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• 1/15/2011 3:06 AM will wrote:
  one inch punch!
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• 1/15/2011 3:36 AM DarthThought wrote:
  Wow, I was on here looking at the snob video and bam a modern movie review popped up; one that I went to see even.
  
  For the most part I have to agree with you, Rogen was miscast I sat there wondering to myself "Was this just him being an ego?" or did they genuinely not find someone better and say oh fuck it just let the writer do it!
  
  Jay Chao I liked for the most part I just wish they hadn't stuck him with this accent; it took me out of it really it did(no i don't know if he honestly has that accent or not so please don't slam me) and the vision thing did kinda make me tilt my head and go "Wha?" but the fights well I could get over the CGI to some extent though there were parts where i was like "did this really need to be here?"
  
  All in all good review
  
  and at the end of the video i was think "Brad Tries Pen?" cause of all the chewing on it lol
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  1. 1/15/2011 1:14 PM Capitana wrote:
     Jay Chou can barely speak English. He didn't know any english and he had to learn it for the role.
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     1. 1/15/2011 10:52 PM DarthThought wrote:
        "it took me out of it really it did(no i don't know if he honestly has that accent or not so please don't slam me)"
        
        I have not seen mister Chou in any other movies man and I said in my comment that I didn't know if that was his natural accent or not. It still took me out of it and honestly if that is his nomral accent than fine it just seemed a little two stereotypical for me
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        1. 1/15/2011 10:53 PM DartThought wrote:
           *too sorry for mistyping fingers went too fast for me
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• 1/15/2011 3:58 AM Jake Gasmask Abate wrote:
  I'll kindly disagree with you
  
  I thought it was a fun popcorn muncher
  
  
  i've see the TV show before, but I was very, very young and barely remember much of it
  
  as for the CG thing...the fights, in my eyes, were not CG'd. Sure, there was some Scott Pilgrimesque zaniness with the Kaitovision stuff, but there was hardly any actual CG with the actual action and car chases. Just some special FX straight out of video games like Fallout 3 and various Light Gun Arcade shooters
  
  
  tonally, to me, is like if The Mask and Big Trouble in Little China had a child, so that was interesting
  
  and last but not least, to me...it wasn't a pure comedy. It had its funny, silly, goofy moments, but its not a comedy
  
  it would be like if someone called Pulp Fiction a comedy or the original Teenage Mutant Little Turtles movie a family film/comedy (which its not).
  
  
  Anyhow, take care Mr. Jones and see you around when you post new vids.
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• 1/15/2011 4:05 AM Terrence Cain wrote:
  I knew from the trailers I was seeing last year that this was not going to be good film and that it was going to be uber goofy. I am sorry, but Seth Rogen is not a serious actor nor is he a very good one at that, so why put him in the starring role? Why not Christian Bale? Why not Billy Zane? Why not someone else all together. I've never read the comic books, but from what I've heard it was supposed to be as dark and serious as Batman. That's why a lot of people couldn't understand why the campy Batman TV series was renewed when The Green Hornet wasn't. And here they go fucking up what could have been a great and surreal version of Green Hornet with some great old school fighting. I remember many years ago they were talking about coming up with a Green Hornet film that was going to be serious and a bad ass action film with possible Billy Zane as the star, but something happened along the way for him to not get it and for it to go goofy as all get out. Why must everything great get shit on by the big fat ass of Hollywood? I just don't get it. This is why I rarely go see new movies too. Thanks for your thoughts, Brad. I look forward to your next video post. : )
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• 1/15/2011 4:08 AM DoucheMcCallester wrote:
  Brad what you said about the movie is exactly how I felt, especially the fighting. It was just incredibly lazy and annoying how the fights were all slow motion and cgi. The constant slow motion really started to anger me.
  
