Ebert on early GiJoe reviews

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Ebert comments on GI Joe's early high ratings:

Paramount's decision to refuse advance critics' screenings of "G. I. Joe" was explained with refreshing honesty by Rob Moore, vice chairman of Paramount Pictures, to Christy Lemire of the Associated Press: "After the chasm we experienced with 'Transformers 2' between the response of audiences and critics, we chose to forgo opening-day print and broadcast reviews as a strategy to promote 'G.I. Joe.' We want audiences to define this film."

That hasn't meant no advance screenings. Indeed, the movie was recently scoring 85% on the Tomatometer, although today (August 6) it is down to 65% and dropping. Why so strong at the beginning? The studio screened it (in the words of the invaluable Goldstein, for "certified fan-boy zealots"). While some of them do articulate their reasons (I'm convinced Harry Knowles, bless his heart, really believes what he says), many are simply delighted to deliver an "exclusive early look" to their websites, making good on their half of an implied deal.

What usually happens in the 24 hours before a North American opening day is that the Tomatometer reading starts to drop as the International Date Line creeps inexorably toward Newfoundland, and MSM critics from Australia and the UK begin to check in. Another corrective is that the score on Metacritic.com often skews lower than the Meter because it monitors (dare I say) reputable critics and not fanboy zealots.
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interesting read

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/the_gathering_dark_age.html
 
Again. It's a summer action flick. I'm not expecting it to be an oscar nominee. I'll see it because it's GI Joe, and not because some critic says it's mindless.
 
Anthraxxx said:
Again. It's a summer action flick. I'm not expecting it to be an oscar nominee. I'll see it because it's GI Joe, and not because some critic says it's mindless.
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Good summer action flick = Iron Man, Star Trek

Bad summer action flick = Transformers 2

There's good action, and then there's mind-numbing, terribly-paced action. You choose.
 
Captain M4d said:
Good summer action flick = Iron Man, Star Trek

Bad summer action flick = Transformers 2

There's good action, and then there's mind-numbing, terribly-paced action. You choose.
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And then theres just alright ones, like Terminator Salvation, and probably GI Joe.
 
I just don't know why anybody would watch a GI Joe movie.

Surely - on some level - the very sound of one has to trigger the crap detectors in your head.
 
It looks like Tranformers without the giant robots, and the giant robots were the only good thing about Transformers.
 
my friend is taking me monday before work to see this...for free as usual because he works there. a free movie is a free movie
 
AHA-Lambda said:
Does not compute *head fizzes*
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Salvation was a decent movie if you could look past the fact that it was related to terminator 2. Kind of like the Deus Ex series.


But I take back the comment about GI Joe being an "alright movie." I'll just quote what i said in the rate&discuss thread.

GI Joe: 1/10

Worse than I expected. My friend asked if I wanted to go see it, and I was bored so I said "Sure. I've got nothing better to do." I was wrong. Anything I could have done alone on a PC would have been better than seeing this movie. I mean, yeah, I know. Its a GI Joe movie FFS. Thats why I went in expecting a shit movie. But it was a summer blockbuster with a huge budget, so I also expected it would have decent CGI. Again, I was wrong. They do things that the industry learned not to do 15 years ago. They have some of the worst compositing, worst animation, worst rendering, and worst camera angles I have seen in any blockbuster movie in the past few years.

It gets one point for the token black guy making a couple jokes I laughed at.



Also, ice apparently sinks in water.
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Krynn72 said:
And then theres just alright ones, like Terminator Salvation, and probably GI Joe.
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Terminator 3 is an alright one, T4 is retards jerking off onto a piece of paper.


remember
MOTOTERMINATORS
 
Saw GI Joe today, was anyone else reminded of Star Wars? I don't say that lightly, because there 50 things I could point out that reminded me of star wars
 
shitty dialogue, ham fisted acting, juvenile plot. ya I can see how's it's very much like star wars
 
the only reason I would go see this movie, still isn't enough of a reason to make me go see it.

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Rizzo said:
Name 1.

Go on. Do it.
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The attack on the under water base, with the under water fighters, similar to the death star battle in episode 6...

Cobra Commander sounded Darth Vader-ish at the end, plus the burns to his skin helps backing this up.

The scene with Storm Shadow fighting Snake Eyes at the end, Storm Shadow put his two swords together to become a double bladed sword, very similar to Darth Maul.

The last scene with Destro and Cobra Commander, very similar Emperor Palpatine & Darth Vader relationship.

Cobra Troopers= Stromtroopers
 
hot564231 said:
The attack on the under water base, with the under water fighters, similar to the death star battle in episode 6...

Cobra Commander sounded Darth Vader-ish at the end, plus the burns to his skin helps backing this up.

The scene with Storm Shadow fighting Snake Eyes at the end, Storm Shadow put his two swords together to become a double bladed sword, very similar to Darth Maul.

The last scene with Destro and Cobra Commander, very similar Emperor Palpatine & Darth Vader relationship.

Cobra Troopers= Stromtroopers
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STOP WITH THE SPOILERS ALREADY!!!!!

:(
 
My local movie theater doesn't even have the movie, hah.
 
Samon said:
He shoots, he scores.
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I don't know how he scored in the first place without the ball? It seems clear to me that CptStern never seen it, and is solely bases his opinion on reviewers opinions, which is a pretty shallow thing in my opinion.

Sure the plot is silly, and if had seen the movie I'd respect his opinion even if he said a similar thing, but he makes it sound Transformers in his post, as far as I remember, it was very hard to compare the two in they're build up to action.

In Transformers, its just fumbles around looking to have a fight scene, and even more so in part 2.

In Joe, 80% of the fight scenes seem have a purpose (minus the training scene) and fit well into the story.

but again, the plot isn't Shakespeare, its a summer action movie, but with some hard crumbs of substance holding it together, unlike the cold Rich-Tea covered coffee of Transformers 1 & 2.
 
hot564231 said:
The attack on the under water base, with the under water fighters, similar to the death star battle in episode 6...

Cobra Commander sounded Darth Vader-ish at the end, plus the burns to his skin helps backing this up.

The scene with Storm Shadow fighting Snake Eyes at the end, Storm Shadow put his two swords together to become a double bladed sword, very similar to Darth Maul.

The last scene with Destro and Cobra Commander, very similar Emperor Palpatine & Darth Vader relationship.

Cobra Troopers= Stromtroopers
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Name six.
 
You would either have to be a kid, an adult being dragged by his kids, or a complete ****ing idiot to see this film. One look at the trailer and I could have cried tears of dissapointment.

But people will go and see it, just like they flocked to Transformers 2, which is basically, lots of robots and lots of explosions. And I swear to god if I hear about ****ing Megan Fox again from one of my mates I will throw myself out of the nearest window, with her plastic surgery modified face and about as much acting talent as a toilet seat.
 
My toilet seat put on a fabulous play for me yesterday, complete with props, stage sets and good acting. One of the best renditions of Macbeth I have ever seen.


Then I shit in it.
 
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