The Green Hornet, staring Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express), Jay Chou (nothing important), Cameron Diaz (Theres something about Mary), and Christolph Waltz (Inglorious Bastards); lived up to my expectations. If you want a good action hero movie then don't cast a comedian in the main role. Seth Rogen is funny in all the other movies he has done and is quite hilarious in this movie, but not a super hero. He did nothing but talk and wine the whole movie. Jay Chou, as Kato, was the coolest kick-ass-iest character in the movie, basically fighting crime while his ugly yet funny "hero" over shadows him. Cameron Diaz, getting on in her years, played an office assistant while also writing articles and researching for the news paper the green hornet owns, and completely ruining the view of women in the work place by only getting the job that pays nothing and means nothing by her looks. The only person i have nothing bad to say about in this movie is Christolph Waltz, the awesome bad guy. He was the ultimate Nazi in Inglorious Bastards and his attitude carries over in this movie. He tried to be funny and hit the nail on the head, asking his victims "am i not scary?" in a very desperate way right before he shoots them with a very awesome double barrel gun. All in all i would give The Green Hornet a 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Though I haven't seen the movie yet, your review is pretty much what I thought the movie would be. Still, I'm going to give it a look-see, but maybe I'll catch it on a bargain matinée.
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