[berettafan]

For some reason was expecting good things with this movie. Goofy as the Jack Black Kong movie was I found it to be fun and have seen it several times. This movie was really just a bunch of gimmicks thrown in a hat with some very good CGI.

The funny guy from Ricky Bobby was great, however. his lines were well delivered particularly the bit about 'yeah this is a great group of boys to die with'. The acting overall wasn't particularly bad.

To summarize the movie:

Vietnam movie ripoff scenes and music

Nostalgia scenes (first time we see the suitcase record player it's like 'oh yeah I had one of those'. second time it's like 'we get it, move on please')

Samuel L Jackson flat out sucking. The no-name actors did a better job.

Great CGI.

I think this movie was attempting to capture the odd but IMO succesful mix of humor and violence from the Jack Black Kong movie but failed miserably.