The Green Hornet

[mexicanjunior]

Lukewarm reviews also...

movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808411967/critic

Boston Globe
Ty Burr "The second half, sadly, is an ear-splitting train wreck." more... C

Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert "There are pointless dialogue scenes going nowhere much too slowly, and then pointless action scenes going everywhere much too quickly." more... D

Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips "...action sequences tend toward the lengthy and the shapeless." more... C

Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum "In a last-minute tweak, the production has also been meaninglessly 3-D-ified..." more... C-

Filmcritic.com
Jason McKiernan "There's not much traditional in The Green Hornet, and nothing that is quite perfect, but in this hodge-podge of creativity, this kinky mess, there is unbridled zest and an almost innocent sense of joy." more... B

Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechstshaffen "Despite some entertaining moments, this long-in-gestation crime-fighter feature never reaches top speed." more... C

New York Times
A. O. Scott "...quite a bit less than the sum of its appealing parts." more... C

Rolling Stone
Peter Travers "Rogen doesn't make much of an action hero, but he plays his lack of superpowers for maximum fun." more... C

USA Today
Claudia Puig "Even its flurry of CGI activity, stylized slow-motion shots and high-tech gadgetry offers little payoff, despite an eclectic cast." more... C

[Terd Ferguson]

hmmm....I had high hopes. I think I'll watch it anyway. These reviewers seldom like low brow humor the way I do.

[Sideshow Bob]

anybody seen this yet?

[mexicanjunior]

Watched it last night...it was better than I expected. Seth Rogen was kind of hit and miss, almost like he was trying too hard to be funny panic guy. The Japanese guy playing Kato was solid, good action scenes and had some funny one-liners. The cars and weapons they were equipped with were cool looking and the story was entertaining. The main bad guy (Hans Landa from Inglorious Bastards) was funny and quirky as Chudnofsky (Bloodnofsky). He had some great lines and pretty ruthless. Overall...thumbs up and catch it in the theater.

[Sideshow Bob]

yeah, me, gary and dave all liked it, too

thumbs up