before watching this movie. I did. And it's pretty obvious the writers and the director, and the actors, did as well.
The writers did a fantastic job. It was so much like the cartoon, with all the crazy plot twists and ridiculously convenient and improbably character connections, I kind of got the feeling this movie was written in the 1980s by the same people who wrote the TV show.
This movie moves very fast, it avoids answering all sorts of questions. There's all sorts of technology and fancy personal war vehicles that seem to come out of nowhere...you'll find yourself thinking, "Gee, it's a good thing they had a bunch of those handy" several times. Just like the cartoon.
What's great about it: Felt just like the 80s cartoon, made me feel like a kid again
What's not so great: All the costumes are changed
I would recommend this to a friend!
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