Saw it on Friday myself and came away with a questions such as...

Why is the President of the U. S. British? (I like Jonathan Pryce as an actor but really, someone get the screenwriter a copy of the Constitution.)

How can you crush an underwater city by blowing up the ice cap? (When I looked into my cup in the theater all the ice was floating, unless Cobra can make Super-Nano-Heavy Ice)

How come the only roads leading away from the advanced weapon factory are goat trails? (I don't think it is too much to ask for a paved road here)

Icarus

I'll admit it, I was hesitant to see this one. I didn't think I would enjoy the film, but I did. We had a good time. And the theater was packed.

Lots of explosions, cool excellerant suits, weapons, basically everything you could want in a GI Joe movie. Some really well choreographed fight scenes with Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow. And a cat fight with the Baroness and Scarlett. It didn't hurt that they were in skin tight leathers either.

I told you so, Brian....didn't I?

I did hear one rumor about the movie, live ammo was used in most of the scenes. Wonder if that's true?

I'm not sure, but seems to be.

Well other than the fact that the movie volume was ridiculously low, a kid with a fro was sitting in front of me, kids behind me were repeatedly kicking my seat, and someone decided to bring their fussy toddler, I enjoyed the movie. Lots of non-stop crazy action, especially with the cybernetic power suits trying to chase down the Baroness.

Wow, so many kids were there? A theatre where I saw it was not full of people. Of course, there were no kids.

Is it supposed to be like Team America, becasue from the trailers I've seen it looks a lot like that.

Must be the first time a spoof was released 5 years before the film it's spoofing.

Hardly any kids in the theater made the movie better for me. The boys that were there...there was a set of twins in front of us....were quiet for the most part. The twins kept saying "Yo Joe" alot...but weren't a distraction really. When they heard Yo Joe in the movie...they got goofy...the whole movie was made for them!
I liked the camaraderie between Duke and Ripcord. The leathers worn by Scarlett and Baroness. Scarlett's crossbow was awesome!
And yes...seriously....a President with a Brit accent?
I intend to buy a copy when it's released for sale.

What I don't understand (and I haven't seen the movie yet, but...) is why Jonathan Pryce didn't just do an American accent. He's a very talented actor, surely he must be capable of doing one. I dunno. :p

What I don't understand (and I haven't seen the movie yet, but...) is why Jonathan Pryce didn't just do an American accent. He's a very talented actor, surely he must be capable of doing one. I dunno. :p

I know!!! :itsme:

..."they" never passed that law about natural born candidates that can run for and become president.

I'll answer my own question. From one of the sites for GI Joe, live rounds were used in the film. Interesting, but cool none the less. I wonder now how many are itching for some time on the range. LOL.

The problems you folks are having with the movie are obvious. Did you wear your special alter-dimensional glasses? No. Well, no wonder. With the glasses, the President spoke with an American accent, fat polar bears sank the ice floes, and the roads were covered by all the goat crap. It's worth the extra few bucks to buy the glasses.

AC

P.S. And did I mention that the glasses work as x-ray specs as well.

P.P.S. I loved this movie, flaws galore and all. It was like a James Bond movie on steroids. I mean, even Wayons kept his cool "brother" persona down to a level keeping with the other characters--unlike those two "bratha" Transformer robots that pushed the stereotypic envelope.

I know!!! :itsme:

..."they" never passed that law about natural born candidates that can run for and become president.

Remember that the movie is set in the "Not-too-distant future" after Obama got the Constitution changed to allow for foreign born Presidents because he got sick of the "Birthers." ("As the President, I'm supporting this change because I want All Americans to come togther... as one nation... and tell Orly Taitz to kiss my Kenyan ass. Thank you and good night.")

One thing that kind of annoyed me about the movie was the incestuously close backstories. It made me think that if the movie's timeline were regressed back far enough it'd turn out that everybody used to go to the same homeroom in grade school back in Springfield, Illinois (you'll get that referance if you're a true "Joe") with General Hawk as their Coach and Destro as the evil Principal.