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Here’s a new trailer for The Green Hornet, which debuts 3D in January. Cool trailer, sure. But having grown up watching action films with badass protagonists like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, even Brian Bosworth and Jeff Speakman, I’ve got a question about this trailer (and the one for Scott Pilgrim vs. The World): Am I the only one having trouble buying Seth Rogen and Michael Cera as action stars? What happened to the days when the heroes could wipe the floor with everyone in the theater? I’m not sure Rogen and Cera could clean house against the matinee audiences for Toy Story 3. The jury is still out on Adrien Brody for Predators, though at least he seems to have undergone a vigorous aerobics regimen. Is this an apocalyptic sign for the genre?
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Of course this is only a trailer but I like what I’ve seen.
Thing is The Green Hornet was always the super-hero (well masked crime-fighter) whose side-kick Kato could kick more ass than he could.
(As evidence the Green Hornet/Batman cross-over which put poor Burt Ward’s Robin against Bruce Lee’s Kato. An unfair fight in any universe!)
Ugh! I had planned on seeing The Green Hornet. This looks stupid.
You, Madam, are a laugh!
This looks too stupid even for 13-year-old boys. Who wrote the script? Seriously – Try harder. Blows my mind that they would pour production/marketing $$$ into such a half-baked picture. I like Rogen well enough, but he should never have been able to gain traction with this project.
If the movie is not in fact lame, they need to cut a new trailer. Playing connect the dots with a tepid list of gags doesn’t cut it.
There are no more buff action heroes anymore because none of them could act and the whole macho thing is so 80′s/90′s
Correct. I actually stopped watching halfway through it was so lame.
“Brian Bosworth?”
Wow.
I second that and wish to add a DOUBLE wow.
Brian Bosworth. The man. Should have put him in The Expandables movie. Or maybe just the trailer. (Saw that last comment on Twitter.)
Disagree with you completely. Arnold? Norris? Stallone? Aren’t you the least bit interested in actors that can bring another level to the role whether its comedic or the like?
Come on man. 2010 get with the program
No – I’m not interested.
Where’s the damn futures trading/gambling market when you need it — cos this seriously sucksass.
I can’t wait to see a mush faced comedian play a bad ass hero. It is true that Seth Rogan is a pasty glob of cookie dough chock full of chewy noughat, but nowadays they make the hero costumes with abs shaped right into the breastplating. Why, there is no need for real musculature when one can epoxy abs into your crime fightin’ costume with the help of a good welder.
Yes, I thrill at the thought of a Green Hornet who screams out “bro!” and “doobie!” every five minutes. My, I can’t wait to spend two to three hours in a theater enjoying Seth Rogan as an action hero. He’s A-okay in my book.*
*This comment was not prepared or reviewed by Columbia Pictures or any of its subsidiaries.
There was a time when men worked out, did heavy squats, trained martial arts, took acting classes, and had other “men”–ie their agents and studio execs greenlight the films with them in it. Now, when the industry is run by emotionally unstable half-men who helped bitch out society via placing other half-men as action stars, I mean look how ridiculous karate kid is, it created a wave of ludicrous films and tv shows that feature boys prettier than a sunrise in leads. Funny how the only person I can think off that may have a run for action stardom which he never exploited is Georges St. Pierre, the UFC star. All these other wimpy guys/action star wananbes who think by getting on a treadmill or cardio kickbox class is working out, well…
This all started with Michael Keaton as Batman
And having Shia play even a “young” indiana Jones was a milestone on the same wrong road.
Agreed!
Now, these half men; how tall would you say they are? Because I am certain a “Half Man” leapt out in front of my Jeep last Tuesday. It made an obscene gesture and scampered into an orange tree, yelling something about someone stealing his lucky charms.
Looks like great mindless fun!
Who doesn’t need that every once and awhile?
This reminds me of WITHOUT A CLUE: Cato seems to be the mentor and the Hornet the stooge.
Except WITHOUT A CLUE had wit and style.
I completely agree. We need NEW action heroes, none of these alternative action heroes. Scott Pilgrim looks terrible, simply because the lead is not the right man for the job. Rogen is a funny guy, but when it comes to action I have my doubts.
The way it plays out here is as if Rogen is the comic relief and Chou is the action star. Sorry but if the title character is the hero he needs to be the straight, action hero guy otherwise the film becomes a parady and NO ONE will take it serious.
Oh and Shame on Gondry… such a talent reduced to such tripe.
To be fair, Cera’s a lot more suited to ‘Scott Pilgrim’ than just about anyone else out there. Look at the material the movie is based on. Someone of Cera’s build and presence is supposed to be in that role.
Now, Rogen as Britt Reid…? There’s just no excuse. And it does speak to a broader trend.
