'G.I. Joe' bruised by bad reviews
"G.I. Joe"
opened this weekend to good numbers but bad reviews. Paramount did not screen the movie for the mainstream critics in advance, forcing them to see "G.I. Joe" over the weekend. Few of them found the film to be worth the wait.
"G.I. Joe" managed only a score of 31 among the top tier of 13 critics surveyed by Rotten Tomatoes. And it did little better over at Meta Critic with an average mark of 32 from 22 reviews. That puts it behind Paramount's other big summer blockbuster "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" which managed 35 at Meta Critic.
While "G.I. Joe" took in $55 million over the weekend, the "Transformers" sequel raked in more than that in its first day of release. It has gone on to gross almost $400 domestically and over $815 million worldwide. By comparison, "G.I. Joe" dropped 18% from Friday to Saturday. Could those late reviews have hurt the movie where it matters most – at the box office?
"G.I. Joe" is already in the cross hairs of the Razzie Awards: "Hollywood sinks to a new low in its pursuit of utter NON-originality. Based on a long dormant line of action figures, it looks like The Ultimate 9-Year-Old Boy Movie (something aimed at 9-year-olds that could also have been made by 9-year-olds)."
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absolute nonsense. it was one of the better movies to have come out in a while, and if you don't realize that you are too deep in the 'critic/review bullshit'
many movies with bad reviews turn out great. not gonna let some fat mama's boy in his 30s in a basement in texas ruin 2 hours of awesome action, story, hot chicks, explosions, and cheesy jokes for me.
you should go see this movie if you havent
Posted by: stroyer | December 15, 2009 at 08:19 AM
Acting forced on Ripcord? How about Duke? Channing Tatum was lame as hell in this role. He has the charisma of a dish towel. Great to look at, and that's about it. Stick to dancing dude. The storyline was horrible. The action great. For having a Wayans, you'd think it would be full of comedic reprieve to make up for the bad acting. Nope, not the case -- makes me wonder why they even bothered to cast him. Anyway, if you're a mindless zombie as most Americans are and lack the ability to process any storyline with actual depth and thought, I'm sure you'll love this movie :).
Posted by: d | August 12, 2009 at 07:16 AM
This is a pretty pathetic analysis. Regarding the reviews. You might want to avoid cherry picking your data. On Rotten Tomatoes, JOE is sitting at a 42 while TRANSFORMERS 2 is at 20. Based on that metric, JOE got MUCH better reviews than TRANSFORMERS. Now if you think there is something wrong with Rotten Tomatoes, fine-- but you either use it or don't. Additionally, comparing the grosses of TRANSFORMERS 2 to JOE is quite disingenuous. TRANSFORMERS 2 is a sequel to a very successful original. JOE by comparison is a new franchise. And also by the way, TRANSFORMERS 2 opened in June, a much better release date than August. You're comparing apples to oranges. What passes for journalism these days is sad indeed.
Posted by: mindbender | August 11, 2009 at 07:52 PM
Reboot the franchise in 7 years after this pile of crap that was put together in one week by morons.
Posted by: steve | August 11, 2009 at 11:10 AM
THE MOVIE WAS PRETTY GOOD...BUT ALL THE GOOD PARTS WERE N THE COMMERCIAL...IT WAS STILL PRETTY GOOD 2 SEE BUT I WAS EXPECTING BETTER...BUT ONCE YOU REMEMBER THE FACT THAT IT REALLY IS A KIDS MOVIE YOU HAVE 2 ASK URSELF "WAT MORE SHOULD I HAVE EXPECTED"
Posted by: kirk | August 11, 2009 at 07:55 AM
THEY ABSOLUTELY RUINED MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF gG JOE BY CASTING A F$&#ING WAYANS BROTHER!!!!!!
Posted by: SERIOUSLY!! | August 11, 2009 at 06:20 AM
Well... I actually enjoyed the movie. It was lovably cheesy at parts, but it was in an endearing way. The acting seemed a little forced on the part of Ripcord, but other than that, it was a throwback to my childhood for me... as well as an homage to movies like Inspector Gadget... without the cartoony atmosphere.
Posted by: Othor_KnowS_ALL | August 11, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Don't listen to the negative reviews about this movie. It was actually quite fun. Keep in mind that this is a film for kids, and as such, it may not be the most stimulating film for adults. But most adults who bring their kids will not be bored. It has great special effects and lots of funny moments. Definitely worth the money.
Posted by: Jeff | August 10, 2009 at 09:47 PM
Thank you.. PLEASE PUT THIS ARTICLE AT THE TOP OF GOOGLE NEWS. THAT MOVIE IS PURE POISONOUS CRAPPP
I WANT MY $ AND MY LIFE BACK
Posted by: true | August 10, 2009 at 06:56 PM