Comments on: “It Was A Fucking Nightmare”: Seth Rogen Speaks Candidly About The Failure Of ‘The Green Hornet’

By: Hari

Hari — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

The Green Hornet may have not been a perfect shoot for Rogen and Co, but I have to say I enjoyed the movie so much. Went in with zero expectations because of meh reviews and the January release date and laughed and laughed and laughed. The fight scenes were wondefully hilarious and Christoph Waltz is just amazing (as always). One of the few movies I own on blu-ray too. I genuinely love the movie, so IMO it wasn't a failure. It connected with me and a lot of people I know. It is an action-comedy though, and not a superhero film, and you have to look at it like that.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

I stand by my belief upon its release that it was, and still is, incredibly underrated. I thought it was really enjoyable and I really liked the chemistry between Rogen and Chou. Not a great film, but an enjoyable time at the movies, and that's really all I expected.

By: ash

ash — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

I have to say I actually enjoy watching the green hornet… It's entertaining and fun to watch.

By: PRESIDENT MAO

PRESIDENT MAO — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

Seth Rogen ruined the film acting stoned and improvising his lines of dialogue. And he now complains?

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

How come is it a failure?I think it's pretty enjoyable,and Seth Rogen and Jay Chou delivered the jokes and stunts well.I mean,what did people expect from "The Green Hornet"?I laughed,I wow'd at Kongfu scenes,that's enough.

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

The film is fucking awful and wouldn't have been any better with a smaller budget. The main problem was Rogen himself both in acting and in writing.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

The movie sucked! The Green Hornet is not a comedy. Needs a complete reboot

By: zane

zane — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

dull ,,,rogen

By: THOR

THOR — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

I liked the movie.

I thought the action scenes (in "slow-mo") were particularly well-directed.

By: french girl

french girl — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

Rogen was the lead actor, one of the executive producer and the writer and he had no power???!

in some french interviews,Gondry implies that he had some problems with the studio and Rogen ,that Rogen who dropped him in front of the studio and that he probably was not the good director for the movie

By: Walt

Walt — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

"A mere $31 million dollars"? Tell that to filmmakers who have trouble even getting $1 million or even half a mil together.

By: Smeepalapeep

Smeepalapeep — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

"A mere 31 million dollars." Go fuck yourself.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

May not have been the greatest movie ever but it was fun, even with Seth in the lead.

By: Why?

Why? — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

Told you so Seth! Told you when you where first associated with it. The Green Hornet is not a comedy and will never work as one. Quite trying to remold characters into things they are not. You approached this film from the very beginning completely wrong and the numbers show that. You have no one to blame but yourself. Step up and be a man and accept the responsibility for your failure. It NEEDS a reboot a la Dark Knight with a talented leading man like Jim Caviezal (Person of Interest)

By: Whodatninja

Whodatninja — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

Interesting, because watching the movie is a nightmare too. Blame whatever you like but the fact is the movie was weak at a base level and Rogen was horrifically cast.

By: love jay chou 4ever

love jay chou 4ever — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

okay,it's not important at all.
i watched green hornet because of jay chou…
and jay direct and act a new movie in 2013.
well, green hornet is not bad

By: Larry Dickman

Larry Dickman — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

As others have said, Rogen was miscast, the script & direction were awful, and they knew in advance that the folks likely to see it multiple times specifically did not want to see Green Hornet as a comedy.

By: Grigs

Grigs — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

"a mere $31 million dollars"

By: lucio

lucio — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

This movie was great, just all the Rogen&Goldberg movies. The Franco part was amazing.

By: Kwon

Kwon — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

This movie was an insult to Bruce Lee and Van Williams.

By: santos

santos — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

I dont like Seth Rogen BUT THAT WAS WHY HE WAS PERFECT… he plays kind of an asshole stupid billionaire kid with a party-animal and fighting attitude… I think the movie was wonderful, the guy who played Kato was awesome and the political message was right on point. They clearly were thinking franchise the whole way… Compared to most of the movies out that year it was above the rest… I mean anything "Transformers"? give me a break!!!… Something could have been fixed at the beginning of the movie and people would not have hated it so much… They tried to introduce the fact that Seth Rogen was a rich kid dumb ass likable kind of loser with daddy issues… That is a kind of complex character to set up particularly if he is later going to become a kind of hero… They succeeded in setting up the premise… but it was badly done…the fast forward garage sex scene was very lame. Still I would put the movie above Iron Man 2, for instance. The car and other effects were more realistic than stuff you see in Batman…

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

Yeah, Seth… the movie \’tanked\’ because there weren\’t enough \’dick\’ jokes…
Sounds to me like the studio kept them from turning the movie into a crapfest.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

I absolutely love this film! Seth brings a normal guy into the superhero world. Jay Chou was incredible too and in my opinion he had some big shoes to fill seeing as his predecessor was the late, great Bruce Lee (I especially loved the nod to him when Seth / Britt is flicking through Kato\’s notebook and you see a few pictures of Bruce in it). Lest we forget Chudnofsky who was a bad guy that even I could see myself liking and going out for beers with. All in all a great film, I just wish they would make another one

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 13 May 2016 09:44:19 +0000

My wife and I both enjoyed this film so much that we bought our own copy. It is too bad they won\’t continue with a sequel.