G.I. Joe Retaliation

So, I finally saw this today. I say finally because while I don't see many movies in the theater anymore, I see those I care about in the theater and when I do so, I generally do so as soon as they come out because: 1-I wish to avoid spoilers. 2-I like the excitement of premieres. But life conspired against me in general this past little bit and while I adore the Joes, I wasn't dying to see this movie, so here we are two weeks or so out and I'm just now getting to it. Bottom line? B.

Overall, this movie was better than the last Joe offering. It told a better story. It really did. And it adhered to the comics canon a lot more. It cut a lot of the silly crap. But because of that, it didn't give me as many Joe fangirl nods, so in some ways it fell just a bit flat for me. So it's getting the same grade as Rise of Cobra from me. B.  But you know I can't just leave it at that. It's G.I. Joe. I'm going to talk for a while.

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