The Green Hornet - Caravan of Garbage
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- You'd think with the combination fo Seth Rogan & Evan Goldberg the minds behind The Boys, Superbad and TMNT Mutant Mayhem, director Michel Gondry from Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and the cast of Christoph Waltz, Jay Chou and Cameron Diaz that The Green Hornet 2011 would not be terrible. But it is. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage review!
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I would love to see a Caravan of Garbage series on the Spy Kids movies. Those things are insane
Pretty sure those movies would make Mason quit.
Yes
Yessssssss
The first one is pretty alright
The first spy kids I watched when I was a kid and loved it, watched it recently and it's still a great movie
That single Rodney gave me enough energy to sustain my existence for just a little longer.
Rodney is eternal
Spoilers 👺
Rodney will always be in our hearts.
I got my fix
12:34 is too good
Hearing “guy who yells Rodney” made my heart glad if even only for a second.
RODNEY
I always felt that the failure of this movie and Green Lantern in the same year is why a year later the Green Arrow show had to be called Arrow because some executives thought, “Well we can’t have a hero with Green in the name people don’t like that.”
Also arrow is just a better name for a tv show
@@alexanderguerrero347a better name for a trash show. Should've stuck with green in that case. But at least the casuals won't make the correlation with the CW when there is a green arrow movie/series.
These movies have all been linked by two great guys. Your editors.
That's TWO through lines, no thousand dollars.
gottem
That Phantom segment was great. Respect.
Can't believe they teased us with the return of Guy yelling Rodney, got my hopes up for a second there
I feel like a parent who just heard their kidnapped child cry for help over the phone
I'll take my one "Rodney" and I'll savour it like it's the last TimTam in the packet, or the final scoop of Milo from the tin!
did that leave you feeling blue harvest?
Guy Yelling Rodney will rise again.
Rodney is in new Frasier.
I used to love watching the original Green Hornet show just for Bruce Lee alone. When they filmed it, he was actually _too fast_ for the cameras to properly capture his moves so he had to work on significantly slowing down his choreography for television.
When he was later discovered by Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, they would shoot action scenes at a much higher frame rate which did a far better job at really showcasing his amazing skill. I still own all of his HK movies on Blu Ray, and in high definition it looks even more impressive.
Perhaps it’s because of this that I’ve always jokingly referred to the 2011 Green Hornet movie as “Blu Harvest” which is coincidentally very similar to the working title of the 1977 film Star Wars.
Bravo.
There it is
I love how right after they switch back to naming the trivia section, a movie comes along that arguably is one of three movies where “Green Trivia” would work 😂 love this episode guys!
I for some reason was extremely excited for this as a kid. I had a green hornet ring and counted down to seeing the movie, I have still never seen the movie.
Thats hilarious
Same, watched it on TV years later
Me to! I didn’t have the ring but I was obsessed with the car ever since I saw the trailer in theaters as a kid. Never seen the movie
LMFAOOOO that's gold 😂
You're not missing anything
I remember when this movie came out, I was in 8th grade and me and my buds all went and saw it and being 8th grade boys we definitely thought it was the coolest movie in the world. It’s definitely made for 8th grade boys…UNLIKE SKY HIGH WHICH IS MADE FOR ANY AND ALL PEOPLE!!!!
Amen brother
Dude you so based for this comment.. Sky High was made for this series
Kurt Russell!
Yeah I was in 6th grade maybe 5th when this came out and I remember going with my mom to see it and thinking it was awesome lmao
i like the movie sky high mary elizabeth winstead is in that movie i think and there is a guy who has fire powers i think
All of these films you mentioned are part of a genre known as "pulp fiction" or "pulp heroes". These movies were inspired by the popular comic strips and pulp magazines from the early 20th century. While each character has their own unique story and world, they all share certain similarities.
One common thread among these characters is their status as crime-fighting heroes. Dick Tracy, The Rocketeer, The Shadow, The Phantom, and The Green Hornet are all dedicated to protecting their respective cities from evildoers. They often rely on their intelligence, physical abilities, and a range of gadgets to maintain justice.
