I was surprised today when I went online and found that there was an incredible amount of good reviews about this movie that is coming out this friday. Apparently, as you can listen to in this podcast on spill.com, the producers of the movie have only been allowing a select few critics watch this movie early. It could be argued that they are doing this in order to get ALL positive reviews before it comes out to get the maximum amount of attendance.
I personally think that is exactly the reason they are doing this. Ever since the previews came out for this movie I have been skeptical, and lately downright certain that it is going to just completely nose dive. If the studio is truly afraid of what the average critic will say about this movie, I wouldn't be surprised. Their is so much politics in film reviews now it's crazy; reviews are what people, at least people like me, look at when they are determining whether they will see a film or not. Good reviews = boatloads of money. To me it seems like a sketchy thing to do, but anyways, here is a small quote from one of the early reviews of the film.
To go to the website that has more of the review, click here , but be wary of this movie. I'll write a review of it soon if you want to really know if it's worth it.
Here are a couple sections of the review:
The casting worked 100% including Joseph Gordon Levitt and Sienna Miller who, based on early feedback, were the characters fans were most worried about. Ray Park as Snake Eyes was my favorite part of the movie. I swear I am going to get an Arashikage tattoo on my arm, he is so awesome. Some of the our readers chimed in early on regarding Marlon Wayans as Ripcord. Yes, I too cringed when that announcement was made. But guess what? He was great, his humor wasn’t over the top as it usually is plus he has one of the best lines of the film involving the famous G.I. Joe kung fu grip!
GI Joe rarely pauses for anything so gauche as character development or real plot development. Hell – it barely pauses, period! From the film’s oddly historical prologue, the screen is either filled with brooding, scenery chewing, flashbacks or the kind of epic action set pieces normally reserved the ending of a James Bond film. In fact, that’s easily the best way to describe the film – imagine the climax of just about every Bond adventure, and then edit them all together into one hyperkinetic sequence. The action shifts from dense forests, to subterranean facilities, to the streets of France, to underwater bases, to high-altitude jet fights and a number of places in-between. The major sequences are both intense and sufficiently humorous, laden with eye-rolling, though faintly charming, one-liners and a speaker-shattering, non-stop barrage of explosions, chases, shoot-outs and sword fights. The action is well paced and the effects – much like the cinematography itself – blend the tangibly real and the colorfully cartoonish in a way that captures the spirit of G.I. Joe.
Well that may be, but is it really a G.I. Joe Movie? I'm guessing no.
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