The Green Hornet is a better film than the trailers will make it seem. More than that, it is at times both clever and funny. That said it is not without flaws, and boy are they big ones. For the majority of the acting is tolerable, even Seth Rogan plays his part with a little less Seth Rogan than usual. But only a little. There are four actors(Tom Wilkensen as Seth;s father, James Franco as a brief throwaway villain, and the gentlemen who plays Kato, and Edward James Olmos) who are all way better in this movie and honestly should be off in movies more to their stature. And then there are a few random so terrible this almost ruins the movie. Cameron Diaz. She's normally terrible, she has more than once this year ruined what could have been otherwise good movies, but this..this was bad. She stuck out like a sore thumb especially since she is supposed to be treated like this great beauty when she doesn't even match the random sluts that the Green Hornet spends his time with. Now there is also one super fantastic performance in Christoph Waltz. Yes the Jew Hunter himself finds himself playing a bad guy again but this time he gets to chew the scenery. And when you let him loose, he is a beast. He puts subtlety in his insanity and it is fantastic.
The direction has it's moments of brilliance but ultimately this is no where near his previous works of Be kind Rewind and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The plot is an amusing parody of Batman and it is clear this is designed as a reaction to Batman. I really like the story elements here, but the movie, much like the Spirit, decided we wouldn't be able to take it seriously so it made itself a comedy. And because it did that, it is a lesser film. I can't really recommend this movie, but I can't Unrecomend it either...It is the kind of movie you shouldn't go out of your way to see, but don't turn down seeing it if offered. I'd give it a C.
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