I have been a GI Joe fan for about my entire life. In fact, I wonder, now that I'm in my forties, I might be part of the target audience, or at least one of the demographic considerations. Had all the figures in the 70's, and even when I got older, in the 80's. Even video taped all the original episodes on the tube.
Nice take on decades past -- in preface; the move is okay. But it doesn't quite capture the fun of the original. Maybe it's too much to ask to do so.
There is a rule, mine only I think, the "Star Wars Rule": In the original three movies, there was a "gee whiz" bang to all of them. Higher tech than anyone had ever seen before, including Space Odyssey. But at the center was a interesting group of characters, Han Solo and Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO, just fun to watch, even Luke, while Luke, and were interesting in how they interacted. The great lasers and such just made it better, it didn't make it what it was though.
Here, in Joe, they have great technica, but the center is boring. In the great GI Joe show, all the best fun is with the evil Cobra villains, here they are sort of mild. I think they are trying to set up a franchise, because they are missing a few major evil characters. And the ones they have are off the mark to a great degree.
One major mistake -- perhaps the biggest of the movie, perhaps the one that sinks it: The Baroness. In the TV show she's menacing, cold, and Prussian, evil to the bone without any constraint.
Here, she's sort of a post-valley girl, probably had some "girls gone wild" moments in Lake Havasu, character who has scant connection with the original character. And she has very skinny legs -- not a criticism, but the original Baroness was something entirely different.
I'd recommend watching it, but don't think it really does much justice to the original concept.
Nice take on decades past -- in preface; the move is okay. But it doesn't quite capture the fun of the original. Maybe it's too much to ask to do so.
There is a rule, mine only I think, the "Star Wars Rule": In the original three movies, there was a "gee whiz" bang to all of them. Higher tech than anyone had ever seen before, including Space Odyssey. But at the center was a interesting group of characters, Han Solo and Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO, just fun to watch, even Luke, while Luke, and were interesting in how they interacted. The great lasers and such just made it better, it didn't make it what it was though.
Here, in Joe, they have great technica, but the center is boring. In the great GI Joe show, all the best fun is with the evil Cobra villains, here they are sort of mild. I think they are trying to set up a franchise, because they are missing a few major evil characters. And the ones they have are off the mark to a great degree.
One major mistake -- perhaps the biggest of the movie, perhaps the one that sinks it: The Baroness. In the TV show she's menacing, cold, and Prussian, evil to the bone without any constraint.
Here, she's sort of a post-valley girl, probably had some "girls gone wild" moments in Lake Havasu, character who has scant connection with the original character. And she has very skinny legs -- not a criticism, but the original Baroness was something entirely different.
I'd recommend watching it, but don't think it really does much justice to the original concept.