Review of The Green Hornet (2011) by David B — 15 Jun 2012

Once you get past the incredibly bad script and the super hero movie cliche's The Green Hornet although very uneven and trashy isn't terrible. I expected much more though from Michel Gondry because he works well with comedians, and I very much enjoyed Be Kind Rewind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when he worked with Black and Carrey but with Seth Rogen something must have went wrong.

Otherwise, Michel Gondry is an amazing and ambitious director who is talented but tries too hard/little here. Was this even made by him really? This is nothing like his usually very surreal stuff. It's hard to tell because it's much more aggressive than his usual material.

However, while this loud, big budget and utterly mainstream comic book flick is not that good. I will admit I found enough bits funny and enough bits entertaining to reccommend it. Seth Rogen once again plays another slacker-type character but is rather good as Britt Reid/Green Hornet and Jay Chou is good as Kato, they both do make a good partnership but the movie as a whole, is a little hit-and-miss but this is way better than The Fantastic Four films.

Give it a try, you may like it...