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The Green Hornet trailer, you guys:
I like Seth Rogen, OK? And I like Michel Gondry, OK? And when this comes out in the theater next January, I will see it, OK? But none of those facts change another fact, which is that we need to cool it with the oddball, sarcastic, knowing, self-referential superheroes. Enough already! Bring back the actual superheroes! I want to imagine myself as a billionaire playboy superhero with wonderful toys as much as the next guy, no homo, and I am able to do so by watching a movie about actual superheroes. I don’t need to actually see myself up on the screen. “Oh, that guy doesn’t look anything like a superhero, just like how I don’t look anything like a superhero, and he, too, relies on his quick wit as an emotional defense mechanism to keep people from seeing the deep well of insecurity and emotional frailty that governs his erratic behavior and sometimes questionable life choices, just like how I do that. But also he can FLY.” No. I don’t need that. No one needs that. What is this 1994? I thought the age of cynically deconstructing our cultural touchstones had ended and we had transitioned back into an enlightened era of engagement and enthusiasm. Or WHATEVS.
Boo, winking meta-commentaries. Yay, Christian Bale!
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You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a parody of one. I can do those things because I’m not a hero, not like Bale. I made those people laugh. That’s what I can be.
I’m whatever Hollywood needs me to be.
Not the hero we deserved but the comedian we needed.
Bale makes me laugh almost as much as you do. Oy, that dumb gravelly voice he uses. How can you not chuckle? Turn down the sound and he’s the perfect Batman. Hmmm. Maybe you could star in Lil’ Batman?
January release date? Isn’t that when studios release the films they think are going to bomb?
Well, now that you mention it, I swear I recently read an article that said the Green Hornet movie execs were so unimpressed with the final result, that they added 3D effects in post-production. I guess that didn’t help make the movie better (surprise!).
I heard this too. Apparently Gabe wasn’t the only person who was hoping Seth Rogen wouldn’t Seth Rogen it up.
so now we’re trusting the opinions of studio execs?
Permit me to clarify – I specifically heard that studio people were unhappy with the angle on the movie. The campy, winking, nudging-ness of it. I agree with…the fact that someone might see that and opine that it is awful! I may disagree when I (probably don’t) see this in theatres or (may) catch the second 2/3 of it on cable.
I was actually looking at the preview and thinking this might actually be good(at least popcorn good) despite what the internet has been saying, that was until I saw “In 3D” and then knew it must be crap. I guess I will just rewatch Bipolar Mall Cop again instead.
The multitude of nerd-opinions concerning this property runs the gamut of emotions. There are those claiming to be old-timey radio fans (yeah right), fans of the 1 season of the television show with Bruce Lee, comic book dorks from the 80′s, Seth Rogan lovers, Seth Rogan haters, etc, etc, etc.
Gabe, you expressed my exact sentiments. I like Seth Rogan. I like Michel Gondry. I also like CHRISTOPH WALTZ (right!). I also like the look of Rogan in the costume. The cut of his jib appeals to me (does anyone use that expression anymore?).
Not hot on Diaz, though.
This movie looks like it could be fun. It also looks like it very well could be another missed opportunity to really pull out all the stops. To quote Budd: “So I guess we’ll just see, won’t we?”
Sometimes I just wish that Seth Rogen would stop talking.
He sounds like how I imagine Garfield sounding.
Yeah, you know, I like him alright, but I do not see him kicking anyone’s ass ever. That probably goes for all the Apatow alums…except for maybe John Francis Daley.
Yay for Lance Sweets!
Oh, and Sam Weir, obviously. NEVER FORGET.
Love this pic. He looks the same, obvs.
The next step in this process of self-referential superheroes is for Charlie Kaufman to make a movie about a guy making a movie about a self-referential superhero who is actually a filmmaker making a movie about a guy making a movie about a superhero.
I can’t understand how it’s possible that Michel Gondry got to direct this? Did all of Hollywood forget “Be Kind Rewind”? Don’t you need to have successes to garner giant budget action films?
Somebody call Armond White.
Maybe Hollywood was thinking more about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, (arguably) one of the Top 10 best films of the past 10 years.
Okay, maybe I am in the (vast) minority, but I enjoyed “Be Kind, Rewind”! I thought it was a sweet, simple story that was marketed very poorly. Maybe I am just a sucker with bad movie taste.
I’m with you, it had some weak spots, but overall I enjoyed it
I liked the movie but I absolutely hated the ending.
“We enjoyed this movie that you made that we have no way of hearing because we are standing out on the street so much that you can keep your building. Because happy ending.”
- those people from that movie (I haven’t seen it in a long time, okay?)
I wanted to like this movie so much, being as I worship at the alter of Mos Def, but I couldn’t make it through it. May have to give it another try. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind though — sooooooo gooooooood.
No, Be Kind Rewind is great- you’re right that it was bad marketing. Everyone thought it was going to be a silly comedy but it was a sweet, though funny, drama in a way. I loved it so much, it just has genre issues.
I like the term “genre issues” so much. I am going to start using it as often as possible.
I’ll wait for the sweded version.
I don’t know why, buddy, but you are a lifesaver! Jungle fever – catch it!
Boo! The spam got deleted before I was able to copy the url.
