G.I.JOE RETALIATION

My son is really into G.I.Joe right now (probably because I have all my old toys in a display case in my office, and I absolutely loved the Larry Hama comic book in my youth). So I watched G.I. JOE RETALIATION with him. What a horribly paced movie — it had one pretty good action sequence (involving ninjas and mountaineering) and it pretty much sums up bland corporate screenwriting/filmmaking at its worst: overproduced and overwritten. It really just called for something direct and fun. After watching RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK last night, it was sort of like seeing Jerry Seinfeld being followed on stage by Dane Cook.