It's appropriately ironic that the most recent reiteration of The Green Hornet is remembered mostly for Bruce Lee, and this entire film seems to revolve around how badass Kato's character is. Seriously, every other clip for the ads has Kato doing something mind-blowing.
Escape to the Movies: The Green Hornet
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Lone Ranger? The William Tell Overture.
The Green Hornet? The Flight of the Bumblebee...
Or...HOLD ON A DAMN MINUTE...they forgot the most basic element? Even Mission Impossible remembered that.
Ah heck, as one of the few real fans of the original Green Hornet (watched on a 6 inch black and white screen....yeah) I'm almost as disappointed as with the original Avengers flick.
Almost.
The Green Hornet? The Flight of the Bumblebee...
Or...HOLD ON A DAMN MINUTE...they forgot the most basic element? Even Mission Impossible remembered that.
Ah heck, as one of the few real fans of the original Green Hornet (watched on a 6 inch black and white screen....yeah) I'm almost as disappointed as with the original Avengers flick.
Almost.
Oh, forgot about the hollywood delayed aging magic.viper3 said:Adam. Fucking. Sandler. I swear to god that man hasn't aged a day.Not G. Ivingname said:
Billy Madison (1995):
A few weeks ago:
Okay, so maybe not that extreme, but my point is, Rogan could still look 20 for quite some time.
I going to see Seth's face when I am in my 80's now aren't I?
This movie era we're in with unattractive/nerdy male leads having super attractive female love interests really bothers me. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's great that TV/movies are suggesting that men be valued more for their personality more than their looks (not that there was ever nearly as much pressure on men to be physically flawless anyway), but when exactly are women going to see the roles reversed, with ugly but interesting women pairing up with attractive men? Never, that's when.
To be fair as soon as I heard Seth Rogen I knew this wasn't going to be a great movie. Not that I hate the guy or anything, but I've never found his 'normal guy' routine to be all that funny.
He's just beige. And any movie he's a lead in is beige as well. That's not a bad thing, he's great as a supporting actor.
I mean Green Hornet as a comic book hero is fairly beige too, but why waste a whole lot of money on making something beige?
So yeah... something to watch if you've got nothing better to do. Frankly I'll just wait for a TV channel to show it.
He's just beige. And any movie he's a lead in is beige as well. That's not a bad thing, he's great as a supporting actor.
I mean Green Hornet as a comic book hero is fairly beige too, but why waste a whole lot of money on making something beige?
So yeah... something to watch if you've got nothing better to do. Frankly I'll just wait for a TV channel to show it.
No disrespect was meant - Big Trouble is an all-time favorite of mine. But if you watch for it, part of it's "running joke" is poking fun at the "white hero/ethnic sidekick dynamic." Yes, Burton gets to kill Lo-Pan, but throughout the movie Wang (and eventually Egg-Shen's army) is WAY more competent and effective against the bad guys - even during the big "melee fight," Jack misses out on the battle-charge by shooting a piece of roof onto his head and ultimately spends most of it stuck under a dead warrior. It's the ultimate "goof" of the whole production - Wang is the "real" hero, in that it's HIS girlfriend whose initially kidnapped, it's HIS culture the whole thing plays out in (Burton and Gracie Law kinda "stumble into" the whole thing) and he's the one with something to prove... Burton is HIS comic-relief sidekick. It's a sly dig at the whole "the white guy is the main character no matter what" thing of older movies featuring "mysterious foriegner" enemies.Ashoten said:
