#2 The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet (2011)

Director: Michel Gondry

Writer: Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen

Cast: Jay Chou, Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Christolph Waltz, Analeigh Tipton, Wom Wilkinson, James Franco.

Based On: The TV Show, Serial Films, Comic Books of The Green Hornet

A lot of people doubted Seth Rogen's ability to play a superhero, he didn't suck, but he wasn't good as well. This film, directed by The Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind's Michel Gondry is... well, not that impressive.

The films i about two people who "protect the law by breaking it", such bullshit. Let's talk about the cast, Cameron Diaz is decent but plays an unimportant role anyway, Seth Rogen is not impressive, Christolph Waltz is surprisingly funny. The real scene stealer here is Jay Chou, who does a surprisingly good job as Kato, with his very cute accent and out-of-his-comfort-zone humor. There is also the great James Franco, who was a cameo in the film. I missed out America's Next Top Model's Analeigh Tipton, hmm forgot who she was.

The film is overall fun but has a lot of flaws. The script is decent, nothing special. There is also actually not much visually stunning effects. The action sequences are quite interesting, especially the one where Kato and the fat guy (fine, Britt) have a boy fight. The 3D, um there's no 3D except for a spinning bottle cap.

Let's talk about the flaws, Kato and Britt are not heroes. They say they are trying to protect the law but end up damaging LOTS AND LOTS of property and injuring/ killing innocent people including cops. They did not have any idea about the gangsters or bad guys around. They just randomly went to "the streets" and killed a bunch of people who called them bitches. A very illogical scene in near the finale and another one is the ending. How could someone get shot in the shoulder, not care about it for a day, then pretend it's a fresh wound? And for the damage they've done they did not own up to it and acted like pussies and decided to protect the law by breaking it... again. Don't even mention the stupid slow down time/ Waltz supposed to shoot Kato but talks a lot and then holds the trigger for a very long time to wait for Britt to kick his ass sequence.

Anyways, this film is very illogical, but it is senseless fun, thanks to the action sequences, Diaz, Franco, and the adorable Jay Chou.

3/5