How unexpected

[effex]

You guys. YOU GUYS. The Green Hornet was AWESOME. I mean! Seth Rogen! He is a ruiner of things! But he didn't ruin this, it was too awesome. Probably because of the amazingness that is Jay Chou (the imdb says it was John Cho, what the hell, that is incorrect).

Is Seth Rogen Britt Ried an overgrown child with manpain, daddy issues, and a serious entitlement problem? Sure is! But Kato does not put up with that shit, what do you think he is, a fucking sidekick? No! He is the brains, muscle, and good looks on the team and the movie admits it. Britt is there to pay for shit and have a huge crush.

The movie is also incredibly gay. Not that Britt deserves Kato.

And Lenore! Played by Cameron Diaz and her fantastic smile! I don't want to spoil too much, but she's awesome and more than a love interest and neither of the boys deserve her (though I wouldn't say no to Lenore/Kato). I just wish she'd had more screen time. Maybe in the next one. I hope there's a next one.

Basically I spent most of the movie expecting it to fail and it didn't (it wasn't perfect but omg, I'm in no place to analyze). Instead there was fighting and shit exploding and sweet cars and hijinks and masks and kickin' outfits. I am over the moon.

Comments

[crossedwires]

Interesting! I had no plans to see this movie because of Seth Rogan, but this makes me want to watch it now.

[muccamukk]

That's... very unexpected. Sounds like it's right up my alley though. I should go see it when I'm next near a cinema.

[zanzando]

Huh!

I'd been seeing my Twitter feed going "MEH" over this, but now I'm going to have to give it another look (not that I wouldn't have anyway, action movie comic book adaptation, hello).

Thanks for the rec! :)

[glass_icarus]

\o/!!!! I was planning to see it because JAY CHOU OMG I NEED THIS LULZ IN MY LIIIIIIIFE but yay, happy reactions! Sounds like there's more to look forward to than lulz. :D

[dhara]

This is a very unexpected review! Because I saw the trailer a few weeks ago and thought, "holy shit that looks terrible, KEEP IT AWAY."

and now I'm excited for it! even if I don't go see it, having more awesome in the world is always a good thing, and frankly I'd just like for Hollywood and the general populace to understand that you can make an entertaining popcorn flick like this WITHOUT being massively faily!