RoC G.I.Joe Sr. Ranking Officers 3-Pack

I can buy the whole idea that the aliens have some kind of weird substance that does freaky genetic DNA mutation or whatever. What gets me is that it’s the very same substance that they use for starship fuel. It’s like inventing gasoline that causes leprosy.

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Hasbro’s Rise of Cobra: Paris Pursuit Snake Eyes (Gray Timber variant)

Super Duper Mass Reviews (pt 3)

The end is here. Here is the end.

Super Duper Mass Reviews (pt 2)

BFF man, BFF!

Super Duper Mass Reviews (pt 1)

RoC: Sr. Ranking Officers (Cobra) + Storm ShadowS = Deszaras Re-issue

RoC Cobra Commader

You will call me DOCTOR! Doctor.

Haulidays, Reviews and Previews. Oh My!

Oversssssssssspending is fun and unprofitable.

Actual bloggy type post

HELP! I think I’m suffering from “reverse hypelash”. I liked Rise of Cobra. And the more I thought and talked about it, the more I liked it. So naturally, I searched the web for reviews on it, only to find that it’s almost universally berated.

That’s fine. That’s to be expected. But what I didn’t expect were some of the reasons given for hating the movie. Some of which are downright SILLY. Like Duke’s rank being captain or even that G.I. Joe are an international conglomeration rather than Real American Heroes. And that’s on top of reviews by people/critics who seemingly haven’t even seen the flick, since they got all the details wrong in their reviews.

I mean, I can understand it if people hate the movie because of the relationship between Duke and… this char whose identity I won’t spoil at this time. Or that they don’t dig Cobra Commander’s origin or even simply that the origins of the characters differ from the old cartoon or comics.

So to cut a long story short, I find myself going from liking Rise of Cobra but accepting that it’s got flaws, to being forcibly loving it. It’s sort of the opposite of when you hate something because a lot of people love it or because those who love it just love it too much.

So yeah, I’m sticking with my earlier review. Rise of Cobra is the best Action Movie of 2009 so far. Star Trek is the better film, although I still enjoyed RoC more. Aaaaand it’s been a pretty weak year overall. To me anyway.

G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

A surprisingly good movie. Considering the relatively weak competition, it’s probably the best Action Movie of the year, and one of the better non-Oscar material movie for the year, if not past couple years.

Story is actually pretty decent and has some degree of rationale. And while there are some pretty dramatic changes to a few of the major characters’ relationships, there’s also a lot of fan nods. Perhaps most surprising is that there’s actually a fairly competent amount of character development in this flick. Mostly through the use of flashbacks.

Frankly, I was expecting a movie with a stupid and barely bearable plot, and vanilla or annoying characters with plenty of awful acting sprinkled on. And possibly even sub par action. But to my surprise, the only truly atrocious thing about this movie is some of the CGI, which is… well, atrocious. Also, the movie gets a tad overly cheesy near the end. And there are some parts that felt like a toy commercial. But overall, these things don’t really impact the whole of the movie. Oh, and Wayans isn’t as bad as I thought he’d be.

Overall, it’s a surprisingly good action movie that I’d recommend. I wouldn’t say to get your hopes way up, but you don’t need to let your expectations be as low as they probably are.

3 1/4 out of 4

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