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hmmm…supposed to be the big star vehicle for channing tatum. he’s barely in it. they’re hiding the weenie on this stink bomb.
Gawd I hope there’s a story there. Because we’ve all seen Transformers already.
Looks pretty lame to me. Kinda like a wannabe Transformers.
Looks pretty lame. Kinda like a wannabe transformers. And I’m not a fan of transformers. Only chance is to target 17 and unders.
Worst CGI I’ve ever seen. Did they do that in grandma’s basement? How do you spell GI Joe? B-O-M-B.
I TOTALLY DISAGREE. THE MOVIE LOOKS AWESOME. Action PACKED. A great supervillian with a truly devasting weapon! I know NIkki doesn’t do Geek, but I know she will be waiting at midnight for the opening of this movie. BECASUE ITS DA BOMB. FINKE’s DHD 4 LIFA SUKAS. VARRIEY AINT GOT SHIT ON HER YO
I grew up watching the shows and playing with the toys… What the hell does this have to do with the original???
I saw it the first time when it was called IRON MAN.
-RnsW
Oh noes! Teh Joez sukz!
“G.I. No”
I’m not seeing a GI joe movie that doesn’t have the guts to throw a “kung-fu grip” joke in the trailer.
Ridiculous property + NO sense of humor about itself = trouble.
It looks like they’re trying to get the Iron Man crowd. I’d be interested to hear what the reaction is in the theaters. It can’t be good.
I think two producers got together and said…the hell with the story, let’s see how many special effects we can cram in this movie.
Guess all of you brain surgeons can pronounce full and final judgment on a full length feature film based on a two minute trailer. Let’s all make the most obvious comment possible to show off our deep thought process ( comparison to Transformers) May the world be so kind to you when you are judged.
Its a rust missile…A RUST MISSILE! And he’s going to hold the world hostage with it! ‘Cause he’s a bad guy.
There aren’t enough mouth-breathing red-state suckers to make this abortion a hit. Christopher Eccleston is too good of an actor to have to be doing this type of dreck.
Looks like it could be fun.
I think that it looks pretty cool. Though keep in mind that this was spawned by a toy/cartoon with soldiers dressed like the Village People screaming “Yo Joe !”, along with a PSA in the end, with the line “And knowing is half the battle”. So let’s please not expect more of this than just a junk food film, a high end B movie. Just turn your brain off and enjoy !
Good enough for mindless escape, but please can’t we get our movie going rocks off on more than just comic book flicks anymore? Actually, this is a movie based on a doll (oops, I mean, action figure).
@DGA member:
But I like having my brain turned on. When people turn their brains off, stupid, terrible things happen, like this movie. The fact that no one noticed the very big difference between this concept and “Transformers” (and the reason why Transformers did so well and this won’t) underscores this problem. Everyone likes Robots. No one likes jingoism.
That looks like the single worst movie ever made. Or, more accurately a mashup of the 100 worst movies ever made. The fact that they put the name GI Joe on it is a disgrace.
Somebody might want to tell the producers of this film that if you are going to make a G.I. Joe movie, you might want to actually include G.I. Joe in the movie.
a DGA member:
Seems you already have turned off your brain with that stupid statement.
Channing Tatum should be a star, instead he’s being put in vehicles that make him nothing more than Jason Statham Jr.
He’s capable of so much more.
That was a terrific trailer! Looks like a lot of fun to me. Not sure what’s up with the negative comments. I grow so weary of the whole “competition” of which films we are supposed to rally behind (STAR TREK, which I want to see of course) and the ones we are supposed to hate, (WOLVERINE, it was totally fun). Relax people.
“Mouth-breathing red-state suckers?” The film is an “abortion?” I fail to see what this trailer has done to offend you so much where other blockbuster style trailers have succeeded.
My guess is if this same exact trailer had fanboy approved names like JAMES CAMERON or J.J. ABRAMs instead of STEPHEN SOMMERS attached to it, you would be standing up in your chair cheering the exact same visuals.
The turnout for this will be enormous, at least for the opening weekend, because the nostalgia factor will lure in every guy who grew up in the 80’s when this was the one action figure line we all played with. If it had a better director attached than Stephen Sommers the sky could’ve been the limit box office-wise. Michael Bay is somebody the internet losers love to bash but his ability to put butts into seats is redoubtable and he did just that with a different toy-based movie on a scale very few anticipated. I’m holding out hope that G.I. Joe will be the preeminent guilty-pleasure movie of the season.
I liked it better when the hand-picked Best Team in the World had to go and dig a hole in that Asteroid….
