......are even the "meant-to-be-cool"-movies nowadays so mediocre?
The fundament of this film is actually quite alright, nothing super-special, but alright. Let's not forget that the topic will soon be a century old - knowing that it throws in the option of giving it a different approach, maybe like the Batman series from the 1960's. Yeah, why not?
OK, here we get to the first problem. Trying to be super-cool, Hollywood chose to hand this project to a an uprising funny guy who also proved to have some brains in his previous work. Well, that's how this whole movies feels and it simply doesn't work like that. Seth Rogen manages to constantly create those uncomfortable moments with his presence and just doesn't feel right. As cool and pseudo-overestimated as he tries to portray the character of Britt Reid he fails to deliver a figure that you start liking during the ongoing of the film. There is hardly any character development whatsoever to me it feels like 120 Million Dollars have been given to the wrong team of people.
Of course Christoph Waltz is odd and cool, of course the effects are neat, of course some dialogs and situations are really funny, ...but all of that doesn't necessarily make a good movie! The Green Hornet tries ambitiously to reach this "cool audience" who have some braincells left - sadly it just can't keep up with action (satire) flicks that have worked way better with a way lower budget and cast.
The fundament of this film is actually quite alright, nothing super-special, but alright. Let's not forget that the topic will soon be a century old - knowing that it throws in the option of giving it a different approach, maybe like the Batman series from the 1960's. Yeah, why not?
OK, here we get to the first problem. Trying to be super-cool, Hollywood chose to hand this project to a an uprising funny guy who also proved to have some brains in his previous work. Well, that's how this whole movies feels and it simply doesn't work like that. Seth Rogen manages to constantly create those uncomfortable moments with his presence and just doesn't feel right. As cool and pseudo-overestimated as he tries to portray the character of Britt Reid he fails to deliver a figure that you start liking during the ongoing of the film. There is hardly any character development whatsoever to me it feels like 120 Million Dollars have been given to the wrong team of people.
Of course Christoph Waltz is odd and cool, of course the effects are neat, of course some dialogs and situations are really funny, ...but all of that doesn't necessarily make a good movie! The Green Hornet tries ambitiously to reach this "cool audience" who have some braincells left - sadly it just can't keep up with action (satire) flicks that have worked way better with a way lower budget and cast.