What we need is the next Bruce Willis. Don’t look toward the wrestling and MMA fields for the next meathead to star in some horrible action rehash. We need a man’s man who doesn’t necessarily have to be all about muscle but should be about presence and heft on-screen.
And definitely stop turning the manchildren of today into pseudo-heroes. Am I really supposed to buy Ashton Kutcher in action roles?
I’ve had the same lament for a long time. I am not by any means built like a linebacker but I have no doubt that I could kick the shit out of 95 % of the actors starring in “action movies” today. I can count on one finger the number of actors under the age of 50 who I actually believe in an action movie– Russell Crowe– and I don’t even find him to be particularly appealing as a personality (have to admit it probably has a lot to do with his real life personality).
There really are no successors to Schwarzenegger, Eastwood, Stallone, Willis, etc.
I agree with Nikke. It’s not that there aren’t actors out there who could fill the shoes of legends past, but Hollywood has refused to support their career and instead stuck with extending the careers of the 50+ crowd. That left an entire generation of 30-something actors that are unknown and undeveloped. Now Hollywood seems to be trying to play catch-up by pushing comedic crossovers ie Michael Cera, Seth Rogen which really don’t fit. I don’t want all of my action with a comedic flare – Die Hard had funny moments, but for the most part, it was hard core back in the day.
Pay attention to the author!
How about Mark Wahlberg (SHOOTER / THE DEPARTED…)? C’mon, he’s as good as any 80′s action guy, and has developed some serious acting chops, IMO (depending on the script, that is!!).
Marky Mark…that’s hillarious! The guy is 5’5 in high heels. The better argument is Statham.
This looks like a pathetic waste of a revival….why Rogen was cast is still beyond me.
Looks like a lot of fun!
Bruce Lee
Norris
Van Damme
Stallone
Steven Segal
Seth Rogen
One of these things is not like the others.
One of these things just doesn’t belong.
Yeah, one I would actually pay money to see in a movie.
Okay, Bruce Lee, too.
I totally agree. Seth Rogan at least can act. Bruce Lee was solid and entertaining, but the others are barely even actors. They’re more just strong men who had people fall over around them.
Seth Rogen can act??!! Put the bong down my man. The guy is horrible. In Funny People Adam fricking Sandler looked like Sir Lawrence Olivier when compared to Rogen. Dude is out of his league on SNL for cripes sake. He’s awful!!!!
chuck norris couldn’t kick anyone’s ass, ever. He was puffed up and preened up but was widely acknowledged to be a fraud in terms of martial arts. He was no Bruce Lee to put it mildly. Ditto Willis who was actually a brilliant action star because he seemed like an everyman with a much wryer take on the events at hand. I think Kato looks pretty ass kicking capable. Rogen is sort of not a real actor, but he can deliver a line smoothly and that’s mostly what’s required in these tech hero pics. Remember, he’s not really Batman (who needs to be a physical specimen as well as the world’s greatest detective) nor is he the Hulk. He’s a james bond type person. Who, until Daniel Craig, was largely a wuss after Connery. Now there was a guy who seemed like he could break someone’s face, and more importantly, take a punch. Bruce Norris always seemed like his beard would fall off if he got in an actual fight. Schwarzenegger always seemed like he could kick actual ass if pushed; his foreignness seemed to reinforce that: why get this dude with the terrible accent and bland delivery except that he’s actually made of tungsten carbide and could pull your teeth out? Loved him in his 80′s pics. Just amazing.
Chuck Norris was a six-time world karate champion. What kind of fraud is that?
I am, by no means, a Norris aficionado, but even I know that the dude was a karate world champ many times over. Are you certain you know who Chuck Norris IS?
Read his post – he’s talking about “Bruce” Norris. Chuck’s stepbrother – lol.
The Virgin Mary saw Chuck Norris in her grilled cheese sandwich.
Not quite Jewish enough… Ugh.
Rogen is hilarious but he can’t convincingly throw a punch, fire a gun, or deliver a cool line. Quick fix: rename it “KATO”.
I actually think this is a great trailer. Usually studios place movies like this one in January because they can hide and die before Oscar contenders pick up steam – but this may work. And although the 80′s brought us Willis, Sly and Arnie… maybe the everyday ordinary citizen wants to buy that they too can become a hero. I remember the backlash when Michael Keaton was announced as Batman -but that seemed to work… so who knows… but this trailer did surprise me in a good way… Thank God they didn’t 3-D it up =)
Ah yes, because when I think of The Green Hornet, I think, “Man, this better be in 3D, or I’m not touching it with a ten-foot pole!”
What happened to trusting a director who has made brilliant, groundbreaking films and videos and is obsessed with innovation and delivering something you’ve never seen before?
