I must have been the only one on the planet that thought the first GI JOE movie was a hoot. It caught me at the right time. Can't go wrong adding 'The Rock' to the sequel. Only he can be Roadblock.
And what kind of mitva is Dwayne Johnson doing for the planet but to play these characters that only he can play play them full out? You get 200% from the Rock at all times. He's still got lots to show me. His first big 'serious' role will come around one day but I can wait for that phase of his acting career, which is impressive.
I would love to see if Brother T.S. has ever done his one of a kind movie analysis on the movies of Johnson's. He might have been in some stinkers but he was rarely if ever the reason those pictures failed.
I was totally jazzed by his role in Fast and Furious 5 (which is a great fun crime and cops drama). It's amazingly good if you like your action heist movies. Say what you want about Vin Diesel but he's another one who is exciting to watch when he's at his best. If you missed Diesel's interplay with Johnson in that picture you really are short changing yourself.
These movies are bulletproof to me. They are my 'Transformers'. Nothing you can say to me will convince me that they are crappy. Like Transformer's fans I am blissfully unaware of all the reason I should have hated the movie.
Bruce Willis is Shipwreck isn't he? Please tell me he's Shipwreck.
Monday, December 12, 2011
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Oh no Cal i enjoyed the first one very much but the new one even looks better so i can not wait. : )
Two Words: Ninja Force.
bruce is john mcclaine... die hard style... i hope the 2nd pulls me in better than the first. the trailer helped... and failed wonder woman tv show, woman in red dress helps too.
Wasn't really a big fan of the first one but... Bruce Willis and The Rock in the same movie?!? I'm in!
Sorry.., I just can't do Transformers movies..
Just too much CGI going on. Those movies have no soul.
I only saw the first GI Joe because I heard so many reviews saying "Its so bad its good" or "Its the next best MST3K movie". Actually, it was a very milquetoast action movie, and nowhere near as outrageously stupid or as "in your face" as I thought it'd be.
The original's fundamental flaw in my opinion was just how it felt like it was poorly put together by an amateur novice, and I think a lot of that blame rests on the shoulders of the first film's director, (who has been replaced in this new film). It was a very typical of a mid August action movie, and I can't really pick on it any more than that because I can't really get mad at a movie when the project is already so defective from the start (ex: Twilight).
However, I guess it made enough money to warrant a sequel, but the producers wanted to protect their investment. Given that they knew they were going up against a summer destined to be ruled by "The Dark Knight Rises" they brought out the syringes of Adrenaline and Testosterone and pumped this movie up!
Dwayne Johnson is leading this time, and thank God. Dwayne has a more experience with action cheese and better screen presence. By which I mean he takes up most of the screen. It makes you wonder how the Cobra troops were able to miss a target that big when he was sitting completely still in the water. The power of badassery! Thats how!
Jonathan Pryce apparently didn't get enough of playing the villain in "Tomorrow Never Dies" because hes back at it again.
We've got an "A-Team" kind of set up (they should thankful this wasn't released last summer!) and these build up knowing that its our small little band versus the world. It was shocking to see a break-out character like Snake Eyes being incarcerated. But then the Cobra flag is raised at the White House and banners form the Cobra eyes. The impact of that hit like a punch to the gut. Its a sequence that is simple, iconic and powerful, and sets a stage of hopelessness for this "Empire Strikes Back" vibe they have going on.
There are plenty of unique action scenes on display. My favorite is the mountainside sword fight.
Bruce Willis' apperance at the end is akin to Josh Brolin's apperance at the end of the Men in Black 3 Trailer. If the action was the icing on the cake, Bruce is the sprinkles on top.
Trailer Grade: B+
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