But it was in no way connected to anything else, old or new. You don't trust Ellis with your continuity if you want everything in one piece afterwards.
I saw this movie with others fully expecting to be bored the entire time, or laughing my ass off. But unlike one of my main problems with Transformers, G.I. Joe did not take itself seriously at all. It's nowhere near a well written movie, but it also did something in this category that I felt Transformers lacked: it knew it was based on a toy line, and it ran with it. It simply doesn't try to make excuses for the fact that a guy is named Dr. Mindbender, or that Scarlett is the stereotypically emotional detached genius. This is literally a live action version of the old 1980s show that we know and love (which may or may not be your thing, depending).
Every single vehicle in this movie is modeled after its toy ancestor. I especially got a kick out of the Orca Sub, with its two headlights as eyes and all surfacing like a killer whale trying to eat a seal. The Acceleration Suits, while still extremely dumb, are only in two scenes, the Paris chase and the training of the Joes. Brendan Fraser even has a cameo as Sgt. Rock (I'm assuming there were issues using Sgt. Slaughter - yes, I know Rock is a Joe) and almost steals the entire two hour film. I say almost because, while the entire cast did an extremely good job, Joseph Gordon-Levitt stands out as, well, everybody knows by now due to Hasbro being Hasbro, Cobra Commander.
Still, this movie is going to either be loved or hated due to the fact that it has such a finely tuned sense of self-awareness that it borders on being simply stupid.
I know, weird, huh? The trailers made it look so horrible.
I saw it this afternoon, and was indeed pleasently surprised. The advertising had put so much emphasis on those fucking suits, yet they're used once... it's delightful. Not a good film by any stretch... but it sure as hell makes up for the raping of Van Helsing
I don't think I've ever agreed with anything you've said quite as much. Yes the film was stupid, ridiculous, purile and nonsensical but I enjoyed every dumb minute of it.
Of course the alternative is that it wasn't self-aware at all and was an attempt at a serious action movie as witnessed by some of the redesigns, I mean why not just go the whole hog and have them in the old silly costumes?
Also could have done without the suits: "We only recruit the best of the best"... and then give them suits which could turn any normal man into a superhero.
Two scenes were practically shot for shot remakes. Arnold Vosloo's face transformation and the Eiffel Tower were just exactly the fucking same.
I do think the very end was bullshit though Nobody questions the President going into a bunker made by the enemy with a team of armed guards and coming out with just one of them? I know the rest of the film was silly but that was just a step too far for me plus it just means the next one will start with them arresting the president and finally Zartan as president? Really?
It's not so much a plot hole as something that just makes no sense for a nice little joke and let's be honest if you were watching the movie the nice little joke doesn't really make sense.
