Now Seth Rogen certainly won't let "The Green Hornet" collide with Nolan's "Batman" again, and he seems to believe that comedy is the magic weapon to bring "The Green Hornet" back to life. As the chief disciple of Apatow, the godfather of comedy in Hollywood, Seth Rogen completely dominated the "Green Hornet" from producer to screenwriter, so he also defined the comedy style of this film in advance.
Seth Rogen plays a role like Britt who is idle all day long. "Pineapple Express", this rich second-generation character who wants to achieve justice is tailor-made for him. "The Green Hornet" is full of jokes, and more than 90% of the jokes are in charge of Seth Rogen. As a fan of Seth Rogen, just watching him makes me feel full of joy. "The Green Hornet" naturally made me laugh from beginning to end, but at the same time I have to admit that the comedy element in the film not only dominates, More thoroughly mixed up action hero elements and even themes the film is trying to convey.
If Britt was responsible for the idea of justice, Saito was the one who put the idea into practice. Compared with the powerless rich second generation, Saito is a mechanical genius and a kung fu master, and only the combination of the two can be called a hero, so "The Green Hornet" obviously refers to this group of brothers, which is why Saito has always been Neither has a name. In this "Green Hornet", Jay Chou, who was supposed to be in charge of the action part, has no room to play at all. As a North American film critic said, Saito's character is only charming when Jay Chou starts punching and kicking. It's a pity that the action scenes are pitiful, replaced by a lot of chaotic and noisy car chase shootouts.
The first time the two teamed up to "Suppress Bandits" is cool enough. The director's idea of using special effects to show the extension of space is very eye-catching, and Saito's robot-like "threat positioning" perspective is also very interesting. It's a pity that this exaggerated comic style only appears twice, and the other time is a five-minute recollection of Britt. And there are fewer pure action scenes, and then there are more petty fights mixed in the speeding shootout. Objectively speaking, acting is not Jay Chou's strength, nor is Saito's primary task, but in "The Green Hornet" Saito is involved in the love triangle between Britt and the heroine Lenore, Jay Chou has a chance. He showed off his singing and even played the piano, but it was his turn to fight the enemy with nunchucks on the speeding car. When it was his turn to show off his skills, the camera flashed by. The movie failed to dig out the charm of this character at all. Busy telling bad stories about love and brotherhood.
Originally, the "brotherhood" between Britt and Saito should be a highlight. Seth Rogen himself has also appeared in "Too Bad" and "Pineapple Express" with a deep brotherhood, so it should not be unfamiliar. But because the addition of the role of Lenore dilutes the thickness of this friendship, Cameron Diaz's too many scenes have turned this brotherhood into a "Pearl Harbor"-like jealousy.
In addition to the jokes throughout, a lot of speed shooting scenes, and the above-mentioned brotherhood mixed with a love triangle, the ambition of "The Green Hornet" has not been satisfied. The main line of the film wants to help the hero Britt understand the true meaning of justice by clarifying the relationship between Britt's father, the law enforcement officer Scanlon and the big villain Chudnofsky, so as to convey the theme of growth. But under the impact of all the entertainment elements, the plain theme has long been drowned in the sound of gunshots and explosions and the laughter of the audience.
Originally, I walked into the movie theater with low expectations, but I felt pretty good after watching the movie. If you can see it as a comedy, Seth Rogen should be able to satisfy your laugh cravings. Cameron Diaz is still a vase, looking a lot younger than "Dangerous Spy". The villain played by Christoph Waltz is too weak, and there is no more room for performance except for the cruelty and the madness like "Inglourious Basterds". Most of the time, Jay Chou, who everyone pays attention to, is still expressionless, and his performance is very unnatural. There is really no need to investigate the problem of English pronunciation. After all, the background of the character does not need too authentic and smooth English. Although when I watched the trailer before, he always made me feel that he was in a group of big Hollywood stars, and it was easy to play, but it was much better during the viewing process. When he said in the film that he was born in Shanghai, or spoke a few words of Chinese from time to time, I, who originally had a mentality of "detecting minefields", did feel that I should be encouraged and supported.
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