Another link between these films is their nostalgic and retro aesthetic. They transport us back to a bygone era, capturing the charm and style of the early to mid-20th century. Whether it's Dick Tracy's colorful comic strip world, The Rocketeer's thrilling adventures, or The Shadow's mysterious persona, these films tap into a sense of nostalgia and adventure.
Furthermore, many of these characters have become iconic within popular culture. They have inspired a variety of adaptations, reboots, and even further expansions in various forms of media. This demonstrates their enduring popularity and the impact they've had on the world of storytelling.
Overall, while each film stands on its own, they all share a connection through their pulp fiction roots, their crime-fighting heroes, and their ability to capture our imaginations with their timeless stories.
Give this man $1000
Faaaairly certain this is a chatgpt response
He's not wrong though
@@Gueebster
They're connected by what Wittgenstein called a family resemblance; no one single attribute is common among them all, but certain features are shared by different intersecting portions of the class of movie
In keeping the theme of pulp heroes on the big screen, these guys should cover the Mask of Zorro (1998). For one, it’s a legitimately good movie that’s an easy watch. For two, Zorro is a hardline inspiration for Batman. In multiple versions of Batman’s origin, the Wayne’s are shown leaving a showing of the Mark of Zorro. Watching the 98 version, you can totally see how much the Dark Knight drew from “ the Fox.”
Considering how much James loves Zorro, I have a feeling we're getting them eventually
I seriously thought you were doing a blue harvest bit.
@@DannehBoyNz I hope they cover Zorro someday. Incidentally, did you know that in preproduction for that movie, they experimented with swapping Zorro's iconic black mask for a dark navy blue? The movie would have included a scene where Zorro harvests the mask from a fallen foe. This lead to the original working title of the movie, Blue Harvest, which is coincidentally also the original working title of Star Wars (1977)
James fucking loves Zorro. There will inevitably be a Zorro CoG.
I'm surprised they haven't covered Zorro yet. Absolutely - the 98 version and the terrible sequel.
I think I've finally worked out the theme: Movies covered by Caravan of Garbage between September and October of 2023
Bang on, M8, you've cracked the code!
Congrats on your 1,000 Australian dollars!
ruclips.net/video/7i-KkRqZRDU/видео.html May I ask what name of the movie in video What year is
@@InconsequentialVoiceintheCrowd that's like 12 real dollars
@@InconsequentialVoiceintheCrowdabout 12 USD
I think Frank Miller's "The Spirit" would make a great addition to this weird series vaguely connected movies
Yes, but also the Sam J Jones "The Spirit" TV movie. It's also quite bad but mostly true to the mythology and I am a big fan of Will Eisner's The Spirit so I appreciate that at least
The Mask Of Zorro would fit too. One of my favorite superhero movies
The connection is that it's a series of pulp revival movies obviously
@@hezekiahramirez6965the mask of Zorro is so great!!
One of the most insane movies ever made.
The through-line is that all of them are riffs on 30s pulp.
Also, you can also add Sky Captain (with Law and Paltrow) to the lineup.
And the spirit
Gondry's career was never the same after this movie…
Also I mostly remember it because after we left the theater some friends and I took a cab home and in that cab one of them lost their phone and then for some reason decided to not get another one for the next 3 years, communication with him was a hassle for that time.
I was genuinely really excited for this. My dad was big into the OG Batman series and Man from Uncle and he had fond memories of the 60s Green Hornet show. We both agreed it was pretty weak but we had a good time hanging out nonetheless. Its a shame too because we thought the action was solid and every time Kato was on screen it was great. Seth Rogan's character was basically just a dumbass with money.
What about his character in the movie though?
Agreed. Rogen was not good as a leading action hero.
@@BlueBeetle1939Well said.
Badass car, cool masks, very cool suits but a dogshit script with an awful lead. And yeah, Kato was cool. Rogen should've died like a dumbass in the first action scene, leaving Kato the mansion and the money.