  Also, Rogen really was a HUGE douche in it. I couldn't stand his character.
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• 1/15/2011 4:11 AM Anonymous wrote:
  I already knew I was going to hate this movie, simply because of one thing: ever see the Mythbuster's Green Hornet Special? Worst Mythbusters ever, and Rogen was a complete douche in it. So yeah, figured it would really suck.
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• 1/15/2011 4:34 AM trevanian wrote:
  This looks and sounds like a shit. I will never watch this. I rather rewatch taxi driver. The cinema is in this age too much crap. And I can't wait for the piere cirby movie!
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• 1/15/2011 7:28 AM Bill wrote:
  jon hamm should of been Green Hornet.
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• 1/15/2011 8:17 AM Jay wrote:
  Sounds like this Green Hornet movie was better:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rjm53J1G4M
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  1. 1/15/2011 9:30 AM Terrence Cain wrote:
     Now how come this couldn't have been the movie? This is what I was hearing about back in 2004. What the hell happened? I just don't get it. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed that, Jay. : )
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• 1/15/2011 9:49 AM Nick wrote:
  So essentially "Wa! Wa! Wa! It wasn't enough like the source material!"
  
  I don't know anything about the Green Hornet. I enjoyed this flick tremendously. It was funny, plenty of great action, the pacing was perfect. I was never bored watching it. The only thing I would of done differently is not make it 3D.
  
  People just need to accept that not everything is a carbon clone of the source material.
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  1. 1/15/2011 1:24 PM Brad wrote:
     "Wa! Wa! Wa! Brad doesn't like a movie that I liked!"
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• 1/15/2011 10:32 AM Konrad wrote:
  There's something I've always wanted to ask about those vlogs where you're reviewing new movies running in the theaters.
  Why is it almost always popcorn-entertainment you're going in? I'm a big fan of the site and a big fan of the show and I never understood that fact, because there are much more movies that are up to date all over the world. What about korean thrillers, mexican sci-fi-flicks or european horror movies? It's always the newest hollywood-schlock you're reviewing and when those movies suck at all I couldn't be less be surprised
  Don't take this personally, but there is a whole world of movies out there and watching shit like The Green Hornet is in my opinion a waste of time
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  1. 1/15/2011 11:36 AM lars wrote:
     brad cannot see Korean thrillers or mexican scifi flicks at every theatre in the us and probably lacks funds to travel to other countries. so he cant see those til they get released on dvd or have a special screening so seeing hollywood shlock is the best he can do right now. you have to realise these critics have limited resources and money and can't always do things we'd want them to do. i am sure brad could torrent films but im not sure if he would do that or not.
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• 1/15/2011 12:32 PM Kelly Folz wrote:
  I agree with you Brad. The Green Hornet would have been a little bit better if Seth Rogen wasnt cast as the Green Hornet.
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• 1/15/2011 1:30 PM Himmelgeher wrote:
  Hmm... I was going to go see this tonight. I guess I'll start looking for something else.
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• 1/15/2011 1:41 PM Capitana wrote:
  I kinda wish they would do a more neo-noir interpretation of these pulp fiction superheroes. Like a noir crime drama- just with masked vigilantes. That would be super awesome.
  
  The Green Hornet is the most reckless superhero ever, which annoyed me. The death tolls for a lot of the destruction he caused should have been way higher than just one or two characters each scene. I think that the movie was hilarious, but I wish that they hadn't tried so hard to turn it into a comedy. That said, I did enjoy the hell out of this movie, but it definitely doesn't hold up to a movie like Kick-Ass which mixed the humor and the action very well.
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• 1/15/2011 4:07 PM HuneyMunster wrote:
  Green Hornet without Bruce Lee as Kato. Yahoo did a must see films of 2011 and didnt mention the legend and only mention the radio series.
  
  I agree that Billy Zane and Kung Tai Ted would have made any script a classic movie!
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• 1/15/2011 5:53 PM LucasChad wrote:
  I've never seen anything Green Hornet-like when I was little, so I didn't have a problem with this movie. I say it's meant to be fun, popcorn entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously. The action scenes are great and it has plenty of funny parts to keep me entertained. Also, I agree Christoph Waltz is great!
  
