The Gist
Ever since Britt Reid was a kid he has HATED his father. When he was in elementary school he tried to defend a girl from some bullies and he stood up for her and when he got sent to his dad he didn’t listen to his side of the story and told him “Trying is useless if you always fail”. When he grows older he tries in every way to defy his father…that is until he dies. Now Britt has to take over his dad’s multi-million dollar newspaper company with absolutely no experience at the company what-so-ever, and he is not happy about it. The day after his fathers funeral he wakes up to realize his daily, amazing coffee is not next to him. He demands to know why his coffee is not up to par and the maid tells him that he fired the guy who made his coffee. He instantly demands that this man comes to the house at that very second. When he comes he introduces himself as Kato and Britt quickly learns that Kato made more than just the coffee. He made his father’s cars indestructible, have weapons in every nook and cranny and all around AWESOME! After Kato explains what he does for Britt’s dads cars he then goes to explain that he was a jerk who never appreciated his work. Britt quickly agrees and they find themselves soon at the graveyard cutting off the head of Britt’s dads statue in a fit of rage. On the way back to the car Britt notices that a couple is being harassed by some thieves. After springing into action, getting away and saving the day the cops arrive and think they were the “bad guys”. Taking this angle as a good thing and using his dad’s news paper to publicize themselves Britt Reid becomes The Green Hornet.
What We Think
Ever since Britt Reid was a kid he has HATED his father. When he was in elementary school he tried to defend a girl from some bullies and he stood up for her and when he got sent to his dad he didn’t listen to his side of the story and told him “Trying is useless if you always fail”. When he grows older he tries in every way to defy his father…that is until he dies. Now Britt has to take over his dad’s multi-million dollar newspaper company with absolutely no experience at the company what-so-ever, and he is not happy about it. The day after his fathers funeral he wakes up to realize his daily, amazing coffee is not next to him. He demands to know why his coffee is not up to par and the maid tells him that he fired the guy who made his coffee. He instantly demands that this man comes to the house at that very second. When he comes he introduces himself as Kato and Britt quickly learns that Kato made more than just the coffee. He made his father’s cars indestructible, have weapons in every nook and cranny and all around AWESOME! After Kato explains what he does for Britt’s dads cars he then goes to explain that he was a jerk who never appreciated his work. Britt quickly agrees and they find themselves soon at the graveyard cutting off the head of Britt’s dads statue in a fit of rage. On the way back to the car Britt notices that a couple is being harassed by some thieves. After springing into action, getting away and saving the day the cops arrive and think they were the “bad guys”. Taking this angle as a good thing and using his dad’s news paper to publicize themselves Britt Reid becomes The Green Hornet.
What We Think
Reviewed by The North Star
Run Time: 119 Minutes
Rating: PG-13
Rating: PG-13
Every time I saw the commercial for this movie it looked silly, stupid and just a plain bad super hero movie. So when I went to go see it I was expecting a D. Well, what I got was a silly, stupid, funny good super hero movie. In my mind super hero movies are not good off from the bat because for some reason I have never found the subject of superheros an interesting one. I probably liked this movie because it wasn’t technically a true superhero movie. There was no super powers, no “true” damsel’s in distress, no being bitten by bugs or raised by wolves, and no tights. There was crime-fighting, justice, kick-butt costumes and awesome gadgets. So it had some aspects of an ordinary super-hero movie but a lot missing. Aside from the hero/non-hero aspects of the movie it was really funny. I have never seen a Seth Rogen movie before (partly because they are a little to old) but now I want to see another one of his movies. He played the perfect pompous idiot who wanted nothing but revenge on his father, all the fame and fortune and of course the girl. Most of the movie he was extremely sarcastic but in a good way! I was laughing my butt off almost the entire. Seth and Jay (who played Kato) made a great team. Which brings me to the next point of Kato. He was so sweet, cute and lovable in this movie. My friend who I went started with a chorus of “Poor Kato’s” every time something bad would happen to him. He was also the heart of the team. He is the one who beats up all the bad guys but to the public he is just known as “The Sidekick”. I wished he had gotten a name like the Green Hornet but maybe in the original or in the comic’s he did but in this movie he just remained “The Sidekick”. The most lovable thing about Kato was that he had a huge crush on Seth Rogen’s receptionist Lenore( Cameron Diaz). Ahhh…the actress that is Cameron Diaz. In my opinion she is an actress who gets a bunch of parts but never truly lives up to her expectations. Lenore was her perfect part. She was awesome at acting that part and I think that is the realm she should stay in because it is what she is really good at.
Enough of characters now onto the movie itself. The reason this movie is getting a B is because despite the awesome acting and jokes it dragged. The same thing kind of happened over and over again. They would go fight someone, get heard in the newspaper, fight more bad guys, get heard in the newspaper and the regular news, and so on and so forth. The plot also wasn’t very original I mean you can only go so far with people fighting villains and defeating them every time. Which is another reason I am not crazy about Super Hero movies. The movie also could have gotten rid of a few scenes because they were really unneeded but other than that I really enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to almost everyone looking for a silly/goofy movie to go to. Warning though for parents: There were some kids in the theater when I went to go see it and this movie does use the word Sugar Honey Ice Tea (Don’t know how else to say it) a lot so if you don’t approve of that do not take your kids to see it. Other than that it is not a waste of money and if you don’t see it in theaters then definitely rent it when it comes on DVD.
Real Teen Rating~ B: Rent it to save for a rainy day
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