@fatcatsgoneblack
What did your father think of the Henry cavil man from uncle reboot ?
You definitely should do the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th dimension on caravan of garbage.
That isn't garbage, it's awesome. Jeff Goldblum, Clancy Brown and Peter Weller cement it as beyond amazing
@@mistermatix8241 Yeah? You do realize that the Caravan of Garbage show isn't just about highlighting bad movies but also good films. Have you even watched this show before?
@@tappajavittu only just started, I get that now, sorry
@@mistermatix8241 No probs mate!
@@tappajavittu 🤜🤛
The idea of a superhero hiding behind a dork front man as a form of secret identity is next level Dread Pirate Roberts action. I love this conceit. Front man gets taken out? Minor setback, the real muscle just finds a new one. So goooood.
There's not much point to that
@@DSan-kl2yc Thank you for your thoughtful response.
It's interesting how much the 60s show broke this franchise. That show lasted for one season but totally changed the dynamic between Kato and the Green Hornet completely by accident. It's really amazing.
@@wetterschneider you're welcomed
@@walterhoward5512 yea the show actually had Reid fight too. Except when they were pretending for the crime boss angle.
The movie angle was so bad because it's like they were doing a worst iron man.
I grew up watching reruns of Batman ‘66 and The Green Hornet so when this came out I was super excited for it. It’s honestly one of my guilty pleasures.
That being said, it’s weird that at that time we were getting serious Batman movies and a comedic Green Hornet movie when the Batman ‘66 show was the comedic one and The Green Hornet was the serious one.
The thing the movie suffers from the most is this pop culture misunderstanding that Kato did all the work (mostly down to Bruce Lee and his popularity.) In the show they actually had a good dynamic where Reid is the detective who solves the clues and Kato was the fighter. The Green Hornet and Kato are basically Batman split into two people.
Kato doing all the work /could/ work, but it needs more of a sense of purpose I think. It felt like they were reaching for a "Big Trouble in Little China" thing, where they wanted to subvert the trope of the Asian sidekick by putting the white guy on the back foot and make them less effective. I think the difference in Big Trouble in Little China that's like a central conceit of the script and Kurt Russel's character is enjoyable to watch.
Seth Rogen's character getting sympathetic backstory in the beginning doesn't play with this well for example. It feels more like the producers were worried that it would come off as racist to have an Asian companion at all and were trying to lampshade it, without realizing that putting an Asian character in a servant/butler type role is not the same as a British butler for Batman (so maybe that's what you wanna rework instead)?
Yeah, the ideal image they'd want to have is that Kato is the enforcer. The Green Hornet is masquerading as a rogue mob boss, and what self respecting mod boss doesn't have enforcers?
Reid is a detective, and is the figurehead for the double life they're running, but he's also a capable fighter/helps with the inventions. Kato is the inventor, is a better fighter but lacks Reid's acting chops and analytical skills.
Like you said, it's like the creator of Batman saw the Green Hornet/Kato dynamic and just combined the characters, since the Hornet and Kato have been around longer than Batman or Superman.
The connection is there’s always a bunch of blokes in suits with funny moustaches
I was hoping Ben would interject again to tell us why this movie is actually good but... no
I'd like to see a vote on what people think about his commentary.
I doubt he liked it
Even Ben doesn't like this one.
I wish @BenFromCanada did more Video Essays. His one on 2 Fast 2 Furious is perfection.
As someone who’s local to the Detroit area I had no idea we had a history of creating 1930’s radio serials. Loved hearing a local shoutout!
Thanks Ben and Laurence for that split second clip of 'A Drum and Two Cymbals Fall Off a Cliff', Matt Gray and Tom Scott are my next favourite duo alongside the Aussie boys 💕
PULP HEROES! THEY'RE ALL PULP HEROES!
This has been driving me insane for a month now.
The kids don't know what pulp is. They might not even know what paper is.
@@danielnugent6545 I'm 21!
Please do Scott Pilgrim vs. the World before the new Netflix series! You could also do the video game for Never Go Back!
