G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra


Recommended Posts

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/

gijoeriseofcobra2009012.jpg

I've seen a lot worse movies.

The one downside to this movie is it had some pretty awful CG Scenes at times. The acting was also quite horrible.

As an action packed movie it tried its best. So I give it a C+

But damn some of that CG was bad.

Here is a screenshot I found online to demonstrate just how bad it looked at times.

capturevs.jpg

Also found a thread on the IMDB on the topic

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/board/...p;p=1#146253354

The one thing I will give this movie credit for is the first action sequence in the first 10 mins of the movie. That was pretty awesome.

Edited by warwagon
Link to comment
https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/841276-gi-joe-the-rise-of-cobra/
Share on other sites

It's not a great movie, but it was pretty good fun - what Transformers 2 should have been.

Also, as far as I can tell the cheesy, cartoonish CGI was deliberate, and it if wasn't, then it sure as hell worked in favour of the movie. I wouldn't want realistic CGI like what we had in TF2. Sometimes cartoonish CGI does have its charm, especially in context of a movie based off a toyline.

I've seen a lot worse movies.

The one downside to this movie is it had some pretty awful CG Scenes at times. The acting was also quite horrible.

As an action packed movie it tried its best. So I give it a C+

But damn some of that CG was bad.

Here is a screenshot I found online to demonstrate just how bad it looked at times.

Also found a thread on the IMDB on the topic

The one thing I will give this movie credit for is the first action sequence in the first 10 mins of the movie. That was pretty awesome.

I hear ya dude! Movie sucked, especially acting....

Although I like Dennis Quaid, who ever put Marlon Wayans in the movie should get fired.

Never the less, movie made some cash, it was pretty popular around younger population.... Actually believe it or not it got 37% on RottenTomatoes, I would have given it 10-15%

Cheers

I cannot wait to see this film, I personally think the American version of Action Man GI: Joe sounds a lot better than the British version Action Man, it just does not have the ring to it as GI: Joe does it, the special FX in this film are awesome one film I want to see.

I was really letdown by this. I didn't think the CGI was that bad in the trailers, but in the final movie, it was atrocious, to put it lightly. I've never seen a movie with such a large budget have such horrid CGI.

If that wasn't bad enough, the story was dumb and the acting was cringe-inducing. I get it's a movie from a toy line, but come on... Transformers was fine. It was somewhat serious, somewhat slapstick at times. But this was like it just tried to be B-movie material the entire time. I really expected more from the director of The Mummy movies -- at least those were a good time.

2/5

I wish they stuck to the original TV with the plot of this movie. Some of the stuff was too much for me, as it just seemed like a regular hollywood movie. It could have been better, and for that I can only give this movie...

7/10

A good kids movie, which is more than I can say for Transformers2. It was canon enough that it didn't make me mad, except for this possible B.Fraiser as Sgt.Slaughter business. The overblown CGI was generally well intentioned and fun, even if the blaster pistol got old quick. Maybe I'm prude but it could have easily just gone the PG route and lost the deaths. Hell, even the Wayans put in a palatable Ripcord and the (brunette) Baroness is always welcome on screen (sorry Megan, you're just a prop). Duke and Cobra notably my least favorite characters, though I do like it that the scientist finally snaps and turns the table on the military industrial complex.

Misc Errata:

-Snake Eyes has a plastic mouth, seriously WTF

-Like a retarded cobra, CC waits until his base is destroyed, his missiles shot down, and then decides to reveal himself to the world just as they put the cuffs on. Some supervillan. At least the recent animated movie had a decent ending. Plus, Cobra Commander is ****ing vain, why is he going to put on a helmet that accentuates his hideousness?

-The Baroness backstory was painful and bad on so many levels. So you are ****ing this guy to weaponize...a weapon?

+Mindbender was all win

+Totally unnecessary weapons and vehicles, sell those toys! They even worked in the underwater supercanon, how cheese was that!

+Quaid isn't onscreen long enough to annoy me and predictably went down like a bitch

  • 1 month later...

Eh, this. I for one thought it was catastrophically bad. It had no redeeming qualities other then Sienna Miller and felt like leg humping scene from TF2 expanded in to a full feature film. Eye-rolling bad and perfectly fitting in Marlon Wayans's recent career.

This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Posts

    • The only reason I want to know where you from is because if you are not from the U.K, then why should you care what we in the U.K do or don't do? Racist I am not, I am fed up with the amount coming over here and feel they can come over here and think we need to support them. Do you know how much it costs this country to support these people coming over here? Even when we give them a place to live it is not good enough. We had a barge that was being used to house immigrants, oh but that was not good enough. A mate said to me at the time, when he was homeless, he would have been happy to live on the barge, instead of ending up sleeping on a bench on the beach. I am not scared to say what my family heritage is, unlike you who is scared to say where they are from or where they live. Father side U.S, mother side Wales, still have family living in the U.S. A mate who sadly died a few years ago, had a load of people from different races recording in his studio, I got on with all of them. Skin colour don't bother me, where they are from don't bother me. Religion don't bother me as long as they don't push it onto me and it is not crazy stuff. I am not religious. But if you are not living in the U.K, then why should you care if we are in the E.U or not? This the problem, too many people poking their noses into where it don't belong. But you believe what you believe, if you think I am racist, then be it, I really do not care. Just grow a pair
    • If he hasn't been able to figure that out, then why is he obsessed with tariffs? Because that's one of the most prominent tools to level the playing field when you have high cost of labor.
    • Microsoft released Windows 11 KB5102558, KB5095615 Setup and Recovery updates by Sayan Sen This past week Microsoft released the newest preview update (C-release) under KB5095093. Alongside those, Microsoft also released new dynamic updates. For those who may not know, dynamic updates bring improvements to the Windows Recovery process in the form of Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates, which are also called Safe OS updates. The dynamic updates also affect the Setup file binaries in the form of Setup updates. These Dynamic Update packages are meant to be applied to existing Windows images prior to their deployment. Dynamic Updates also help preserve Language Pack (LP) and Features on Demand (FODs) content during the upgrade process. VBScript, for example, is currently an FOD on Windows 11 24H2. This time both recovery and setup updates were released for Windows 11. The company writes: "KB5095186: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, version 26H1: June 23, 2026 This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.28000.2335. KB5102558: Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2: June 23, 2026 This update makes improvements to Windows setup binaries or any files that setup uses for feature updates in Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows 11, version 25H2. KB5095615: Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 24H2 and 25H2: June 23, 2026 This update makes improvements to the Windows recovery environment (WinRE). After installing this update, the WinRE version installed on the device should be 10.0.26100.8737." Microsoft notes that both the Recovery and Setup updates will be downloaded and installed automatically via the Windows Update channel.
    • The high cost of labor and operating within the US. Donald hasn't been able to figure that out--pathetic.
  • Recent Achievements

    • Conversation Starter
      jessse3334 earned a badge
      Conversation Starter
    • Reacting Well
      JuvenileDelinquent earned a badge
      Reacting Well
    • One Month Later
      Excellence2025 earned a badge
      One Month Later
    • Week One Done
      Excellence2025 earned a badge
      Week One Done
    • Week One Done
      flexorcist earned a badge
      Week One Done
  • Popular Contributors

    1. 1
      +primortal
      508
    2. 2
      +Edouard
      200
    3. 3
      PsYcHoKiLLa
      151
    4. 4
      Steven P.
      73
    5. 5
      macoman
      62
  • Tell a friend

    Love Neowin? Tell a friend!