Review The Green Hornet | poetslandscape

MPAA (PG-13) CNS/USCCB (L) Roger Ebert (1 superstar) Fr. Dennis (three stars)

IMDb Listing -

http://www.Imdb.Com/name/tt0990407

CNS/USCCB Review -

http://www.Usccb.Org/movies/g/inexperienced-hornet2011.Shtml

Roger Ebert?S Review -

http://rogerebert.Suntimes.Com/apps/%.Dll/article?AID=/20110112/REVIEWS/110119995

The Green Hornet, Seth Rogan?S modern-day car (he both stars in the movie as Britt Reid/the Green Hornet and co-wrote it) is usually amusing movie intended for younger boys. Those who do not forget the radio collection on which it became based totally or tv model, wherein Reid?S/the Green Hornet?S side-kick Kato become performed thru Bruce Lee will without a doubt discover fault in it. However, I clearly found the film captivating as did the goal marketplace of youngsters at the side of their dad and mom that stuffed the movie theater as soon as I noticed it.

Rogan plays Britt Reid the disappointment of a son of huge-time newspaper editor and civic chief James Reid (performed through Tom Wilkinson). Was Britt just simple lazy of modified into this in reality a reaction to unrealistic needs of his overacheiving and conscientious father? Does it depend? The impact modified into basically the equal ? Until Britt?S father dies, Britt lives a dissolute lifestyles every to spite his dad and due to the fact he hasn?T observed which means that in his lifestyles. Most folks will in no manner be as rich and privileged due to the fact the Reids were, however most humans should relate to one or, hopefully/ultimately to every elements of this ?Father-son? Conflict.

When James Reid dies of a sudden coronary heart attack, Britt, filled with lingering resentment is decided to now not participate in any way in continuing his father?S legacy. Only after inadvertently firing the most effective element that he appreciated approximately his father?S manipulate of his assets (the fellow, Kato, who made Britt's morning cup of coffee), does he start an extended journey to appreciate the fine (big and small) that his father had achieved all through his life.

Kato, carried out right here by way of Jay Chou, appears to be an awful lot greater than ?The man who made the splendid espresso on the Reid property every morning.

As in the original radio and television series, Britt Reid gets it in his head that with Kato’s mechanical wizardly the two could become local “super heroes,” combating crime by impersonating criminals (taking on the persona of “the Green Hornet”), destroying the criminals’ operations and then setting the criminals up for being nicely captured by the police.

In this movie, Seth Rogan’s Britt Reid along with his side-kick Kato take down fictional Russian emigre turned Los Angeles crime boss Chudnofsky (played again with comic exaggeration and delight by Christoph Waltz, who last year walked away with the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing SS Officer Hanz Landau in Quentin Tarantino’s film “Inglourious Basterds” in much the same fashion) as well as corrupt District Attorney Scanlon (played without nearly as much fun by David Harbour).

Not particularly liked by other reviewers, I do think that the Green Hornet is a good fit for its primary target audience – young boys. In line with other PG-13 movies of its genre (Iron Man and especially Iron Man II), there are a lot of explosions and glass shatters everywhere but there’s no blood nor bodies. And Britt’s “dissolute lifestyle” is portrayed age-appropriately with lots of kissing/making out but little more than that and lots of spraying from champaign bottles but no actual drinking. The point being made, the movie finds little interest into going into details.

Then there are some useful, edifying lessons in the movie: Your dad may end up being cooler and just plain a better guy than you thought he was once you grow-up and better appreciate the "back side" of his story little better. And it’s _not bad_ being a side kick. Sure Britt treats Kato quite demeaningly throughout the movie. However, both the other characters, notably Lenore, and the entire audience appreciates the genius that Kato is and how lost Britt would have been without him. So Kato comes out "smelling like a rose" in the picture while most people do walk away feeling that Britt is something of a jerk, well-meaning perhaps, oblivious for sure, but still kind of jerk who you’d be friends with, sort of, with a little bit of distance between you and him. And _my_ sense is that’s _exactly_ how Seth Rogan wanted to play him.

Hence, sure I’d take the kids to this movie. It’s fun and even teaches a nice lesson or two. One last thing, once again I _don't_ see any particular reason why this movie would be need to be made or seen in 3D. So, honestly, save your money there.

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