What I love about this channel is that they watch movies I would never watch, they do the heavy lifting so I can get a chuckle. Love it
Turns out, all four movies made use of Bennett Sperber construction company. He's listed as the foreman or construction crew depending on the movie.
I had to run the entire cast and crew listing for each movie through caradasi-style spreadsheet and he was the only one who popped up.
I suppose he must have just been working for a long time.
I don't think I've ever found Seth Rogan funny or likeable so his character in this didn't seem any worse than usual to me
Watch An American Pickle
I used to enjoy his films/performances in stuff like Pineapple Express, Superbad and Knocked Up, but pretty much everything he did from the early 2010s to the present was the same character he puts no effort into and his schtick just felt so tired. His best work in the last 10 years was playing Steve Wozniak in the Jobs movie and producing the boys and invincible than for any of his comedy films. His voice acting especially is very lazy and he doesn't even try to change his voice.
I like Funny People. The rare occurrence where I like Sandler as well
@@rorylynch7775what, you didn't like Santa Inc lol?
@@MrJholshouser41Sandler can be a good actor when he wants to be in stuff like Uncut Gems, Punch Drunk Love, and the Meyerowitz Stories. He just chooses to do a bunch of lazy comedy movies so he can hang out with his friends. The same cannot be said for Rogen who is just a one trick pony of "Weed, ha ha"
Fun Fact: during the production of this film Seth Rogen was experimenting with growing his own cannabis at scale, hoping to turn his hobby into a possible business venture in the rapidly expanding US legal cannabis industry. Because this was still very much a pilot project, he was growing stuff for himself and his friends and, thus, growing and crossing his particular favorite strains. Most notably- Blue Dream, from which we get The Green Hornet’s working/stealth title: Blue Harvest.
GODDAMMIT! They did it again!
That quick “Rodney” is perfect lolol
For the upcoming Napoleon movie, should do the Scott triple of Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven and Robin Hood. You could do the Last Duel as well, but I feel it’s a different fit to the others.
Dude for a second my heart dropped in disgust & I thought there was going to be a Napoleon Dynamite remake, but then I remembered the RUclips adds
I also should have read the rest of your comment lol
Or watch Hannibal. Horny Gary Oldman returns in an even worse way than Dracula. But this time he's great, but the rest of the movie sucks (besides the music).
You're right, The Last Duel is a much different movie from the others. No tommy guns in that one.
I feel like The Last Duel is a significantly better movie than Robin Hood. Though definitely not as good as Kingdom of Heaven and Gladiator.
I'm stunned you guys didn't mention the fact that Mythbusters of all shows had an episode dedicated to promoting this movie by testing several things that happen in it. Likely the only thing people remember this movie for.
Literally the only time I had heard of this movie prior to today
I literally would not know this movie existed if it weren't for that Mythbusters episode.
Is that the one where they cut the car in half using the elevator?
I hear Seth Rogan’s laugh
when I read this comment.
Bravo 👏
OMFG! OMFG! I heard that RODNEY TEASE! THANK YOU!
RIP Rodney. You served us all well and I will forever cherish our memories together.
Always love what you gents put out! (This series of movies was especially great, as most of the movies I watched as a kid and haven't watched in years) As a suggestion for Caravan of Garbage - Troll 2. I'm sure you've heard it plenty of times and are probably keeping it in the back pocket in case there's a time when you don't have anything else and need to get a video out, but would still love to see y'all's take on it!
Arrow (2012) learned an important green lesson from 2011.
I wouldn't be surprised if the idea to use greasepaint and a hood instead of a domino mask and Robin Hood hat came from this flopping. Eventually he did get the mask though.
To fight Chad Coleman?
Let’s just say that one lesson was learned, and over years of diminishing returns many lessons were lost.
Since its the spookiest time of the year (tax time) Y'all should review every attempt to begin the Dark Universe: Van Helsing, Dracula Untold, da mummy, Renfield
You did it wrong. He’s not JUST talking about tax time
Renfield wasn't an attempt at that, but I'm totally for this idea. Plus I, Frankenstein which isn't Universal but carries the spirit of these projects.
