Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The Movie Diorama I don't get it. I'm not actually sure what this film is trying to be. Is it a superhero spoof? A buddy comedy? A serious adaptation of the radio series? Well, whatever it is it's entertaining as hell! I wasn't expecting a Marvel standard superhero flick, I just wanted stupidity onscreen. I got that and then some. The son of a recently deceased newspaper publisher teams up with his mechanic, and skilled martial artist, to fight crime and garner headlines for his own newspaper. Look, this film isn't particularly well thought out and reeks of mediocrity. An underdeveloped antagonist (wasting Waltz's talent and time), uninspired superhero story, weird 3D visual effects, extremely bloated runtime and a generally unfunny script. You can tell Gondry had past directing experience with music videos, some of these fights scenes looked like they came straight out of a Darude's 'Sandstorm'. Diaz was just unusual casting and added nothing to her character, whilst Wilkinson deserved better. Yet, unbeknownst to me, I started to succumb to the idiocy. The pointless numbing action had invaded my hypothalamus and I genuinely started to like this film. Rogen and Chou's chemistry may not have been electric but they clearly had a fun time with the self-awareness that the film prevails in. I don't think it takes itself too seriously, reason being is that no blockbuster would reinvent their villain from Chudnofsky to Bloodnofsky. Na-uh, no way. The third act was a treat for the eyes as, and I kid you not, half of a car drives haphazardly on the tenth floor of an office building shooting a barrage of missiles at the enemy as they spray bullets in every direction. You can't even make this up, crazily entertaining! The excessive gadgetry on the "Black Beauty" was reminiscent of 'Batman' to which takes the "Batmobile" and injects it with ridiculousness. I appreciate the utilisation of practical effects, even amidst the noticeable green screen. I just...started to weirdly fall in love with this mediocre flick as it ploughed through its 118 minutes of absurdity.

Tss5078 I know, it was pretty hard for me to imagine Seth Rogan as a superhero too, but as it turns out things aren't exactly as they appear. In this 2011 re-imaging of the series, Rogan play Britt Reid, the son of a billionaire publisher, who (surprise surprise) is a big time party animal, with no real ambition in life. When his father passes away suddenly, Reid is given this huge empire to run and with no idea how to do it, he starts to lean on the people around him, people like Kato (Jay Chou). Reid knew Kato for years, but knew nothing of what he could create and nothing of the skills he was capable of. With Kato's help, Reid decided to take on crime in the city, only one problem, he sucks at it. This film may be the most evenly scored film I've ever reviewed, because I can honestly say my like and dislikes were exactly fifty-fifty, most notably were the cast. Seth Rogan in the right setting is brilliant and in the wrong setting is just annoying as hell, with that hardly laugh and his never taking anything seriously, it is perhaps never more abundantly apparent as it is here. Cameron Diaz also adds nothing to the cast, but name recognition and a lazy one sided performance. On the other hand, Jay Chou was fantastic as Kato, he was clever, funny, exciting, and in my opinion he made this movie, it simply isn't a superhero film with him. Then there is Christoph Waltz, the man with the mesmerizing voice who forever capture our attention in Inglorious Bastards, and has been the quintessential bad guy in everything since. The bottom line is the new Green Hornet isn't without it's problems, but the story here is better than I expected it to be, there are some stand outs among the cast, and the special effects and fight scenes were hit or miss. This is the kind of film you'll be into or you won't. Just like my list, audiences are going to be fifty-fifty on the one as well.

OllieSuave-007 This is a below average superhero movie where Seth Rogan and Jay Chou star in the movie update to the classic TV series starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee as the masked crime fighting team.As with any superhero movie, there are plenty of fight scenes and alter-ego suspense. The special effects were quite good and the story is average, nothing too exciting or impressing about it. Jay Chou made a pretty good Kato with his serious and die hard attitude and his skillful martial arts moves. Seth Rogan made an awful Green Hornet - obnoxious, loud, annoying and unsympathetic. His gruff, raspy and incredibly irritating voice made me glad that Kato delivered him several good punches. Cameron Diaz looked like she was thrown in for good measure.When you end up rooting against the lead superhero, there's really not much enjoyment in this movie.Grade D-

MyraMovies Before watching this movie, I was completely unfamiliar with anything Green Hornet. I'd heard nothing good about the movie so I wasn't planning on watching it, but I found myself looking for something that might be entertaining without expectations. With expectations thus low, I enjoyed the Green Hornet. I thought it was childish and ridiculous, yet that was the way it was supposed to be, as everything was a joke. This is probably frustrating for any fans of old Green Hornet. The two main characters who end up together through a rather funny tirade on coffee don't automatically get along, instead are arguing and fighting the whole way through. It's irritating in that I don't find it entertaining to watch people being stupid, however, from the beginning you know the main character is an irresponsible immature guy who does whatever he feels like, and the sidekick is a genius used to doing whatever he wants because he can, so without trying to defend their characters, I just found it honestly funny. I liked Cameron Diaz as the no-nonsense secretary. The villain was highly entertaining. The fight scenes were mostly ridiculous but pretty fun anyway, and there was too much car-chase but then again the car was cool. With a tongue-in-cheek attitude all the way through, the movie delivered the entertainment I'd wanted without the sloppiness I'd expected.