The Green Hornet (2011)

 I heard of this movie in 2011--alongside The Green Lantern--on a TV advert and thought, "Should I go see this movie or not?" Apparently not; I was not as keen to watching this as I was to Watchmen (2009). Thankfully I watched it on DVD, and boy was I dazed. I mean, really, this was painful to any healthy human mind. Watching this crud was like watching Batman & Robin (1996). So let's see why.
There's Britt Reid (Seth Rogen); I kind of remember Rogen from Maximum Risk. In this movie he [Reid] is just the same as he was as a ten-year-old: obsessed with heroics, bratty and heady. As his dad (James Reid) reprimanded him for getting in trouble in school trying to stop some bullies, Britt seems to get all the attention he wants. Trying to become a hero seems to be a child's dream come true to him, even though he does not think or plan like any comic hero would. All he does as an "adult" is disgrace his father by partying like an animal on purple codeine, curse, bark, vandalize his late father's statue and his newspaper by proving very unprofessional--yet he calls his dad whatever he thinks he is. So with all this character of a ill-mannered man, you wouldn't expect him to ever execute his role as the Green Hornet.
I also feel very sorry for Kato (Jay Chou): he is the real deal as he kicks ass, but many of his fight moves are too unrealistic and unconvincing--one would wonder how he could scan those weapons and their users in such thin timeframe. It is unbelieveable. Plus he has the real brain of a superhero, yet he is just overlooked as a mere chauffeur. Britt is a real "knobhead", someone who should be killed in those action scenes.
And don't let me get started on this villain, Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz). I can't imagine any villain to be duller than this--even Mr. Freeze from Batman & Robin looked more intimidating as a villain than Chudnofsky. Even Danny Clear at the beginning criticised the guy for his uncharismatic outlook, as if he was a real critic himself. Maybe Clear has a vivid point afterall!
In all, the plot is thin, the actors are bland, the action sequences are tasteless, and the visual effects are eye-gouging.