G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra rekalled...

Where to begin? This film is terrible, gawd awful. It is so bad that it is hard to explain. There wasn't anything good about this film. I have been a G.I. Joe fan from my days as a kid collecting the 3 3/4 inch action figures, watching the cartoon and my favorite part; the comic book series put out by marvel. I know it is not classical literature but there is a huge history to draw from, great character designs and some cool ideas that are no where to be found in this film. There really is no reason to call this G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra. The characters in the film are so different from there counter parts from the comics and cartoons that you could have called it something else and no one would have noticed or cared.

The only thing that came close was the character of Snake-eyes, they had the look right even though they changed his back story. The lead actor, Channing Tatum, has no charisma and is devoid of anything of interest for an audience. His co-star, Marlon Wayans, on the other hand goes from pathetic to annoying which is a shame since he has shown promise in one film(Requiem of a Dream) and squanders his talents once again.

The film itself is just a terrible story that makes no sense and is a series of ridiculous action scenes. Stephen Sommers once again proves he is a terrible film maker and should never be allowed to make another film, he has yet to make anything resembling quality and if he has done anything that someone likes his recent work has tarnished any older work. The film was an origin story as well so there are plans for more which is terrible, they will be crap. He is crap.

I knew this movie was going to be terrible. I had always thought that it would be impossible to make a G.I. Joe movie but in this day of built in audiences and studios looking for trilogies it was it's time but I couldn't see how it could be done the right way. Once Stephen Sommers was announced as the director I knew it was headed down the wrong path and the trailers for the film were some of the worst trailers I have ever seen.

I could go on about each part of this film that missed the mark but this post would be longer than the screenplay for the film. Luckily I saw this film for free. No one should ever see this film let alone pay for it. This gives Transformers 2 company in the race for worst movie of the year.

Effing Terrible CRAP. I don't know how Stephen Sommers keeps getting work.