Product Details

• Actors: Michael Bell, Don Johnson, Arthur Burghardt, Peter Cullen
• Directors: Don Jurwich
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Shout! Factory
• DVD Release Date: July 27, 2010
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003CNQPOM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,799 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 80s Nostalgia at its Best, July 29, 2010

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Carl Peterson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: G.I. Joe: The Movie (Special Edition) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

If you're reading this, you probably grew up watching G.I. Joe: The Movie and already know you like it, so I won't spend a lot of time reviewing the movie itself. Suffice it to say that as a piece of nostalgia, G.I. Joe: The Movie is great fun, but for newcomers, I think it might be hard to sit through. Personally, I love it.

IMAGE QUALITY:
What you really want to know is whether this is any better than the Rhino release from a few years ago. I always thought the Joe movie looked pretty good, but this new Blu-ray is a significant improvement. The visual aspects of the film still have some minor issues (scratches, dust and some slight color shifts that could be the product of bad prints or bad restoration), but it still looks better than ever. Colors are vibrant and detail is generally quite sharp. I noticed several visual details on characters or in the background I'd never caught before.

WIDESCREEN:
It is also worth noting that this is the first time the film has been released in widescreen. It was intended to be released theatrically, but after the 1986 Transformers: The Movie flopped, Hasbro and Sunbow opted for the direct to video route. As a result, G.I. Joe: The Movie has always been presented in the standard 4:3 TV format. For the first time with this release we can see the movie as it would have been shown in theaters. This means that a little of the top and bottom of the TV version have been shaved off and a little has been restored to the sides. There are some sequences when the new format works in its favor, and others where the 4:3 format works better, but on the whole, I enjoy the new format, especially when viewing the movie on a widescreen TV.

BONUS FEATURES:
The bonus features are fairly minimal, but the commentary is surprisingly fun to listen to. Story Consultant Buzz Dixon talks about the process of writing the movie, and how things changed along the way, mostly due to input from Hasbro. He's really funny in an understated way and I found his discussion informative and interesting. The other bonus features are worth about one watch. The art is presented in a terrible slide show video format, and the PSAs are fun but represent only a few of the many that were made for the Joe cartoon. The DVD of this release is also included with the Blu-ray, which I always appreciate.

This release is certainly the best to date. If you like G.I. Joe: The Movie, you'll want to add this to your collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars DVD STRUCTURE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION, November 30, 2011

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Alphons Potters - See all my reviews

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This review is from: G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: The Movie (DVD)

It's not the Movie that I rate but the DVD itself.

I received this item 3x times form amazon.
All three DVD's have DVDstucture problems/faults.

I tested it on different region free players and PC and when I click on play movie or go to chapters when I see the menu for the first time, it will play the extra's or it freezes/black screen.

Luckily there is a workaround for this. For more people having these problems to this:

Go to Bonus Features and then click op set-up and choose Wideschreen movie or Fullscreen movie (doesn't matter which one you choose) then go back to the main menu and the buttons play movie and chapters work and you can watch your favourite G.i. Joe movie!

This is ofcourse not the way how it supposed to work but atleast you can watch the movie!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars La-La-La-La-La-La-La-La-Laaa?, August 10, 2010

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TastyBabySyndrome "Matthew Lewis, author of M... ("Daddy Dagon's Daycare" - Proud Sponsor of the Little Tendril Baseball Team, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: The Movie (DVD)

Cobra-La versus G.i.Joe - this is first time anything like this went down in the cartoons. We saw Cobra commander and we saw the people that served under him, even noting the rise of Serpentor (thanks, Dr. MindBender, for throwing a Wrestler's DNA in with Alexander the Great, Hapoleon, Gengis Khan, and others) and the creation of things like the B.A.T.S. (Battle Android Troopers). This time, however, Cobra has a weapon that can really harm the world and he breaks out his true motives - the rise of Cobra- La.

S0, what is Cobra-La? Well, I'm glad you asked. They are a race that has been dwelling underground, biding their time while C.C. put plans into motion. The only problem was that their leader was not happy about what was going on and, well, he kicked it all up a notch. He brought some oddities with him, too, ranging from his Nemisis Destroyer to his own brand of guard.

The use of C-La was something nobody expected back then and, aside from older viewers, kids like myself were dazzled by it. I remember the horror that lurked under ground and seeing what they looked like, knowing all-the-while that the Joes would be fighting on with only public backing.
what a sad fighting experience for those poor Joes - if you really think on it.

Things don't go as you think they would, either. C-C; just watch the show to see what hapens to him. Heck, just watch it to see exactly what I am trying horrible hard not to spoiler - the grand opening of the first Fungi mall under the snow and ice! Yes! Or something like that.
O, and the creepy things that go along with it (Nemesis, did you wash your hands before serving the human's pizza? You did? how awful!!!)

The extras on the disc are listed but you should note that this is the firs time we get widescreen. Me, I love that feel. If you don't, however, you can always switch to something else.

Well, well, welll worth getting.