The original series had the technically/mechanically inclined Hornet paired with the ass kicking sidekick, Kato (Frickin Bruce Lee in the TV series). Hornet did all of the speaking, seemed like he knew what he was doing, and was definitely the main gun. It seems they have switched up a few of the roles – Kato is the tech and the asskicker, Hornet is a bumbling idiot with a bank account. If only they would have made Rogen speak less.
I can see how one might watch either the “self-effacing wisecracking goofball superhero” or the “totally serious nerd fantasy-but actually played by handsome Hollywood actor superhero” and find the conceits a little tired. But then, I am not over superhero movies.
you know what? i am tired of having to watch a commercial in order to WATCH ANOTHER COMMERCIAL. a movie trailer is not “content.”
For me, the Purdue chicken commercial came after the trailer. Or is that what you meant, you wanted to learn more about processing chickens?
I totally didn’t realize Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill were different people until super recently. I think I might be a racist.
At the very least an anti-Semite…
They both are curly headed shlubby (Or formerly shlubby) Jews. I see the confusion.
OPABINIA: So you won’t believe what happened with Rogen today. It told him i thought him and Jonah Hill were the same person and he got all offended. Those people can be so touchy.
KRAMER: Those people, listen to yourself.
OPABINIA: What?
KRAMER: You think that Judd Apatow alumni are so different from me and you? They came to this country just like everybody else, in search of a dream.
OPABINIA: Kramer, he’s just a Judd Apatow alumni.
KRAMER: Yeah, and you’re an anti-juddapatowalumnite.
OPABINIA: I am not an anti-juddappatowalumnite!
KRAMER: You’re a rabid anti-juddappatowalumnite! Oh, it starts with a few jokes and some slurs. “Hey, juddapatowalumny!” Next thing you know you’re saying they should have their own movies.
OPABINIA: They do have their own movies!
KRAMER: Yeah!….
I love this kid’s enthusiasm
Screw u 2 gif. It was the “That’s Racist” kid
(Seriously, why do my gifs keep disappearing?)
Also, I must express my cautious love of cars suped up with ridiculous weaponry. Speed Racer, jumping jacks, hubcap spikes, oil slicks, rockets, etc.
I’ve never seen guns housed inside door panels facing backwards, which I admit is a pretty cool concept (although i imagine a bitch to aim).
And even though housing chainguns inside the hood of a car is much more beleivable than strapping them to a HORSE, I still have to go back to my old standby- “At this point I am done with the chainguns.”
I think this is less about oddball, sarcastic, knowing, self-referential superheros, and more about inverting the idea of a rich playboy having an Asian sidekick to be his servant into the apparent sidekick actually be the one who is in charge.
Totally. And also, to be professor superheroes over here, the Green Hornet isn’t technically a superhero. He’s a pulp hero. He started as a radio serial which aired before Batman or Superman was ever published. His contemporaries are characters like the Shadow, Doc Savage and The Lone Ranger (all of which eventually made the transition to comics).
But with film these days everything seems to be about superheroes, which is just another format in which to tell stories about people wearing masks and beating up on other people wearing masks.
Ooh! Also, The Rocketeer.
Let’s hang out. Okay? (Also, if you don’t, you should read Criminal and Incognito by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, except find the single issues, because they have awesome essays on pulps.)
I picked up a couple issues of the second(?) run of Criminal (with the guy with the bandage on his nose and the boxer guy), but I missed an issue and then stopped trying to hunt them down.
I almost impulse-bought the first trade of Incognito but decided not to instead (BILLS).
Brubaker and I just keep missing each other. I’ll get to it eventually!
*pushes ptsmith_vt and KajusX & Chainsaws up against the lockers*
Yeah, The Rocketeer. I totally liked that movie just okay!
I was going to ask why this movie even exists, but then I thought of at least fifty different reasons. And they’re all logical.
this movie is just fodder for my rice queen-ish ways.
dude. kato. HAWT.
Obligatory.
TO THE NUTS!
“It’s ok. Just ignore it. IGNORE IT! It’s just something the body does when your shaken.”
this movie looks like we’ve got a bingo.
You just say bingo.
This doesn’t look like Gondry at all. Where are the paper mache costumes and the stop-motion action sequences?
http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/michel-gondry
I think about this sketch every time I hear Michel Gondry speak.
Yay – I want to live in Michel Gondry’s house!
The Green Snorenet (sorry you guys).
“and he, too, relies on his quick wit as an emotional defense mechanism to keep people from seeing the deep well of insecurity and emotional frailty that governs his erratic behavior and sometimes questionable life choices, just like how I do that.”
Most people just aren’t as awesome and quick-witted as you Gabe. *rolleyezzoorr* That part of the movie just makes them feel like they’re watching an actual superhero.
Kato looks pretty cool but Seth Rogen just looks like he’s in Happy Gilmore 2. I’d rather just see a movie with Kato kicking some butt
Woops I meant Billy Madison, not Happy Gilmore
Ok. Ok. Ok. I don’t usually like this sort of thing- but I got giddy watching that trailer. I like everyone in it BUT Cameron Diaz- she is no longer attractive, sorry
, by movie standards anyway. Looks like I’m going to have to mark down January as a very important month.
Loved this interview with Michel Gondry – http://www.babelgum.com/5001354/michel-gondry-reverse-shot-talkies-13.html
Did anyone notice the complete title of the movie?? It’s The Green Hornet™ with a ™ symbol! What!
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