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The buzz around The Green Hornet comes from the collision of weird talents involved: Seth Rogen plays the crime-fighting hero and writes the movie with his Superbad bud Evan Goldberg; pop star Jay Chou plays Kato; and the whimsy-headed Michel Gondry directs. Toss in Inglourious Basterds Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as a super-villain highly self-conscious about his brand, and you've got a blockbuster that definitely isn't going for the normal. And for a while, the movie's Apatovian comedy and bromantic tendencies supply some definite fun; plus, Waltz and his double-barreled revolver (along with an uncredited cameo by James Franco) launch the picture with a giddy opening action sequence. At some point, though, you want all this stuff to mesh, and The Green Hornet keeps zipping about in three directions at once, never quite maintaining its early comic zip, but not grounding itself in an engaging enough crime-fighting plot, either. And there's little to do for nominal female lead Cameron Diaz; although both millionaire playboy Britt Reid and Kato make half-hearted passes at her, it's clear their main interest is each other. You just knew a franchise that began as a radio serial in the 1930s (and took a brief but memorable detour into TV in the '60s) would end up being part of that unavoidable 21st-century genre, the male-bonding comedy. Of course, it's really a triangle. Their boss car, Black Beauty, also gets a lot of love. --Robert Horton
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
It Was Ok...,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Green Hornet Bilingual [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
I had very little expectation for this movie after the bad critical review it received and the low box office revenue. However I still gave it a chance and I like it.This is going to be short the plot is unnecessary to explain, his father get's killed him and Kato become the Green Hornet and fight crime posing as villains. So Here's the bad Seth Rogen could have been awesome if he played a character that was less comical. He once again was a smarty pants character joking around about everything. In this role it just didn't work. Kato make this movie he was funny, wicked Kung-Fu and cool gadgets. Making him better than the Hornet in every way. Cameron Diaz was barley in the movie but did fine. Chris Waltz was a great bad guy again. The movie was paced well but it was the inconsistent comedy that just didn't work for me. The action scene's were awesome but made the Hornet look like an idiot and took away believability. The special effects were very well done. I just couldn't get into Rogen in this feature, and for that reason I can only recommend this movie, as a rental at best.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Green Hornet,
Ce commentaire est de: The Green Hornet Bilingual (DVD)
This movie had such potential, but for some reason they decided to make it more of a comedy rather then what it was when it first came out.I wasn't pleased with the movie over all, but the car was cool. They could have done sooooo much better in the making of this movie.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
A disjointed mess,
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Ce commentaire est de: The Green Hornet Bilingual [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Ugh, where to start? The character of Britt Reid is just grating on the nerves. He is so irritating and morally repugnant that it is really hard to care about him, let alone see him as any kind of hero. I thought with Seth Rogen starring that it was going to be funny, but it's not. He seems to be winging a lot of his lines and it just doesn't work, the dialogue is cringe worthy. His sidekick is left to do EVERYTHING, including some bizarrely effects-laden action scenes that seem drawn out of a video game and never really make any sense in context with the rest of the film. To be fair, I'm not familiar with the original character of the Green Hornet so perhaps I'm missing some sort of camp value or something that might make it more enjoyable. The bad guy was actually the highlight of the whole thing, played perfectly by Christoph Waltz. But even he gets stuck with a lame alter ego, from the name right down to his villain costume: a red coat. Very disappointing because it had a lot going for it, and worse than that, it's boring.
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