Actually the above comments about jingoism are ill-informed if you know anything about this movie. Of COURSE you can’t play a GI Joe “Real American hero” angle in the modern international film market. That’s why this GI Joe team is actually an international force (granted, with mostly American actors). But be sure that the jingoism was left with the 80s cartoon.
Saw it before ‘Star Trek’ last night at the Arclight Cinerama Dome. I wasn’t alone laughing out loud after the trailer ran, many other were, showing that this ‘G.I. Joe’ feature film looks bloody-terrible… then, the ‘Transformers 2′ trailer hit, and people were cheering!
First we get a Star Trek film with no script and now we get a live action version of Team America with no irony.
Good job Paramount.
I’d take a 1.5 hour thrill ride if it’s loaded with fx and noise and pretty people blowing shit up. Story? then see something else – this looks like a return to simple, summer popcorn.
It looks cool, but I think the August date might kill it when people are worn out from movies and out of cash.
Lots of haters popping up in these comments page. The trailer looks good and perfect for a summer popcorn blockbuster, the effecs look good and up to the state of the art, and trying to deny these simple facts tells a lot about who makes those absurd hateful comments and very little about the movie. Snobbery always masks stupidity and venality.
Looks like hot rubbish! Where is Sargent Slaughter? Looks like they fouled it on this one and really veered away from the toys and cartoon show of the 80’s. Bummer!
It’ll probobly be huge but to me, way too much spfx. Where’s the realism?
Where’s the Kung Fu Grip?
Why does the disintegration of the eiffel tower sound like clinking wine glasses?
No jingoism? No silly characters? No kung-fu grip? Then why even make the film? The point is, there is nothing of value in this franchise save for its sentimentality, which is the very thing they didn’t include. Not to mention It looked like a shot-for-shot remake of “Team America” without the puppets or the funny – they even blew up the Eiffel Tower!
Fun spectacles don’t have to be devoid of intelligence. “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “The Dark Knight”, and “Iron Man” have proved that. I just don’t understand how a project like this could get past the pitch; you’d think someone would say “no” at the first mention of a rust missile or “accelerator suit”.
The studio must be showing another trailer in Texas, one which explicitly explains who the villain is. When Texans see the Eiffel Tower attacked, they stand up and bray enthusiastically.
If Abrans or Cameron’s names were in the credits, this would be a completely different movie, a good movie. I am sorry, but if even the elite military needs to strap into wanna be iron man suits, we are in trouble. There is a better, more realistic, movie that can be made. This is not it. Just because you are a big budget action flick, you should strive to be more, like a Dark Knight or an Iron Man. Both of those movies work because they set themselves in a realistic frame and expanded from there. From this trailer G.I. Joe decide no one will take it seriously, so they opted to go stupid, rather than smart. Also, in seeing what they have done to Cobra Commander, visually, is moronic. Cobra Commander has such a simple iconic look, and they found a way to over design it to teh point that it looks like a space alien. Now I know this is based on cartoon (although there has been really well wriiten comics books as well), and shouldnt expect the material to be treated better, but it can be.
“We’ve never faced a threat like this”
“this has only just begun”
“We’re running out of time!”
No. No. And No. You are running out of cliches.
If this p.o. complete s. falls less than 70% in the second weekend it will be a miracle.
And the TRANSFORMERS 2 movie looks so much more intelligent and classy than this right? I really don’t see a lick of difference quality wise between the two franchises. They are both based on toys, and they are both made to be fun films for young audiences and those who still are willing to hjust go for the ride. Not EVERYTHING needs to be all dark and serious ala DARK KNIGHT. But again, it seems some have already made up their minds based on things they were told or personal prejudice against the director. FIne. Don’t go. Do everything you can to convince people it isn’t fun. Sit there with your arms folded in anger over the images that play out on the screen when the trailer shows. The fact is, that EXACRT same trailer with different names in the credits would have had the same people who are trolling this thread spouting hate, cheering the cool factor. Why does everything need to be a zero sum love it or hate it thing with these people?
Hate. Opinions are like “assh—s. It certainly appears like everyone has one. I am totally fed up with all of you. Go away and play with yourselves.
I am saying it now that G.I. Joe will be the biggest bomb of the summer. The trailer is too lame for words.
I saw the trailer before Star Trek and the audience was into it big time.
Lame. Where are Cobra Commander and Destro?
The suits are way more like a M.A.S.K. thing than GI Joe. I echo the Transformers talk. What a disappointment
Ka-boom. CGI’s a mixed blessing, isn’t it! Great visuals, but they now keep remaking the same movie. Over and over again. Kaboom. Yawn.
