Friday, August 7, 2009

G.I. Joe

If you can get past the corny dialogue this film actually isn't half bad (and certainly not as bad as recent action screw ups *couh transformers cough*)
Apparently the script was rushed to beat the writers strike and it kind of shows, there was serious need for a rewrite but its still has its moments and even a good thematic statement of Emotion vs Logic.
Acting is average, but considering the corny dialogue they pull it off semi realistically and the high concept allows for some leverage in the corniness of the whole thing.

It might also pay to mention the brilliant Cinematography on the filmmakers's part, there were some really interesting shots in the movie that took me back a few times.

My one dispute is backstory. In this movie, they have flashbacks of practically every character, but then they have the characters talk about it in dialogue and the audience is sitting there bored because we know already! Some more editing was definitely required and a lot could have been cut out but again, the whole corniness kind of works

A reasonable action/popcorn flick and so corny it kind of works (and it is still better than transformers 2) 5/10


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