Yesterday, I made the weekly call to my folks. They’re recently retired and making the most of their abundant free time by going to the cinema more frequently. They had just seen both G.I. Joe and District 9, and are probably the only people on Earth who loved the former and hated the latter.
My theory is that they’re becoming senile and got the films mixed up — they walked out of District 9 saying to each other, “Wow G.I. Joe was really great!” It’s either that, or I must stop loving them.
This looks in no way enticing. Does it?
I know that I’ll soon see (and enjoy) District 9, but I’m having an internal struggle with G.I. Joe. It’s embarrassing that even a tiny slice of my brain is attracted to it. I mean, it was less than a month ago that I ignored my better instincts and decided to give the second Transformers film a shot. I left the theater shell-shocked and sickened at my own gullibility. How could I have let myself believe that it might be fun? Why wasn’t I able to trust the critics, let alone this website which I spend every waking hour working on?!
And why am I similarly drawn to G.I. Joe? I know that it’s going to be awful, and that I’m going to be mad at myself immediately after seeing it. Why should I reward a studio which churns out such junk with my money? Should I go with low expectations, hoping to at least have them met?
Laremy Legel has a great article at Film.com, explaining why it’s okay to keep our expectations high and allow ourselves to hate G.I. Joe. I think I’m going to read it every day until I finally lose the desire to waste my money. Or… what do you think I should do?
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G.I. Joe is a silly, soulless film. The U.S. President is British.
Your inner child is wrong; crush its weary soul with more Herog.
Refuse the first marshmallow.
That is all.
Please, for the love of god, don’t see this. I went to see it because I go and see every new film (and have adopted the strategy of simply going to see the good ones an extra time or two so I won’t be a hypocrite for criticizing people who give this shit their money) for review purposes. For every ticket to this film that is sold I die a little inside. I’m already about $160M worth of dead. Don’t kill me more.
If anything, pirate it and watch it that way. At least that way you won’t be supporting this load of rubbish.
It is said that G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is better than Transformer, one and two add up.
Exactly, not that I am saying Transformer suck, I like the film anyway, while G.I Joe just exceeds that. I didn’t expect so much for the movie, but what present to me now is a movie of precise temple, smart suspense and of cause, all kinds of thrilling visual stimulation.
Gi Joe is the worst remake of any cartoon, comic, superhero, or whatever u can come up with. absolutely sicking. district 9 is a creative masterpiece. i can honestly say D9 is one of my all-time favorites. anybody who supports gi joe is not my friend or brother or father or dog. worst movie ever