Before landing on the idea of The Green Hornet, the creators of the 1930s radio show, George W. Trendle and Fran Striker initially thought that due to the fact that it would be debuting on The Blue Network (previously known as the NBC Blue Network) which was the on-air name of a now defunct American radio network, which broadcast from 1927 through 1945; they should have called it The Blue Hornet. However, due to the idea that it could be perceived by audiences as a mascot character for The Blue Network, they decided to make it The Green Hornet instead. During the filming of the movie, Michel Gondry had the idea of harvesting a hornets nest for a scene that would be later deleted due to studio interference from Sony Pictures. Due to these two pieces of history surrounding the character's creation and the making of the film, it had the working title 'Blue Harvest' which was coincidentally the working title of the original Star Wars (1977)
That Rodney call back just gave me so much serotonin, you have no idea.
This movie has a soft spot in my heart, despite me never seeing it, as they added his gun to a game that was basically Worms but with other animals, as a piece of cross promotion, and it was such a fun gun to use
While I would of preferred a movie serious Green Hornet movie, I feel Green Hornet stumbled so The Boys and Invincible could walk… that’s a good silver lining
Oh my god I was so happy to see The Guy Who Shouts Rodney- even for such a brief moment! Genuinely made my day better.
Random fun fact, the green hornet set that was featured in Once Upon in Hollywood was filmed at Excelsior high School in Norwalk, CA. It's actually about a mile from where I grew up, it's an adult school now
I humbly re-suggest...
EMMERICH-GEDDON
Stargate, Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012.
It’s crazy to me they still haven’t done Independence Day. It’s my favourite movie 😂
The most unbelievable thing about this movie is the idea that Seth Rogen would be concerned about crime in a big city.
Is this a political thing? Ew
@@oontgradThe OP is referencing some extremely out of touch things that Seth has said in the past.
@@oontgrad No, he only disregarded and belittled a RUclipsr who had his car broken into in LA, claiming it not to be a big deal. Questioning a man worth 80 million telling you that you shouldn't worry about your car that much and that LA is "fine" shouldn't be political statement, it's just common sense to trash him. - From a guy who works in LA
@@oontgrad Rogan actively goes out of his way to wind people up and comes across as a douche in general. It's hard to separate.
@@FrankLeeYoung”a youtuber” lmao it was casey neistat and he complained that the only reason his film equipment kept on his car seat in clear view was stolen was the fact police don’t have infinite money. anybody with a brain keeps their film equipment in the trunk at least
I can’t even explain how much time I spend during the week with episodes of this playing in the background. Have probably watched the opening 10 minutes to the fantastic four video 50 times and I love it. Keep up the good work 😉
There was a roleplaying game from the early 2000s called "Adventure", which was aimed at playing in the Pulp Adventure genre. In the Storytellers' guide section, it elaborated on what Pulp Adventure is and isn't.
Pulp Adventure is a genre originating and generally taking place in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the inter-war and WWII periods. The horrors and difficulties of the day made escapism popular. It features stalwart heroes and over-the-top villains. Common elements include: Gangsters, international cartels, mysterious "unexplored" regions of the world, the novelty of air travel, thrilling chases, races against time, vigilantism, science fiction gadgetry, and mysterious, magical, or paranormal abilities.
Pulp Adventure can be contrasted with three other forms that emerged in the same general period of time.
Pulp Adventure is not Noir. While pulp heroes are not morally black-and-white, noir protagonists are not even heroes. The characters in noir are fundamentally broken, in a pessimistic world where good does not really triumph over evil, or if it does, it leaves scars. A pulp climax will have a large brawl, a thrilling chase, a big shootout, etc. Whereas a noir climax ends with one regrettable gunshot on a dark waterfront.
Pulp Adventure is not Camp. Camp stories have deliberately simplistic, over-the-top heroes and villains. While Pulp Adventure can be lurid, sexy, violent, with a focus on seedy underworlds, secret cults, or mad science, Camp takes these elements to the extreme, aiming for shock value that would alienate and offend a general audience. Pulp stories are usually a bit fanciful, but generally take their own premise seriously, whereas Camp is deliberately funny.
