SOL VIEW: G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA

OK SO YESTERDAY AFTERNOON snoopy AND I WENT TO GO SEE g.i. joe: the rise of cobra BEFORE I GOT TOO INVOLVED IN MOVING...

SO THE BIG BUZZ FOR ME WHY I WANTED TO SEE THIS WAS TO SEE channing tatumn. WE ALL KNOW THAT CHANNING IS BEST KNOW FOR HIS ROLES IN coach carter, havoc, AND MOST ACCALIMED FOR step up (WHERE HE MET NEW WIFE jenna dewan) IN A NEW LIGHT. STEP UP SHOWCASED HIS DANCE SKILLS, WHERE HE GOT HIS START. COACH CARTER AND HAVOC BOTH SHOWCASED THAT HE HAD POTENTIAL FOR DRAMA BUT THEY BOTH SHOWCASED HIM AS THE SAME CHARACTER FOIL THAT HE SHOWED IN STEP UP, A WHITE GHETTO THUG. gi WAS GREAT BECAUSE HE REALLY CAME ACCORS THE SCREEN AS A ACTION STAR WITH BRAVADO AND SEXINESS. VERY PROUD THAT HE WAS ABLE TO GET BACK TO HIS emperio armani, AND abercrombie & fitch ROOTS AND HAVE MORE OF AN ALL AMERICAN GUY APPEAL.

SO YOU KNOW HOW WE DO SO LETS GET INTO THE REVIEW:

THE GOOD:

LIKE I SAID EARLIER THE ACTION SEQUENCES IN THIS MOVIE ARE STRAIGHT FIRE! THE FIGHTS WITH THE HIGH TECH WEAPONS WERE AWESOME AND ARE SURE TO BE EVEN BETTER FOR ps3 AND xbox BUT DAMN.... SERIOUSLY I WAS SALIVATING WATCHING SOME OF THE STUNTS (WHICH YOU COULD TELL WERE STUNTS NOT CGI LIKE SOME MOVIES) AND THE FIGHT SEQUENCES.

FAVORITE FIGHTER: SNAKE EYES... PROBABLY WITH MY RECENT INTEREST IN anime AND martial arts CULTURE IM LOVING HIS STYLE SO MUCH BUT DAMN THIS CAT WENT HARD IN THE PAINT. HIS BACK STORY WAS COOL BUT THE WAY THEY INCORPORATED IT INTO HIS FIGHTING STYLE IS WHAT MADE HIM SO DYNAMIC TO WATCH.

FAVORITE CHARACTER: SCARLETT.... WE ALL KNOW MY PENSION FOR RED HAIR BUT HONESTLY THIS CHICK DID THE FOIL OF A RED HEAD JUSTICE. SMART, GUARDED, BUT A VERY METHODICAL FIGHTER. OUT OF ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE I FELT THAT I COULD MOST RELATE TO HER. AND FOR ALL OF MY MALE READER BE SURE TO CATCH THE CHIK FIGHT AND BIKER SEQUENCE SHE'S IN.

THE BAD:

OK I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT AS MUCH AS I WANT TO GIVE RAVE REVIEWS ABOUT ALL OF THE CHARACTERS I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT denis quaid's CHARACTER WAS JUST BLAND FOR ME AND SO WAS THE DUDE WHO COULD IMPERSONATE ANYONE. EITHER THEY JUST WEREN'T DYNAMIC ENOUGH OR WHATEVER BUT THEY GOT OUT ACTED BY BASICALLY EVERYONE... WHICH REALLY SUCKED FOR ME BECAUSE BOTH ACTORS ARE VETERANS TO THE INDUSTRY.

THE UGLY:

OK MY ULTIMATE PET PEEVE IN MOVIES IS WHEN YOU CAN TELL THE ENDING/MYSTERY OF THE MOVIE 30/45 MINUTES BEFORE THEY TELL YOU. THERE WERE SOME GREAT TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WERE IN THIS MOVIE BUT ALL OF THEM WERE PRETTY DARN PREDICTABLE OVERALL... IT WAS FRUSTRATING WATCHING IT KNOWING THAT I ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY THAT WAS KINDA LAME WAS sienna miller's DYE JOB FOR HER CHARACTER ANNA... THE WIG WHATEVER IT WAS LOOKED REALLY BAD ON HER.... THE BROWN WAS WAY TOO DARK FOR HER SKIN TONE AND ENDED UP MAKING HER JUST LOOK GROSS.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

ITS GOING TO BE A SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER... GREAT SUMMER MOVIE.... MARLON WAYNES WAS A GREAT BATCH OF COMIC RELIEF FOR THE MOVIE AND IN THE RIGHT DOSAGE BUT DONT LOOK FOR IT TO BE SHORTY FROM scary movie 1 OR 2. TRUST ME YOU WILL BE SEEING A LOT OF BUZZ ABOUT gi joe TO COME..

MY TAKE:

I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT THE MOVIE WAS REALLY GOOD. NOT BETTER THAN transformers 2: revenge of the fallen BUT STILL IT WAS DEFIENTLY WORTH MY ANTICIPATION. THE ACTION SEQUENCES IN IT WERE GRIPPING... I CANT WAIT FOR THE blue ray TO COME OUT SO I CAN REALLY GET AN IN MY FACE FEEL FOR THE EXPLOSIONS AND CAR CRASHES/BLOW UPS (WHICH WE ALL KNOW ARE A TURN ON FOR ME).

BOTTOM LINE:

IF YOU LIKE revenge of the fallen OR INTO THE COMIC- TO- MOVIE THING YOU NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT.