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The complaints:
I didn't really care for the narration at the beginning. It needed to not exist, or be longer and explain where maybe some of the characters from the first movie had gone.
Mouse. He was cool, wish he hadn't been killed. Or take the character, make him older and harder and call him Low Light.
In RoC, G.I.*JOE was a top secret international organization. This time they seemed to be an American organization. Actually my preference, but let's keep some continuity between the two movies. Also the President mentions them openly and names Snake Eyes in a press conference. Even though it's supposed to be Zartan, you would think he would still trying to keep the secretive nature of the unit and its members quiet. Something that our current president did wrong was to acknowledge not only that it was an American unit that killed Osama bin Laden, but also calling them out as SEAL team 6. While everyone would have most likely speculated that it was indeed an American unit and most likely SEAL 6, units like that are secret for many reasons. Please note I was only using that as an example and not to start any kind of political conversation regarding our commander-in-chief.
Roadblock at home. While it is good to acknowledge that these people are human beings with families, and the scene with both of them playing the video game was pretty funny, I don't know that was really necessary, unless it was one of the added scenes, and it was just to show the friendship between the two characters.
The way Roadblock held his M-249. It just bothered me.
The movie cliche of Lady Jaye and her father and his opinion of women in the military and her trying to make him proud and not getting the appreciation she thought she deserved and Colton at the end saying her father would have been proud of her. It didn't really add anything to her character, and like I said it was just over used military movie cliche. Also, her name being Jaye Burnett. What's wrong with Allison Hart Burnett?
Every time a red ninja fell, did the camera really need to follow him down?
RZA as Blind Master. He looked cool but, and this may be harsh, but I think Jake Lloyd was better in Episode I.
Jinx was awesome, but, she was supposed be Japanese, looks like a Latina, and spoke like a Brit. G.I.*JOE is known for its diversity and multiculturalism, but all in one person?
Destro. End of RoC, things looked like they were cool between him and CC, but then he gets kicked out of the band? I hope they find a way to bring him back.
Storm Shadow. Uh, exactly how did he survive the end of RoC?
Zartan and Firefly's death. These were two of the best characters so far, they both really pulled off their roles well, sucks they had to die.
Joe Colton's old war buddies. What the hell was that all about? They should have been some characters of significance like Capt. Steve Rogers, maybe Col. Sharpe, Admiral Ledger, something along those lines, but these were just a couple of random guys that didn't really do much once introduced. Where I would have changed this up would have been that NOT EVEY SINGLE JOE was wiped out in the desert, as others were on other missions or something. Maybe these could have been those Joes brought in so that the existing Joe team didn't only include RB, Flint, Lady Jaye, Snake Eyes and Jinx.
When the Joes are being presented their awards at the end, why did Lady Jaye, an soldier in the US Army, have a Marine Corps Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on her uniform?
I didn't really like that Duke was killed. He's not my favorite character, and I know some that hate the character, but he is one of the core characters to the overall mythos.
Yeah it was cool that Joe gave Roadbock Patton's pistol, but who the hell just randomly fires a loaded gun into the air? At a ceremony where the President was in attendance?
How old are Storm Shadow and Zartan? Soft Master was killed when SS was what? Maybe 10? Then he meets the sword maker and learns from him, then as an adult learns the sword maker was Zartan in disguise, yet Zartan seems to be the same age then as he was while being the president.
Not enough John Armijo. Or maybe too much. I haven't decided yet.
The Likes:
With a bit of script tweeking, this could have been the first movie
Didn't have to worry about any of that Ripcord/Scarlett romance crap or the Duke/CC/Baroness triangle of nonsense
SE and Jinx's dune buggy had a good resemblance to the AWE Striker
That whole ninja fight on the side of the cliff was one of the coolest I've seen in any movie
I've always like The Rock and thought he did justice to Roadblock, but it would have been cool to hear his drop a rhyme into his speech, just as an homage
No idea who Flint and Lady's actors are, but I felt like they were Flint and Lady Jaye
I want Joe Coltn's house
The HISS tanks were awesome and it would have been cool to get representations of them in toy form
Cobra Commander's costume was awesome, better than what we got in figure form
Ray Stevens was perfect as Firefly. While it was kind of disappointing to find out what Boba Fett looked like, being such a man of mystery, I didn't feel like showing Firefly's face took away from the character, maybe because he was so darn good and enjoyable to watch. Firefly is my favorite baddie and I thought he was portrayed well in this film. Also loved Firefly's fireflies. That was a cool devise. Why didn't we get that instead of that street luge?
All in all a good film, did better justice to the brand than the first one, can't wait for part three
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I'm ok with this one. Go for the best actress for the role.
You're right about most of the shortcomings, and I especially agree that this would've been a much better first movie. You know, the toy HISS isn't