  I don't know what annoy you more, the fact the Seth Rogen was miscasted or the way the movie was shown in 3D? I admit I don't know why some people were so offended by the post-3D process. It still feels like 3D no matter how you see it. But if you don't care for 3D, just stay away from 3D movies!
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• 1/15/2011 6:57 PM Poweroftheglory wrote:
  While I did enjoy the movie, I agree 100% with Seth Rogan being a terrible Green Hornet. I thought all the supporting characters were good, but Seth is just doesn't work as the starring roll in this film. I liked most of the action sequences and have nothing against CGI, but I really hated the final action scene. Way too much shit going down just way too long and self indulgent for its own good. What is it with modern action movies and action scenes that stretch for so long that it actually becomes boring?
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• 1/15/2011 9:24 PM Vinny1138 wrote:
  I had decent fun with this movie, though admittedly Seth Rogen is not a great representation of The Green Hornet, and I would have done without the frequent times he was using occasional jive slang.
  
  But I still had a fun time watching it, and I really love Chudnovsky who (minor spoiler) is self titled Bloodnovsky. I like that name.
  
  Now as for the red zooming gimick, I'm sure most people got confused and didn't fully understand quite well. But all I think it really is; is that it's fancy technique to signify that Kato is able to think really fast and react really fast. It reminded me alot of a super ability in a old CGI cartoon called Action Man, where the superpower'd secret agent had the "Amp it up" ability to process every possible outcome of a situation by scanning objects with his brain and then use those objects as a way to perform an action/fight sequence.
  
  Now I think Kato has any real Super Power in the vein of Action Man. But as I said before, it was a fancy technique the movie is trying portray that Kato Can Think Fast, and React Fast. Plus Jay Chou makes a very Good Kato, very believable in the role.
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• 1/16/2011 2:39 AM Lai-Lai wrote:
  I'm still planing to see it; the 70s TV series I barely remember + gay jokes + cute asian guy = me going.
  
  Can't say anything about the actors. I'm not familiar with anyone in Hollywood who's career started after 1998, unless they were in Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.
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• 1/16/2011 6:10 AM Andrew H wrote:
  Great review. I'm a big fan of Seth Rogen, but he was a total asshole in this movie. A worse asshole than he was in Observe & Report. This might have been ok if he was a Tony Stark type of cocky character, but there was nothing funny or likable about him.
  
  It really annoyed me when Brit was ignoring and interrupting others, and I hated the way he was towards Kato. The way Kato was treated, there is no reason why he should've stuck around. Even when he finally beat up Brit, he was way too soft on him, and lost.
  
  Rogen must've thought he was being funny by making this obnoxious sociopath, but this failed miserably. If it weren't for Kato, I would have dismissed this entirely.
  
  Jay Chou was a great Kato, and even though I would've preferred grounded, naturally filmed fight scenes, I liked his action sequences. Jay Chou deserves his own spin-off.
  
  Hopefully Seth Rogen will learn to restrain himself or let someone else reign him in.
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• 1/16/2011 12:38 PM JohnnyHorror92182 wrote:
  A Green Hornet movie could have been great, if the studio had taken their heads out of their Asses and used the original script by Kevin Smith.
  
