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A Sad Pseudo Tribute to a great tv show
PostedJanuary 14, 2011
beadqueen98032
from Kent, WA
First off, let me say that I am not a movie snob. I view movies as entertainment and escapism. If a movie can hold my interest for 2+ hours and keep me invested in the characters, then I'd say it's a good movie. Great movies are the ones where you completely lose track of time and are not because you fell asleep, but because they are truly engrossing. So I didn't expect this movie version of the Green Hornet to change my life, just to allow me a 2 hour vacation. My husband sold me on this by saying they were doing a comedy version of the show. Problem is, it's not funny. I now need another vacation movie to scrub my brain out.
Seth Rogen as the Green Hornet? I was perturbed from the minute I heard that for several reasons: Seth Rogen is not any woman's idea of a hero, or an action star, or really, even a date. Let's be honest—he's not as funny as he thinks he is, he's not handsome, he's not a "man," and like Jack Nicholson, almost every part he gets is a version of himself. We never lose Seth Rogen in the part—he's always just himself. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it doesn't work in this movie.
The reason I gave this 2 stars is because of Kato and Lenore (Cameron Diaz), a good comedic actress almost totally misused in this movie. The scene where she kicks both Kato and the Green Hornet's asses is pretty amusing. Seth Rogen as Brit Reid was as disappointing as I thought he might be, even though I tried to keep an open mind. When his father dies and he is left all his dad's money and his newspaper, he doesn't step up to take responsibility. Instead he throws a tantrum because his morning coffee is no good and then goes off to deface a statue of his dad.
Of course, after he does that, he helps, (and I use the word loosely), to draw the attention of a bunch of thugs off of a young couple and onto himself. After Kato dispenses with all of them while Brit looks on, Brit decides they should become a superhero crimefighting team because of the way "he" kicked the bad guys' asses. In spite of the fact that Kato does everything—makes the coffee on a an espresso machine he designed and built, outfits the car with anything and everything a superhero's car should have, makes a gun for Brit with knockout gas, does 99% of the fighting, etc, etc, etc., Brit labors under the illusion that he is awesome. He gives no credit to anyone else, especially Kato, and throws a tantrum every time something doesn't go his way or someone points this out to him.
I wanted to see a "hero," nay, a "superhero," but I got Rogen's Knocked Up character in a mask. Not cool. Of course, if Judd Apatow had written this, it probably would have been funny, but Seth Rogan wrote it and he's just not that funny, It was a waste of $10.50 for 2d, and thank God I didn't spend more for 3D or Imax.
My husband liked this movie more than I did, but he did comment that the whole concept of modern men being whiney, self absorbed, entitled, petulant candy asses is getting really tiresome. I agree. I want my superheros to be real men. Imagine Brit Reid going up against Rooster Cogburn and Marshall LaBoeuf from True Grit. Better yet, imagine him going up against Mattie Ross from True Grit. She could take him one handed and without a gun.
Now they need to get busy rewriting this as a serious kick ass movie and cast Matt Damon as the Green Hornet. He could bring the proper gravitas to the role, not to mention the acting chops.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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