Looks dumb as f…
but it’s high concept, so it will have a good opening weekend, will probably gross a significant amount in the US, will have good return in Asia but will get killed in the european market (except Russia).
what a lame trailer, though…
I took a group of 14-year-old boys to see Star Trek (which they universally loved). Not one of them has any interest in seeing GI Joe after seeing the trailer. Not one. Some of said they “might” see Transformers 2 (my bet is they will). Every one of them wants to see Star Trek again.
@Rupert P.
If you want to see how to handle a sentimental property that doesn’t translate contemporarily, see “Land of the Lost”. THAT’S how you take a concept with little going for it except the fuzzy memories of a generation of kidults and turn it into something of quality. Too bad the GI Joe production team didn’t have similar talent or vision.
@Ron @Johnny Marshall
There is a BIG difference between the expectations of going to see a movie like Slumdog Millionaire or the upcoming Public Enemies, and a movie about a damn cartoon!! You shouldn’t expect that deep of plot when your dealing with the subject of an Action Figure. If so, you’re pretty jaded film watchers that obviously just want to find something to complain about. I enjoy, respect, and have worked on high minded, character driven stories with serious or historical subject matter. There’s time for those, and then there are times where i just want to see shit blow up!! Stop being such snobs!
BTW, I saw the trailer in a theater in Times Sq, and people were clapping when Snake Eyes & Stormshadow were shown and clapped after it was over, so keep your “brain turned on” along with you over analyzing, and stay home.
This film will do $130-150 million range easy, not huge, but it won’t bomb!
@DGA member
LOL @ “The film will do $130-150 million range easy”. Domestic? Want to bet on that?
And I find it convenient that you continue to ignore the fact that movies can be both intelligent while still having “sh-t blow up”. Again, I point to “Iron Man” and “Spider Man II” – both entertaining and clever, and both based on a “damn cartoon”. Its as if you’re arguing that, in order for a movie to be fun, it must be stupid. What a fallacy. Stupid movies based on less than high-concept franchises are not stupid out of necessity, but rather due to laziness and/or substandard talent. In this case, I’m going to go with a little from column A and a little from column B.
Johnny Marshall, I want to see LAND OF THE LOST too! Just saying nothing looks WRONG about GI JOE to me. The trailer was exciting, and at least it’s a new big movie. I think it’s going to do very well too, because there is no action movie out in the entire month of August (and late July for that matter) to compete. I still believe the third MUMMY film would have done a bit better if it hadn’t come out the second weekend of DARK KNIGHT. (although MUMMY 3 did do over 400 million worldwide, hardly a flop.)
People are not dumb – they can see through crap like this.
However, I still somehow hope it’ll do well. Don’t know why. It’ll probably be just as bad as Wolverine if not worse yet I still have more sympathy for it than Wolverine.
@ johnny
I’m not saying that in order for a movie to be fun it has to be stupid, I AM saying that expectations should be tempered according to what the property is.
Iron Man and Spiderman are both adapted from comics and graphic novels that took time to flesh out a backstory, THEN cartoons and toys were made afterwards. Therefore when the adaptations were made there is an expectation of a smart screenplay based off of the volume of stories it has to draw from.
GI JOE and Transformers on the other hand never had that sort of inception, they were toys FIRST, then the cartoons followed to capitalize on their heat. So again these movies are based off of CHILDREN’S CARTOONS!! My expectations are different, because they are different, Iron Man/Spiderman have comics that deal with alcoholism, death, and other drama. GI JOE/ Transformers cartoons have plots about “weather dominators”. The source materials have EVERYTHING to do with what i expect from a movie. That being said, i expect a fun big-budget B-movie !
if you don’t like the GI Joe trailer you shouldn’t be working in this business.
@ A DGA member:
The premise of the property is an international fighting force that fights “an evil terrorist organization bent on ruling the world”. That last part may be from the TV show’s theme song, but it’s also something that applies to the modern world. The fact that this movie refuses to try and take it’s subject matter seriously is insulting to movie goers. And I don’t even want to get into the mechanical suits…
And actually, there are a number of Joe comic books. That deal with very serious issues. Considering the original Joe was chosen after service in Vietnam, one would think this movie could have something to say about our current situation. Check out the recent animated GI JOE: RESOLUTE to see how a more sophisticated take can be done, even with absurd sci-fi elements.
Alas, this movie doesn’t even try. Because it was made by fifty year-olds to appeal to today’s six year-olds instead of the twenty-somethings who grew up on this.
Thanks for ruining my childhood, studios. Again. I’m sure I’ll see it, but I won’t be happy about it. Just give me the SNAKE-EYES: ORIGINS sequel to ruin the character completely and be done with it.
@ PeeInVee
If you like this trailer, I wish you weren’t
@ no guild
Snake Eyes: Origins. That’s great. lol!