I just watched this movie on DVD with friends. Good movie, average ratings from me, 6/10 okay story, good action scenes.
Actually some things make me thing of the manga/anime Ghost in the Shell. basically the nanobots technology, a.k.a. nanobites(GIJ) = micromachines (GITS). and GI Joes have their camouflage suits = active camouflage.
I know absolutely nothing about G.I. Joes, but is a fan of Ghost in the Shell so that's why I thought of GITS while watching it. also makes me think of a G.I. Joe vs Section 9 scenario. GIJ and GITS are both well trained, recruited from military,around the world and JSDF, the best in the respective fields and armed with the best, state-of-the-art equipment. The camouflage suits, the mobile armored suits vs the cyberized bodies, etc. Though G.I. Joe take the advantage in numbers, but Section 9 numbers also increased, they also have tachikomas and Fuchikomas as support.
also i caught that that ninja, Storm Shadow, which supposed to be japanese in character (read his info on wiki) somehow were talking in korean during his childhood scene. i thought it was weird. They're part of an Japanese Ninja clan, in Tokyo no less, and yet he's speaking korean. Nothing important really, but I just thought that was a bit confusing. Understandable if the kid don't speak japanese, and the audiences usually wouldn't notice, especially American audiences. but for those like me who are trivial and detailed, something like this makes me think either the Producer, Director and Staff are incompetent in knowing the difference or that they don't care and think no one will know, which insults the intelligence of viewers.
btw, I also notice the two stars of the Mummy movie, Brendan Fraiser and the guy that played Imoteph are in this movie.