It's over the top. But not in a good way.

Traditionally, "The Green Hornet" is a gritty noir but with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, you'd expect a vastly different interpretation. I was ready for a lazy, stoner Britt Reid. What I wasn't ready for was for Britt to be an unlikable ass from beginning to end. His redemption as the Hornet isn't even his own, which wants to play for laughs, but instead emboldens that fact. Along with that, you have effects for the sake of effects, adding nothing to the action, instead pulling you out of it.

#11#, popcorn, hype, story, (dir Gondry), Cameron D, (casting)

It took 7 different sittings at 20-30 minute intervals over 3 months to complete this tedious "action-comedy." Seth Rogan's hyper man-child schtick gets old fast. Showcasing this as a comedy was a mistake. The original green hornet show was lame too and memorable due to Bruce Lee. Chou is a pop star and doesn't have the screen presence and martial arts pedigree of Lee. The action scenes are unimaginative and poorly paced. The hero/sidekick rivalry side story was racially condescending and dumb.

not really a great movie, music sucked, action sucked, story sucked, ...

Seth Rogen truly is the Kryptonite to a good time. There are not many people who could turn this simple but effective mix of gadgets, martial arts and explosives into two hours of my life I will never get back.

A much needed breath of fresh air in the stale superhero genre. Gondry's visual touch is restrained, but still shows up in some great looking ways. Rogen/Goldberg also wrote a great script, that isn't without its cliches, but still manages to blend a great mix of action comedy. Also, the first superhero film I have seen that willingly portrays its characters as men acting out in an immature boy's fantasy. "Iron Man" tried this, but failed.

It's funny, but there's something really irritating about it.

Way funnier than kick-ass!

I've decided that I really don't like Seth Rogan, and never did. Why the hell did Michel Gondry take this job? He did what he could, I guess... The directorial touches and Christoph Waltz's weird gangster were the only reasons to see the movie.

Dreadful. One of the worst of the year.

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. This was a great role for Seth Rogen, who I normally can't stand, and the story was pretty entertaining.

Lots of great gadgetry, but also lots of wasted on-screen buddy chemistry.

I quite enjoyed this. Gondry's visual style is entertaining & slick, & Rogan & Chou have a good chemistry. What I really enjoyed about this movie was is completely casual ethos. It has a feel about it as if Gondry & Rogan simply went ahead & did whatever the hell they wanted; & they sort of get away with it! Sadly there is a lot of wasted potential here in terms of the story & characters, & with this film probably not successful enough to warrant a sequel, that potential will remain wasted.

Pretty meh yet still

i was thinking rogen was going to stink this up like a fart in an elevator, but he actually carried it out quite well. the only detractors is the (thank god, not seriously developed) love interest, and the conflict between rogen and chou. both of which would have been better off replaced with more action.

"HUMOR" film.

there's a period of about 10 minutes, during which seth rogen's character becomes an even bigger asshole, that i didn't enjoy. otherwise i was entertained throughout. great fun.

Seth Rogen is a awful superhero.

Besides Kato, Waltz, and the final action sequence that was so over the top it was hilarious, this is utter garbage. It was crazy how many scenes seemed to have zero direction. I didn't see any Gondry in this and Rogan's wise cracks got old in the first 10 minutes. Seriously, who thought that Seth Rogan would make a good superhero?

i liked it better than most people but it does lose its own heart half way through the film and started to pander to the general audience instead of trying to be original.

Must be because I am incredibly hung over, because the film isn't really funny, the script is nothing to write about and the chemistry in the bromance isn't exactly tantalizing. Yet it seems to have an air of easy charm about it, as 'The Green Hornet' seems to accomplish nothing really, and Britt Reid remains a douchébag throughout. That and, you know, explosions and slo-mo fight sequences. I also attribute it to being hunged over, that I never spotted Edward Furlong.

Good Movie

Call me crazy but I enjoyed the hell out of this. The script smartly subverts the conventions of the superhero genre with an entitled asshole protagonist who wracks up far more property damage & murders than good deeds. Gondry brings a nice style to the proceedings with some visually creative gadgets & inventive editing. A split-screen sequence in the the final act is particularly memorable. I found it to be quite funny, but then again, I like Seth Rogen. As usual, the best 3D is in the credits.

I enjoyed seeing Edward Furlong again. The bullet time is awesome. Only a few of the jokes are funny.

Christoph Waltz is the lone bright spot for the entire film. His villain known as Chudnofsky was brilliant and portrayed the way villains should be portrayed, cold and ruthless. The action was intense, the storyline a bit cheesy. Green Hornet is another average superhero flick, but its major flaw is through out most of the movie it does not take itself seriously. Rogen did not do a great job writing the script and does even worse starring in his own movie.

Just awful. It is quite boring and there is no chemistry between Rogen and Chou. If this isn't the worst comic book movie made, it must be close, and it has one of the worst villains ever.

The trailer for this movie was basically false advertising, as the best action sequences & moves from the trailer weren't even in the movie. Anyway, the two leads have hardly any chemistry, the story doesn't really make sense, and the character motivations are baffling. There are about 180 seconds of cool action in this, and the rest is just a waste of time. There is no reason for a film like this to be 2 hours long.

Lots of things in this movie didn't work, which sucks, as the parts that did would have been rated much higher. Should have dropped the shitty love triangle, the awkward dialogue, and stuck to the cool action sequences and humor. It's still a fun film, but you've got to take the good with the bad.