1 star*
The plot holes in Green Hornet are enormous. Sad to say it, but this screenplay isn’t top drawer. Better if it was hidden away in the bottom drawer never to see daylight again. Nevertheless, the film did get made and here we have the poor evidence. I almost went to two stars, but halfway through the movie I asked myself if I cared about the characters and the outcome. The answer was that I didn’t care at all. I hadn’t bonded with the actors. Their character arcs changed so much in the last fifteen minutes to prove the Hollywood point to point script facility is never avoided.
So what’s it all about?
Playboy Britt Reid (Seth Rogen) becomes the new publisher of Los Angeles’ “The Daily Sentinel” after the sudden death of his father. Britt’s party life is about to change when he and his driver and kung fu expert, Kato (Jay Chou), stop a robbery. With the help of Kato, Britt starts a new career of fighting crime as the masked superhero “The Green Hornet”.
On the plus side, the cars and effects were quite good and entertaining. Cameron Diaz made the best of poor lines and must wonder why she agreed to do the film unless the pay was so high she couldn’t say no. Her smile still lights up the screen, but it’s not enough to carry a two hour feature. She’s great with comedy, but this script didn’t provide a single full laugh. I did hear one person chuckle at one stage.
Some of the music was good, always a bonus when you have the highly talented James Newton Howard scoring for you and the background pop hits were quite good.
Jay Chou as the Hornet’s sidekick was so much better than the so called real star who was awful throughout and then we find out he wrote the screenplay as well. Perhaps it was the words he gave himself rather than his acting skills?
To be spending $100 million on making this movie I would ask if the money wouldn’t have been better spent building a new school or an addition to a hospital, but then the investors wouldn’t have made the money they’re likely to from this movie because the trailer is way better than the movie.
Of course it’s all down to personal opinion and plenty may say it’s a good movie.
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