So after watching the GI Joe movie, I totally disagree with the critics that GI Joe got a D+ rating. It should have been given at least a B. The action was crazy and always non-stop. There was good humor involved in the movie without making it cheesy and the action flowed a lot better than the new Transformers. Transformers had action where you wondered when it was going to stop because it was too long. GI Joe had great lengths of action and it always kept you on your toes wondering what is going to happen next. For anyone out there who thinks that there was no plot, you should have waken up when the movie started. The nano missiles were going to tear apart the world when it comes into contact with anything, bottom line. The GI Joe’s were trying to save the world from the missiles getting into the wrong hands and trying to prevent them from being used. Wow, was that so hard to understand? Maybe you don’t know what a plot is. I’ll help you out with Dictionary.com. They state that a plot is, “a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, esp. a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.” That’s crazy, it sounds JUST LIKE the movie and it’s the number one definition on Dictionary.com. I rest my case.

RYCE Randy's favorite scene

Every kid wanted to be a ninja when they grew up … or is that just an Asian thing? Na, every boy wanted to be one. They have cool outfits, swords, ninja stars, crazy martial art skills, undetectably stealthy, and their identity hidden. What more can you ask for? Nothing. Plus, I loved how they showed the history of the two ninja fighters. Not only that, they had a fighting scenes of when they were little. Now you’re going to have all these little kids taking out swords and trying to beat each other up with, haha. In the Transformers, they had so much action that you didn’t even know what’s going on. I don’t follow along the Transformers when I was little, so I don’t know the names of all the robots. That being said, in the fight scenes I had NO IDEA who was who. I didn’t even know who was good or bad guys. Bullets and missiles were going everywhere that you don’t know where they came from or who their intended target is, then out of nowhere there’s explosions and robots are still moving like they didn’t just take a missile in the chest. GI Joe was easy enough to follow along, yet the action kept coming and making you wonder what’s next in a good way. I remember a scene where there was a car chase and then all of a sudden they drop mines and BOOM, there goes the enemy car that was following them. That was crazy because of the high tech weapons that they used and you definitely didn’t expect it.

Accerator Suit. I need to get me one of these

So the next issue most people are going to have is that the accelerator suit is not realistic. So you’re telling me that transforming cars, driving cars with your cell phone (James Bond), and Harry Potter is all believable? It’s GI Joe. I didn’t see you complaining when you were watching GI Joe, Power Rangers, and Transformers on tv. I know when you were little you made sure that you didn’t miss an episode. Get over it. The movie didn’t overuse these suits either. Which makes me think of the MARS soldiers which kept on reminding me of the Star Wars Stormtroopers. It was kind of funny. The movie had nice girl actresses which will get their name more recognized due to this movie. I don’t remember watching the cartoon when I was little, but my friends said that all the original characters from the cartoon are in here and they liked that a lot. The acting could have been better, but that’s not exactly what people are looking for in an action-packed film with all this high-tech weapons and vehicles.

Sienna Miller had some nice scenes with a push-up bra which can only be seen in the movie, so I’ll leave you with this picture of Rachel Nichols instead.

Rachel Nichols

- RYCE Randy

I’ve always liked Yardhouse. I don’t remember having a bad experience there so far and Rod and I are slowing making our way down the whole beer list that they have. I think we’ve sampled maybe one-fourth of their beer collection so far. I am definitely not a beer drinker either. I started off as a wine person, and then hard liquor, and now slowly getting in the alcohols that are not as widely known. What I mean by that is I found a type of alcohol made from Japan that is SOOOOOO fresh and so clean. It’s so smooth that Rod thought I gave him water on the rocks when I told him to try some. I usually drink Grey Goose on the rocks with 1 lime and have never been able to get anyone to drink it with me. On the other hand, with this Japanese vodka, I was able to get everyone to drink it on the rocks with me without them needing a chaser. On top of that, some of these people were girls who usually want it mixed with oj or cranberry juice. That in itself proves that this drink is so smooth. When I first tasted it, I knew I hit a gold mine. Plus, it’s about $2-$5 cheaper than Grey Goose, obviously depending on where you shop at. Since I love this drink so much … I will not disclose the name of the drink. I think on a big scale. I don’t need people to slowly catch on that this drink is crazy good, then the demand goes up, and then the price goes up too. Plus it’s a good feeling to know this little secret

Anyways, we’re all getting ready for the action-packed movie. Hopefully I will like the movie and I’ll blog about my take on the movie in a few days. Remember: if you ever find the Ryce Crew at our Events, you’ll get a discount on your purchase at our store.

- RYCE Randy