Pulp Adventure is not Four-Color Superheroics. Although many pulp heroes have featured in the comic book medium, the genre is most clearly distinguished by the scale. Superman can lift a battleship out of the sea, whereas a pulp strongman might be able to lift the back end of a car with effort. Pulp adventure is generally more violent, sexier, and less child-friendly than 4CSH. Superheroes generally win in the final climax via a creative application of their powers, whereas pulp heroes usually win by their wits and gumption.
Of these four strains, I think Pulp Adventure is probably the hardest to nail without accidentally landing in one of the other three. Further difficulties arise when one attempts to change the setting from early 20th century. But you can have pulp westerns (the Lone Ranger, Jonah Hex), space pulp (Buck Rogers, Star Wars), or pulp adventure in the 1980s (Buckaroo Bonzai), or even cyber-pulp (The Matrix).
You could look at these as a Venn diagram of four circles overlapping. The borders aren't perfectly clear. But as you have said in all these videos "you know it when you see it".
Now give me my $1000!
I feel like there is a specific type of action movie that is "you know it when you see it". The rock, Armageddon, con air etc. Stuff thats ridiculous but still very earnest and not self aware at all
We need a series of "You know it when you see it" serieses on Caravan of Garbage
its the 90s
@@DeanS946 not all 90s tho, stuff like speed seems like it should be part of the genre, but is too ridiculous and silly
I haven’t watched this, but it scans like, “We need him to be an irresponsible playboy, because Iron Man, so let’s do that.”
Thanks for these videos, guys. You really cheer me up!
The brief return of “the guy who shouts Rodney!!” Such a tease
My friend took me to see this film when it came out, and I'd just returned home from being overseas for almost a month and it was about 30 minutes in when I realised I wasn't watching The Green Lantern 😆
I was extremely confused because I'd never heard of The Green Hornet before but I remember mildly enjoying it
Having no connection with the source material I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, it has some really over the top and funny scenes.
I swear we gave this movie to my grandfather as a birthday gift once and now I'm even sadder that he's gone because I DESPERATELY want to know what he thought of it. I need to hear his quips so badly.
I was eagerly waiting for green trivia this week and definitely am not disappointed. I never saw this movie, but it's crazy how everyone involved has made way better things.
I wanna see you guys cover either the Tremors movie series or Anaconda, Lake Placid & Piranha 3DD as a trilogy, for no reason other than i like them 😉. Plus i really feel like watching the Zorro movies now after watching this
I just watched this movie in preparation for Blue Beetle, because here in Brazil they translated Green Hornet to Besouro Verde which translates to Green Beetle, for some reason. I was expecting it to be bad but I really liked it.
Do "The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang". You boys will love it.
The link is that during the production they all had used a blue screen background instead of green, and, funny enough, every single one of these movies had the working title Blue Harvest because of it
I actually saw this when it came out. It was the first movie I had ever seen in theaters in 3-D and I loved it. So much so that my friend and I were green hornet and Kato for Halloween that year. Have not seen in in probably 10 years lol I imagine it doesn’t hold up very well
The talent both behind and in front of the camera is incredible. The cast is great, Michel Gondry is an fantastic director but I think this is absolutely one of the biggest case of Studio Meddling. To Be Honest I thought the movie was okay but It could have been better considering who is involved
you think Seth Rogen is incredible. The guy that plays the same lazy character in everything. The guy that protected James Franco for being a rapist. The guy who thought it was funny to tell a late night show story about how he knew James Franco was an experienced pedophile & catfished him as a teenage girl
Ok good for u
Putting Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry together is unbelievably strange. Gondry's style is very earnest and innocent and whimsical, whereas Rogen likes subversion and "dude what if this beloved old character swore and did drugs lol". Their sensibilities do not mesh at all, and the combination brings out the worst in both of them.