This thing looks like a riot. — It’s from the writers of Superbad and the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I don’t get why expectations are so low.
maybe that’s what’s wrong with this trailer. and possibly the movie. why would anyone hire the writers of superbad to write the screenplay for the green hornet movie? i mean come on. superbad is a comedy. a solid one at that. but this is an ACTION film.
and i agree. what’s with all the girle men action stars. i mean, look at the x-men reboot.
I guess I look at it differently. “From the writers of Drillbit Taylor and the director of Be Kind Rewind.”
Then there’s the trailer…
they went to war
It’s this whole “common man” thing. They want the tall skinny or stocky and flabby pot heads to feel like they too can save the day. It’s bad enough that the slacker is now the official face of comedy, but action too? Seriously? Ugh. Plus, honestly I think it makes today’s overly sensitive men feel less emasculated I guess. In an era where straight men are wearing skinny jeans, painting their nails, and spending more time in front of the mirror than women, the action heroes can no longer be big, buff, and intimidating. Skinny girly boys like Bieber and Pattinson are all the rage…for some reason.
Every once in awhile we still have guys like Vin Diesel, Hugh Jackman, Bruce Willis, or a buffed up Brad Pitt show the world what a strong male lead used to, and SHOULD, look like. But aside from that, the effeminate male and/or average slacker joe is the new “it” lead in Hollywood. And I am so bored and turned off by it.
There’s about no reason to make this a 3-D movie… except to charge more for it. Looks good, though, on my 2-D computer screen.
I’ve dissed him in the past, but maybe Seth can carry this off.
Love how the movie looks. Not sold-AT ALL-on Seth Rogen as lead though. Cera as Scott Pilgrim on the other hand, I’m completely surprised by how much I want to see that movie every time I see a new trailer for it.
As far as “apocalypse for the action genre” goes…you just wait until August 13.
OH MY GOD! Our leading “men” today are Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill? WTF? How bad have things gotten? And when it’s not them, we have Ashton Kutcher as a Killer? Are you F#%king kidding me? The days of “real men” on screen are long gone. At least we have a 70 year old Stallone (who’s looking more like his mother after every surgery.) And you know it’s sad when we’re waiting for Sly to crank out B-Movie dribble every 3 years. The Expendables? Holy Craptastic! This is a sad state of affairs. Where have the real men gone? That’s a great question. Unfortunately, we’re in that soft metro-sexual stage of boys trying to be men (yes, you too Mr. Pitt). I like Seth Rogen but I’ve gotta draw the line when he starts wanting to play action heroes (I liked Die Hard and Lethal growing up too, Seth but let’s get real here) This will fail. Not because you’re not talented but because in this genre, America will only suspend disbelief so much. The line is: “The funny, fat stoner will never be a believable action star.” Not in today’s soft Hollywood. Not ever. TEE OFF everyone but these are the facts. Good day.
Sorry, but “we” aren’t waiting for Sly’s next movie. That’s just you.
The point of both films you mention is that they are UNLIKELY heroes. They’re not the Expendables.
Kato will cover Rogen while he catches his breath.
These actors’ appearances cater to their now morbidly obese audience. They’re less alienating…less shaming is a better word.
I thought the same thing about Predators. A bunch of carb-counters hunting a Predator? At least the leads in action films today aren’t all loaded up on steroids, like those ’80′s originals.
Get John Joseph, vegan punk rocker, from the Cro-Mags, for a Predator movie. It’s the new thing. Raw food warriors, etc. New male archtypes for shifting eras, I guess.
Well, take the glorious old days and the likes of John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Robert Mitchum, Jimmy Cagney, Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, tough as nails in situations they shouldn’t be. Damn in those days, movies were made for adults! – not for kids who’s mothers make them wear a bicycle helmet to school.
You don’t see blood, hear no bone crashing, you don’t feel with the hero. Instead we get every kind of CG effect loaded bullshit story – and the studios make gazillions of dollars.
We get Pirates in make-up, cops who don’t smoke, nor drink. Cowboys that are gay and “Superheroes” in stupid tight outfits.
The industry makes us believe our wives choose what to watch. Hell, you can’t even get drunk anymore, without being in Vegas! A nice fist fight? Uhh, better not….alienate someone, somewhere. A T-Shirt over Jacqueline’s wet body – NO – but a 3 Million Dollar wet suit for Angelina to hide her nipples.
Them though guys days are over. Hollywood has no more I’ll break your neck guys!
Thank heavens for the DVD (and Ted “last-man-standing” Turner!
Just Shut up.
But he’s right. You seem to be the type that doesn’t like action movies to begin with. Stick with something you know. Like New Moon.
I’m with Clint. You shut up!
Agree with Clint. Lately I have been watching cheesy action films from the 80s on Netflix and nothing today compares with it. This town has become super metro-sexual. Hell, this country is super metro-sexual. I’ll take any Bronson movie over Rogen’s nails on a chalkboard laugh any day of the week.
dude, i have to agree with you.