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16 The Green Hornet
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Director: Michel Gondry
Starring: Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz
This movie is here to entertain you. It doesn’t claim itself complex or serious, and manages to sneak a little bit of both in under your radar, all in the guise of a slick buddy action flick.
There’s an amazing blend of wit and humour, acting and direction, all under the control of an auteur whose cinematography is as much a signature as Spielberg’s or Woo’s. Gondry wields mise-en-scène like a scalpel and gives us an incredibly detailed movie which all comes together beautifully.
It’s gorgeous. It’s funny. It’s got a wicked sense of humour, the editing is sharp, the pacing perfect. This isn’t a film for critics. This film is for fun. I know it, you know it, and even the Mythbusters know it.
2011 was in desperate need of fun. The Green Hornet was there to give it to us.
And it was by far the best superhero film of the year with Green in the title.
Best moment: Britt piecing together all the clues leading to the realisation that an old friend was behind the murder of his father. And said old friend’s subsequent mockery that it took him several minutes.
Troo Topham
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