The Green Hornet
Edgar Cochran ✝️

Review by Edgar Cochran ✝️ Patron

The Green Hornet 2011

★★½

Watched 21 Jan 2014

I am assuming that the low score this one received was because people were expecting a more faithful reimagining of their childhood superhero instead of Seth Rogen(!) portraying the famous valiant persona. Indeed, the entire final product is absolutely uncorrelated with the original stunts and kicks of the TV show being aired in TCM as we speak; the spirit of David Sardy's catchy theme does not coincide with this "action/comedy"; the villains are cardboard cuouts (excluding the funny James Franco cameo).

Clearly, I am not here to defend the film. I am here to state the obvious: 1) Michel Gondry is completely dependent on a good screenwriter for then complementing such script with his vision (I am looking at you, Kaufman), and 2) Gondry's inconstant quality variance is comparable to that of David Gordon Green.

Everything listed so far is disturbing and disappointing, but are also potential elements that may distract our vision from what is a well-paced and awfully entertaining ride with Seth Rogen and Jay Chou accomplishing a great chemistry that nobody would have put a single bet on. Every single superhero story needs a readjustment to today's standards. I agree: a PG-13 formulaic comedy with a varied soundtrack and nothing special in between is not the best solution, but hell, this took off my weekly University stress. It turned out better than I thought.

Because I was expecting a 2-star film, you know... Does that make sense?

54/100

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