Good concept, poorly executed.

Brilliant and touching

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

"*Hollywood now proposes that in a new live-action movie based on the G.I. Joe toy line, Joe's -- well, "G.I." -- identity needs to be replaced by membership in an "international force based in Brussels." The IGN Entertainment news site reports Paramount is considering replacing our "real American hero" with "Action Man," member of an "international operations team." Paramount will simply turn Joe's name into an acronym.The show biz newspaper Variety reports: "G.I. Joe is now a Brussels-based outfit that stands for Global Integrated Joint Operating Entity, an international co-ed force of operatives who use hi-tech equipment to battle Cobra, an evil organization headed by a double-crossing Scottish arms dealer." Well, thank goodness the villain -- no need to offend anyone by making our villains Arabs, Muslims, or foreign dictators of any stripe these days, though apparently Presbyterians who talk like Scottie on "Star Trek" are still OK -- is a double-crossing arms dealer. Otherwise one might be tempted to conclude the geniuses at Paramount believe arms dealing itself is evil.(Just for the record, what did the quintessential American hero, Humphrey Bogart's Rick Blaine in "Casablanca," do before he opened his eponymous cafe? Yep: gun-runner.) According to reports in Variety and the aforementioned IGN, the producers explain international marketing would simply prove too difficult for a summer, 2009 film about a heroic U.S. soldier. Thus the need to "eliminate Joe's connection to the U.S. military." Well, who cares. G.I. Joe is just a toy, right? He was never real. Right?*" **** Read the rest of this article and then decide how you should honor the face of the man associated with G.I. Joe http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/10849526.html

I only heard about this movie last week, and watched it on youtube a few hours ago. I can only imagine how exciting it must have been for a kid from the 1980's to watch this. The plot is very Gi Joe-ish: Cobra plans to steal a device that can help them gain control of the world, Blah blah blah. Only this time, They're getting help from an ancient race of snake-people! Also, for the first time, Cobra Commander's origin is revealed! It's an awesome movie, But with a big problem (I'm sure most of you know what I'm talking about) However, like I said before, There's always action in some form or another in almost every scene, so that more than makes up for you-know-what in my book. That, and one of the coolest movie openings ever. It even has some humor in it! The animation, although about 20 years old, is impressive. Go rent a copy today!

I'm glad to see so many fans of the series chimed in on this. I, too was a shameless addict for G.I. Joe and Transformers. The shows basically followed each other on the after school t.v. program. I remember some of the shows were quite serious. Buzz Dixon was a pretty good writer on the show. There was one about a take over of the G.I. Joes "traitor" within. then another had someone joining a street gang. another episode had commentary - where Cobra wanted the cartoon for everyone to look alike and think alike - then we can achieve world peace! - another Cobra commander episode was when he changed the ending of a program - "you just cant win if the opponent is bigger and stronger than you are" - some of the story lines were pretty good. Others were pretty goofy. I just loved that opening song - "Fighting for freedom wherever there is trouble over land and sea and air.....G.I. Joe is there. When they fly to the top of the statue of liberty and those fireworks are going off...I m sorry, but I was just psyched after seeing that - it was such a rush. - It would be considered fascist in some circles these days, but then again, its just a cartoon. no, a phenomenon! - there must be a movie in the works!!!!

I speak badly of G.I.J.:T.M. mostly because I think it lacked something that G.I. Joe had. Yes It had something that G.I. Joe didn't have like celebrity cameos by Don Johnson, and Burgess Meredith but I think G.I. Joe: The Movie lacked the passion for the characters that the G.I. Joe TV series had. Most of the voice over artists really sounded like they were dead pan and they were going to die at anytime now. It's a good movie but I wouldn't say that it was the greatest movie in the world I.M.H.O. :)Although violence is what G.I. Joe was built on I'd say that Serpentor striking Duke in his chest wasn't the very best way for Charlie Adler's character to go out. Neither was seeing Golobulus remind Cobra Commander why he was chosen to lead the Cobra forces and then being horribly mutated after he failed to deliver what Cobra-La felt was rightfully theirs.It wasn't the best way for the G.I. Joe series to go out but it's better than nothing. :)