  For those who may not know, Kevin "Clerks" Smith wrote a much more Action Oriented script. In that version, the original Green Hornet and Kato retire after busting up the last of Century City's crime Family's. The story picks up years later, the original Hornet now an old man, dealing with his 20 something spoiled brat son, who has no knowledge of his father's crime fighting career. His father is killed by a masked villain calling himself "The Black Hornet", prompting the original Kato to come back to America, with his Daughter Mulan. Kato confronts his late friends son and reveals to him about his past as the Green Hornet & Kato. Against Kato's orders, this guy takes up his father's mantle as the New Green Hornet (Kato schools him on how to fight) and Mulan becomes the new Kato. And action ensues.
  This original script became the basis for the new Green Hornet comic book series that is out now.
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• 1/16/2011 4:28 PM thegormer wrote:
  I don't know, I kind of enjoyed it, when I totally expected to hate it. Like someone above me posted, though, I know nothing of The Green Hornet in any other variation. Maybe that's what it takes to enjoy this film? Total ignorance?
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• 1/16/2011 5:24 PM kay wrote:
  Just saw it today in 3D, and I agree with the other commentators that it was just a fun, silly flick. I expected it to be like Pineapple Express without weed, and that's more or less what it is. Although I thought the fight scenes were stellar. Yeah, Rogen didn't give the best performance. But I hope Jay Chou finds more work state-side.
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• 1/16/2011 11:17 PM Steven P. or Dane wrote:
  This movie was so badly written and it is just your standard buddy flick. I think i'll pass forgettable movies like this one.
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• 1/16/2011 11:35 PM James wrote:
  has anyone read Kevin Smith's Green Hornet comic? i think if Smith had got this in production i think his GH would have been a better movie to see
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• 1/17/2011 6:34 AM Geoff wrote:
  I love how people on here say "This is great entertainment" when they've never read a single Green Hornet comic. Congrats, you fail more than the movie does because you payed money for it. Happy Fails!
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  1. 1/17/2011 12:32 PM lars wrote:
     so by them having never read a green hornet comic book which is fairly obscure compared to say spider man your gonna berate them for thinking the movie was entertaining with the limited knowledge they had? you cant blame them for their ignorance i personally have never heard of the green hornet til allot of older people started talking about a movie being made. so you just come of like a jackass geoff and you also have probably never read the green hornet comic book or seen the 70's tv show with bruce lee.
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  2. 1/17/2011 5:09 PM thegormer wrote:
     Geoff, please elaborate, because that statement might be the dumbest thing I've ever read.
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     1. 1/19/2011 6:42 AM Geoff wrote:
        Here's my problem, and to make some more sense on this. Take for example Twilight. Everybody has their opinion on it, I personally can't stand it. But, I do see why it's popular, and it obviously has made tons of money. The thing is though, it's a book series with millions of readers, and when the twilight movies came out. Who are the people who go see these movies and make up a large portion of the sales. The readers.
        
        So, obviously, even something as mainstream as Twilight, has seasoned fans going into the movie, knowing how the story plays out, and so on. The fans are going to know if things were done right or not. Same goes for anything else.
        
        Now, with a comic book movie. This is the problem. Even though Twilight is immensly popular, people are willing to check it out and become familiar with it, so they understand it. So therefor, they know if the movie lives up to the source material. They are going with the purpose of seeing an adaptation done correctly.
        
        So why then, is it with comic movies that are watered down from their source material, or all together changed, do people automatically assume this must be what the comic is like, and never pick up a comic book compilation or do some reading up on it?
        
        I have always, always come across people who know Twilight inside and out, yet when it comes to a comic book movie, they automatically think any comic book movie is a full representation of that series, when it's not.
        
        And what really gets me is when people go to the theaters for "pop-corn entertainment", and just think a movie based on a comic "Stupid Fun!", something is terribly wrong when a movie goer is using that term to describe a movie, especially since more modern interpretations of the Green Hornet are not like this movie in the least.
        
        Also, as someone mentioned above. How is it that something like the old Batman and Green Hornet TV series cannon? Once again, a total misrepresentation of the source material and characters. These may have launched both into pop-culture, but are far crys from their sources.
        
        If Twilight fans can be passionate about their books and movies(however manic it may get), then as a comic book fan, I am entitled to the same when I see something I like and respect, get turned into Seth Rogan.
        
        And when people pay money for movies like these, it only makes more that just get further and further away from the source material, characters, and just becomes an unrecognizable shadow of its former self.
        
        I hope some of you understand a bit better now.
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        1. 1/21/2011 4:26 AM Steve wrote:
           Geoff, you may want to pick a better example than Twilight. For one, Twilight is only composed of 3 books; comic books have a colossal history and depth to them, so many interpretations and ideas, that a full representation is not really possible. The last time someone tried that we got The Last Airbender.
           
