Green Hornet, The

En voi mitään sille, että niin paljon kuin Seth Rogenista pidänkin, tähän 1930-40-lukujen taitteen vaatimattoman sankarin rooliin hän ei tunnu sopivan, sillä jo kielenkäytöllään ja olemuksellaan hän tuo mieleeni pikemminkin Pineapple Expressin pilviveikon kuin naamiosankarin. Christoph Waltz -parka ansaitsisi vakavamman roolin kuin pahista parodioivan. Elokuva vain soljuu eteenpäin, suurta loppuhuipennusta ei kuulu, ja Vihreän herhiläisen ja samalla koko elokuvan pelastaa Jay Chou. Paradoksaalista kyllä, viihdyttävin osa oli James Francon alkumonologi. Lisäksi tämä on itselleni jälleen todiste siitä, että 3D-elokuvien kuvaaminen on aivan turhaa... (11.01.2011)

Funny, quite solid action and an imaginative change of the superhero scheme. The heroes of The Green Hornet do not rely on the power of the mask and try to handle the symbolic power through a controlled newspaper - the result is extremely refreshing. Though transparent in places, The Green Hornet turns into a very exciting and epicurean spectacle thanks to a few twists and an inevitable sense of trouble behind an otherwise teenage ride. Add to that Gondry's poetic inserts, the excellent Waltz (the guy waltzes again!), a fresh heroic duo and a pleasant tribute to The Pink Panther, we soon have a candidate for this year's best blockbuster. Minuses: unnecessary 3D that looks like a children’s concertina book, and also that The Green Hornet does not have a completely balanced pace. That's why it loses half a star from me compared to last year’s Kick-ass. (10.01.2011)

I've been feeling lately that I’m giving harsher reviews. I guess it's because I've gotten a whiff of South Korean filmmaking. It's set the bar pretty high. But to the rating… I like the duo of Rogen and Chou, but it hasn’t got enough action for and action film and not funny enough for a comedy. Cameron Diaz played a completely unnecessary role. I guess this was just a name to catch moviegoers at the movies. The ending was pretty much a big "humbug", so 3.5 stars. (13.06.2011)

Yup, the hillbilly rhetoric and horny teenager humor are more or less Rogen's trademark, which is certainly not a complaint by me. However, the script full of infantile humor is tamed by Gondry in the end. He put the perfect stamp of exaggeration on it and turned all that instantaneous crap into a perfect hit, which pleases especially during the action, when playfulness, original ideas, and wit are combined. No, this wasn't supposed to be the second Kick-Ass, but it definitely is the third Iron Man. (14.01.2011)

For me, a massively pleasant surprise. Green Hornet was a lot of fun, both with the straightforward jokes and with the way it mocks itself (when the villain puts on a red robe and a gas mask is just hilarious… though not everyone will share that opinion) and other films in the genre (the ending similar to the fateful conclusion of The Dark Night). Gondry made it incredibly brisk and playful, like the fooling around of boys unbound by ethics. And the reflection on how the media manipulates with public opinion is not as cheap as you would expect from a comic-book film. I watched it in 2D, I don’t think the 3D version could be any better. (19.01.2011)