G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

I haven't seen it since it was released but on the rewatch it was still a fun romp. Classic tropes. Nothing original. Just plain fun.

I watched this movie today after ages. G.I. Joe was one of my favourite cartoons as a kid, and I remember how excited I was to see this very first live action movie back on 2009. The cast is great overall. Having Sienna Miller (as Baroness) and Rachel Nichols is just an added bonus. Rachel Nichols is great in Sci-fi movies and shows. It's a shame we didn't get to see her in many more big budget movies and shows.

Even after all these years, I found this movie to be a fun watch. I always give a rating of 8 for movies I can watch more than once and enjoy the time spent, instead of feeling like I've wasted time.

If you like action films, you will enjoy this one. If you want angst-ridden characters stopping every five minutes to discuss their feelings... pull the stick out and move along to a sappy low-budget romance; this isn't your kind of film.

lots of fun action good characters but bad blasfemies

wow. tough movie. there's so much going on in the movie. so many people, so many scenes, so many stories. a little bit too much for my liking

7.5/10
Loved this movie
From the moment it hit
Our screens, it's
Just a really good fun
Movie and the vfx are
None to shabby either.
I am a massive massive
Marvel super fan so this
Movie was an automatic
Pull and win for me anyway and it definitely
Holds up it's promise
Of being a Thrilling
Entertaining ride
And a Hella lot of fun.
I had all the toys growing
Up many many many+
Moons ago and I enjoyed
The cartoon also so I
Kinda knew what to
Expect but I was happily
Surprised that they pulled
It all off so damn well
And with such conviction.
(Them suits by the way
Are frickin awesome).

Verdict: lighthearted
Fun and very
SuperHeroy
And that's certainly
Not a bad thing.

There's no doubt about it...

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is so full of “stupid” it almost rivals a flat earther trying to explain his beliefs.

Is it still fun though???

Yes! Yes it is...

I mean...what's not to like. You got cute women in skintight outfits, a whole lot of explosions and other fun action tropes, a very villainous villain, etc., etc.

Will you get smarter by watching this...

No, you sure as hell won't (much like listening to the flat earther from the scenario above), but you will laugh.

A lot..

It's a shame because I distinctly remember this being one of my favourite movies when I was younger but upon this rewatch I just didn't feel the same way. It just felt pretty basic and bland, like it had nothing original to it. I also think that I've grown out of the whole physco ex-girlfriend trope which was contained quite a lot within this film.

My initial intent was to dip into the action adventure worlds of our Canadian son, The Rock, Dwayne Johnson. Arbitrarily I started with G.I. JOE: RETALIATION and soon discovered it was a sequel, which lead me to this movie. I can't say I expected much of a movie created around a doll (action figure) financed by Hasbro, but in both this and the sequel they brought in some big box office names, action and comedy, and turned out that although both scored low in terms of audience ratings, they both brought in 3 times the cost of making them, which speaks to the power of marketing our childhood. The cast had fun, the audience was amused and nostalgia was satiated. So I agree with the masses and give it a 6 (fair) out of 10. Now, I move back to watching my first Dwayne Johnson movie, the sequel.