THE GREEN HORNET (2011)

Do you know the instrumental song “Flight of the Bumblebee” played by the pianist Maksim Mrvica a couple years ago? The song quietly appeared in some movies, from “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003) to “The Karate Kid” (2010), but the most recognized when it was used by “The Green Hornet” for its title theme since the first time the series was aired in 1930s as Radio Program. The movie directed by former Video Music Director, Michel Gondry, his most recognized work is “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004), but I don’t know why he turned into Comedy Director since “Be Kind Rewind” (2008) which is funny but standard. But the real person who is really in charged in thiz newest remake is the comedian Seth Rogen. In his vision, he tries to present a good action and hilarious moment all at once. The Green Hornet is Britt Reid, the newspaper tycoon. He was accompanied by his loyal sidekick Kato (Jay Chou). The Green Hornet is declared as an outlaw, in order to gain the trust and access to the underground criminal activities, by means of their true motive which is fighting crimes. You can see during the entire film, Britt Reid did nothing special for his fighting crime efforts. All things did by Kato himself, from Kungfu expert, gadget creator, driver and even a coffee maker for Reid. The good thing is we still can find ourself laughing by seeing their chemistry. For me, Kato’s figure is the savior of thiz movie, Jay Chou is definitely a scene stealer. On the other hand, I still couldn’t figure out, why the top star like Cameron Diaz is involved in thiz film? She is truly unnecessary. The fun part for me is by seeing Christoph Waltz repeats his role (after “Inglourious Basterds” (2009)) as a cruel but funny bad guy at the same time as Chudnofsky who is prefer to be called ‘Blood-nofsky’ later. There are two things that you might not notice in thiz movie. In the opening scene, Chudnofsky meets one cocky mobster played by James Franco (once again, most of you certainly do not think he was James Franco, wasn’t it?, after his famous roles in “Spider-Man” (2002) and “127 Hours” (2010)). But what makes it most enjoyable is the cleverly funny dialogue delivered by both of them. And the second ‘interes-thing’ is: do you realize there was Edward Furlong in thiz movie? (he was young John Connor in “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” (1991)) in thiz movie? Furlong is one of Chudnofsky crews who called Tupper. If you are expecting thiz movie to be a mature Superheroes movie like “The Dark Knight” (2008) or even “Iron Man” (2008), you will be disappointed. There are too much cheesy scenes and you know there are also too much unreal situations, like when Bloodnofsky wants The Green Hornet to be killed, instead searching all over the town for reasonable Green Hornet’s figures, they end up killing all men that wear green outfit, is that ridiculous? The only way to enjoy thiz movie is don’t expect it as Action movies, but expect it as a Comedy, then you will have a fun ride. And one more thing, no matter how bad and childish thiz movie has been, but when it comes to Great Car like ‘Black Beauty’ and other cool gadgets, any one could be blurred with the real quality of the film. All boys will love it! Let me summarize it for you, it was a cartoonic pleasure. Let’s roll, Kato!

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Jonny Fendi