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geesejuggler
10/21/09

In reply to The G.I. Joe On-Set Motto: "Overdo Things"
I know you all are saying "This movie sucked. They can't act and he can't direct" but I'm still totally buying this! #gijoe
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amygdala
10/21/09

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Yes, G.I. Joe cost waaaaaay too much money and had wooden characters/dialogue, but the "stuff blowing up" part was nicely done. #gijoe
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goldfarb
10/21/09

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$175million to make a film in which ice SINKS... #gijoe
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Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
10/21/09

@goldfarb: Well maybe they thought it was cooooool. #gijoe
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Ryuku
10/21/09

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It's nice to know that Stephen Sommers was completely and utterly aware of what he was making.

I sincerely doubt that.
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ManchuCandidate
10/21/09

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If they spent some of the money they used on overblown SFX to hire human writers instead of ScriptBot #403 and 10000 Monkeys chained to PCs. #gijoe
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disatess
10/21/09

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It still wasn`t worth 175 million ,

They could have found an indie director and do for less than half of that horrific budget , they would had a better success with it .

( in my opinion ) #gijoe
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Plague
10/21/09

@disatess: I always love a retroactive explanation for crap like this. The FX were terrible- and it wasn't done that way on purpose. #gijoe
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disatess
10/21/09

@Plague: sometimes less is more . #gijoe
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joetato
08/09/09

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The G.I. JOE movie is quite simply the best two hour toy commercial ever made, since the last HASBRO art house flick TRANSFORMERS 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO. Anyone who went to see these movies expecting ANYTHING other than a two hour long toy commercial shouldn't be going outdoors without supervision! SO THERE!
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dougdirac
08/09/09

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"Joe is a PG-13, against Terminator and Watchmen's R ratings"
Terminator Salvation was actually PG-13 and suffered for it.
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hardcache
08/10/09

@dougdirac: true! mainly because it was filmed to be an R-rated movie and then chopped to hell to get a PG-13. I still enjoyed the movie, but I think it would have been better had they not tinkered with it.
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nutmeag
08/10/09

@hardcache: The most hilarious part was toward the beginning when a helicopter is about to be decimated and the pilot goes "Oh my gosh!!" I laughed (as did a good majority of the audience). I think I'd have a few more choice words if I were him.
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Zombie16[THC]
08/10/09

@nutmeag: I could have swore I heard him say "oh my god". Doesn't matter, G.I. Joe had an insane amount of dead people. At least they didn't go all "flesh wound" on us.
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nutmeag
08/10/09

@Zombie16[THC]: It was a little noisy, so who knows, but the person behind me heard "gosh" too.
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Hamslicer
08/10/09

@nutmeag: Bad editing? Son of a buck! Flippin' needlenose mother pussbuckets!
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Falsoman
08/09/09

In reply to GI Joe Rises At Box Office
My boyfriend draged me to watch this and i'm surprised and kind of ashamed that i liked a lot more that i would like to admit...
Of course it's pretty bad, but i supose i lowered my expectations so much that i actually ended up enjoying it...
It was predictable, full of clichés, badly acted, and somehow it was a lot of fun.
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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
08/09/09

In reply to Look Inside Cobra's Terrorist Organization With Secret Journals
I'm wondering if Renfro's first name is Fred?
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tande04
08/09/09

In reply to Everything You Wanted From Transformers 2, But Without The Robots
I was surprised. I was thinking that I was going to come in here and say that I'm never reading another IO9 review again ("thumbs up" for Land of the Lost? Really?) but I've got to admit that was surprisingly fun.
There were moments of silliness. My personal running complaint was that you could see Snake Eye's lips and then I noticed you could see his eyes too, which was also silly, but nothing more then a minor annoyance. Speaking of minor annoyances, did anyone else think the underwater base used to be a underground base? Maybe I missed something but why would breaking up the ice pack bring the ice coming down? Doesn't ice float?
Still I was surprised at how often I got excited about the whole thing. The base reveal was awesome. Reminded me of everything I loved from the cartoon.
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RCN8
08/09/09

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Thanks for posting this! Although short, both are a very funny read.
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Allen_Richards
08/09/09

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I read Ebert's review early Friday morning, but went and saw the movie anyway. There are very few writers who can't write scathing reviews and still come across as if they're educating the audience on good cinema.
One of his best was his Transformers 2 review. I shared that and Charlie Jane's bit on a few sites....
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Camille
08/09/09

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And that's why we can't have nice things.
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Bress Tess Iz
08/08/09

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i will only go see this movie if they can promise me that every person in a boat, truck, or airplane jumps out just b4 the missile hits
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Allen_Richards
08/09/09

@Bress Tess Iz: As the risk of being spoilery, I can say that is one aspect of the old show they didn't carry over.
I was pretty damn surprised at the amount of impaling in this movie. For something aimed at kids, there was a shitload of skewering....
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