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G.I. Joe : Rise of the Cobra

I’ll start right off by saying that G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra is what theTransformers franchise should be.

Following months of trailers and clips that frankly, made this movie look like it was going to be awful, imagine my surprise when I actually ended up enjoying it. I don’t recall ever seeing a marketing campaign that so made me NOT want to see a movie that turned out to be decent.

It’s entirely possible that if I were nine or ten, the age that I first discovered the animated series, then G.I. Joe would be my favorite movie of all time. It features colorful, iconic characters, huge action scenes, and a plot that I’d feel smart for having figured out. As an adult, however, its shortcomings are obvious: thin, one-dimensional characters, death and destruction on an irresponsibly epic scale, and a nonsensical plot that I’d be depressed to have to try and “figure out.” But G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was made for my nine-year-old self, and the nine-year-old in all of our selves; and while it certainly doesn’t hold up to the scrutiny of a more mature or sophisticated perspective, it’s a surprisingly fun time at the movies that reminds us we needn’t be children in order to enjoy something the same way as when we were.