           Second, people think that all the time. Seriously, people have seen the Twilight movies and, correctly, called them on representing the books, and the Harry Potter series and, less correctly, assuming they accurately represented the storyline. This isn't restricted to comic books.
           
           Third, as above, comic books are MASSIVE historical pieces; getting into a series with that much backstory is daunting, to say the least, especially an obscure one like Green Hornet. I love comic books, but it is a tricky thing to get into, and most people lack the extensive knowledge required to truly appreciate a good or bad adaptation. But it's not their fault because they're not comic book fans, so they judge it as a movie. Now, if you LIKE the comics and call it good when it's a shit adaptation, there's something to be said against that.
           
           And finally, you say you reserve the right to do the same things for Green Hornet as fangirls do for Twilight. Considering Twilight fangirls have broken people's arms, broke up with boyfriends, and tossed acid and LIVE FLARES into the faces of haters...do you really want to draw that comparison? Seriously? How do you react when someone tells you they just don't like Green Hornet? Do you chase Blue Beetle fans around with shovels?
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• 1/17/2011 4:09 PM Strelnikov wrote:
  The Green Hornet show Bruce Lee was on ran in 1966-67; it was the straight version of the campy Batman show.
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• 1/20/2011 1:34 AM JtD wrote:
  Eh, I thought it was an okay movie. It probably should've been played straighter given the subject, but in all honesty, it did overall end up being okay. It kinda tries to hard, but at least there's effort.
  
  It most likely would've done better if they started with the characters & roles already established. However, this is an origin story. It makes sense for Brit's gonna be fairly different at the start of his adventure, so I can forgive that. I can.
  
  The only real issue is the DA in the movie vs the series. It's a completely different character with the same name. It was kind of a major character too.
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  1. 1/20/2011 1:37 AM JtD wrote:
     That said, more character development for Brit would've been great. It's not until the very last bit in the movie that he starts to really become a better, more reasonable person & the movie's almost 2 hours long.
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• 1/21/2011 12:37 PM Christopher wrote:
  I see you have a stratocaster in the background now during your more recent reviews, I was just wondering if you play?
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• 1/21/2011 12:44 PM Christopher wrote:
  Do you play that stratocaster in the background?
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• 1/22/2011 3:33 PM Adam wrote:
  While I always like your reviews of recent movies, this is the first time that when I watched your review it felt like you were saying exactly what was on my mind.
  
  I have to say, though, I think the biggest saving grace of this movie was the Black Beauty. I mean, forget all this focus on The Green Rogen; that car could have been the protagonist.
  
  What bothers me is that they managed to make such a cool car, and make out Kato to be such a badass, and had what might have been a good yet very underdeveloped premise for a villain. So when those parts were showcased, I felt like I was watching bits and pieces of a better movie that they never made.
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• 1/30/2011 4:34 AM En wrote:
  Just saw this piece of absolute crap in 3D in Australia.
  
  We walked after 30 minutes.
  Worst film ever that I've seen on the big screen.
  
  Main character was so unlikeable. Acting by him was amateur hour standard.
  What an a hole.
  
  Cinema gave us a free ticket to return later!
  We weren't only ones p-ss-d off they said.
  Hope this isn't the start of another rehash year of movies.
  
  S H I T T E E E E E
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• 7/21/2011 9:27 PM dave wrote:
  with all due respect, brad, you are wrong in your belief that this whole "idiot who takes all the credit for the hard work of his sidekick" premise, in any way properly reflectts what the show was like.
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• 8/14/2011 7:53 PM Nick wrote:
  I knew the movie wasn't going to be great when I went to see it and I knew it was just going to be another Seth Rogen movie so I think I enjoyed it a little more having that mindset while watching it. When you watch Seth you really just have to turn off your inner critic and enjoy the stupidity.
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