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The Green Hornet
is another super
hero movie, but this
time instead of
being based on a
comic; this one is
based on an old
radio series and the
TV show. This new
movie, starring Seth
Rogan and Cameron
Diaz was written by
Rogan and his crony
Evan Goldberg. And
while
The Green Hornet
was a good update,
it’s not without its
flaws.
Britt Reid is the
stereotypical child
of a wealthy mogul.
He's a spoiled rich
kid who's never
accomplished
anything more than
living on his
father’s coattails.
His father
meanwhile, is the
owner of one of the
last family-owned,
independent
newspapers in the
country, The Daily
Sentinel. The
newspaper is a big
deal, and that makes
Britt Reid's father
James a bit of a big
deal too. When
Britt's father dies
from an allergic
reaction to a bee
sting, that leaves
Britt with some big
shoes to fill.
Instead of trying to
take over the
Sentinel and run it
responsibly, Britt
elects to become a
superhero with the
help of his personal
executive and human
Swiss army knife
Kato. The two
friends don black
masks and with
Kato’s amazing
engineering skills,
make Black Beauty, a
car perfect for
kicking ass in. They
come up with their
own moniker of The
Green Hornet, and
then they penetrate
L.A.'s underworld
and takeover, with
the intention of
fighting crime. It's
a Seth Rogan movie
so of course there's
some laughs along
the way and plenty
of drama because
it's a superhero
movie too.
I enjoyed
The Green Hornet
but there are some
things that I didn't
care for. The angle
of the end of the
movie with Britt
trying to upload a
file to the
Sentinel’s web page
with a simple USB
key and no knowledge
of anything was more
than a little
ridiculous. That
whole dynamic at the
end of the movie was
terrible. On top of
that, I really
didn't care for the
twenty minute feud
between Kato and
Britt. The fight
scene between the
two was hilarious
but after that they
should have laughed
and made up instead
of feuding like
teenage girls for
what seemed like
forever.
As for what I liked
about the movie,
there was plenty.
Seth Rogan and Evan
Goldberg for the
most part wrote a
great movie. They
did some things a
little differently
than most. That's
including making a
superhero movie that
ducked almost every
superhero cliché out
there. The hero
doesn’t get the
girl. The main guy
isn’t a
personality-challenged
guy who wants to do
the right thing,
he’s a hero but he’s
flawed in a
common-sense kind of
way.
The bad guy
is insecure of the
hero and the new guy
and kind of going
through a midlife
crisis. The sidekick
is jealous of the
hero but the hero is
just as jealous of
the sidekick. The
list goes on and on.
Rogan and Goldberg
wrote a great movie
here and that’s what
it’s strength is.
The extras on this
Blu-ray are decent.
The packaging is
really the biggest
selling point as an
extra. This
particular bundle
reviewed contains a
3D blu-ray, a blu-ray,
and a DVD version of
the film. As far as
extras go on the blu-ray
there are several
deleted scenes, a
funny gag reel, a
piece on finding
Kato, a piece on the
car, a piece on the
director Michael
Gondry, and a piece
on how Rogan and
Goldberg wrote the
movie and how they
made some decisions.
There's not a ton
here, but there's a
good amount and
enough that you’ll
find them
worthwhile.
The Green Hornet
was a fun movie.
Rogan and Goldberg
wrote something that
was pretty original.
Black beauty was
also one of the
coolest cars on film
that I think I've
seen. It has some
flaws, but a good
package, some good
extras, and a fun
movie makes this
something I'd
recommend to
anybody.
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