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IT STINGS IN A GOOD WAY
THE GREEN HORNET (PG-13) More uncon
ventional on paper than Ang Lee's Hulk, The
Green Hornet is an interesting entry in the
overpopulated, same-y superhero genre. The
original 1930s radio serial created by George
W. Trendle begat a 1940s film serial and 1960s
television program starring Bruce Lee before
spawning this latest, strangest adaptation,
directed by French visualist Michel Gondry
{Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) and
written by slacker star Seth Rogen and his
Superbad partner Evan Goldberg. What is ,
stranger still is that this unconventional pro
duction never really goes beyond convention,
and the fun movie is no worse for it.
For those unfamiliar with the Hornet's
M.O., let me brief you. The Green Hornet, AKA
newspaper publisher Britt Reid (Rogen), is a
masked vigilante who poses as a criminal in
order to get close enough to the bad guys to
take them out for the police. By his side is nis
faithful sidekick, martial arts expert Kato (Jay
Chou).
Gondry brings his usually limber visual
style to the film. His version of a fight
scene—first unveiled when Britt and Kato
attempt to foil an assault—is a thrilling
bullet-time ballet. Appropriately, Rugen and
Goldberg script all the proper markers of a
superhero movie before humorously
subverting them. Rogen is perfect as
their slacking version of the usually
dashing Britt Reid, and Chou is not only
athletically gifted but slyly, comedically
brilliant. However, the star may as well
be the car, or cars, Gondry employs to
portray the Hornet's famed Black Beauty,
a stunning Chrysler Imperial Crown out
fitted with missiles, sidedoor machine
guns, ejector seats, you name it.
Yet The Green Hornet suffers from an
outdated flaw forged in its creation and
magnified ty the casting/writing/acting
of Rogen.
Ultimately, the Green Hornet isn't cool
because he's utterly superfluous, a hero
in perception only. If Gondry, Rogen and
Goldberg intended to critique society through
the Hornet's non-heroicness, they failed. But
the movie they made is a blast.
For those who care, this review is of the
2-D version, though I don't think it really
matters.
Drew Wheeler
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