You nailed it. Rogan’s portrayal of the Hornet made it so hard to root for him.
I think the "through-line" for these movies is that they were all cinematically "flavored" like the Batman 1989 movie. So they all drew on the nostalgic pulp heroes (or faux-pulp, for Rocketeer) and all used "comic-book" style with simple stories, clear heroes/villains and Tim Burton's flat, colorful, stylized visual palettes and sets. This was the inspiration they all drew from Batman, and how Hollywood assumed such hero stories should be done, until the Dark Knight movies, then the MCU, changed that concept.
The outlier here is Green Hornet, which came much later than the others, was not done to copy the style of Batman specifically, but rather to homage all the previous movies collectively as a short-lived "pulp hero" genre.
Huge fan of the Green Hornet and Kato in other media. This movie was a travesty. My grandpa brought me up on the old Green Hornet show as a kid. When he saw that this movie was coming out, he was really excited. We went to the theater, he paid for the tickets, and then we had to watch this shit. We were disappointed as fans but at least we got to spend some time together.
Oh so that's why it's called Blue Harvest.
Saw this in theater. Kind of like it tbh. Gondry's visual techniques and action staging are pretty much a blast and carry it through its narrative and character issues for me, especially when it's not really all that serious of a movie. It's a movie where a guy has a double gun and an identity crisis over what his villain hook should be. Mostly fun nonsense I think. Rogan's comments are weird talking about how Gondry probably wasn't ready to tackle a big budget action movie because the way Gondry handles that stuff is clearly the best thing about the film. The things that were supposedly under great scrutiny (dialog, narrative, character) are the film's main weaknesses.
Would have loved to see what Stephen Chow could have done with it though. Incredibly fun action comedy filmmaker and I think the rumor was that he would also play Kato. Would have been great.
I inexplicably love the spirit, would love too see you guys cover it.
MASSIVE PROPS once again to the editors; that somehow manage to encapsulate everything we are feeling whilst making Maso and James shine. Loving it!
Pretty rude of you guys not mention That $1000 AU is just $1 US
The Dynamite comic based off of Kevin Smiths 'Green Hornet' script was a blast to read and very easy to picture the type of movie it could have been had it been made.
Certainly alot better than this one.
I saw this movie in the theaters with my wife. Every few minutes we would look at each other and ask if we should leave.
There was a bit of a kafuffle on set as the director was very tempted, in an attempt to make the movie darker and grittier, to make the Green Hornet's costume a dark azure colour instead. Eventually, faithfulness to the source material won out, and the azure costume was thrown out as part of a general cleanup by the designers, the working title for which was Blue Harvest.
This remains the only movie I ever walked out of... not by choice. I was young and my parents were really big fans of the original T.V show, halfway through they said nope this is garbage and we went home. Couple of years later I rewatched it on my own... yeah, it's terrible, glad my parents got me out the first time
Heh, my Grandpa and I did the same thing (also the only time we've walked out of a movie, funnily enough). My dad was a big fan of the TV show, so we grew up with that.
My dad took me to see this in theaters, I was about 13. We both liked it a lot. At the time I thought we had discovered a banger of a movie, as an adult I just don't know if my dad ever moved past being 13.
Love that we got an ephemeral glimpse of The Guy Who Shouts Rodney. Good times/never forget.
If you slow down and watch, the Green Hornet’s costume goes from the very start of the cliff hangers, the comic books, to the 60s TV show.
Horny Green Trivia every week!
No!
RODNEY!
NO!
😂
I watched this movie all the time as a kid and honestly I still really enjoy watching it. It's great fun.
The "Hornet Trivia" joke is such a subtle deep cut holy sh*t
The only RUclipsrs to never let me down. I love you guys.
Thanks Billy, appreciate you sticking around
I cannot believe that as a 13 year old, I saw this this movie in theaters. More than once. What was wrong with me.
i saw The Phantom Menace NINE TIMES in the theatre and i was 17. i ABSOLUTELY should have known better.
@@fionasnapple SHAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@titusmccarthy lol look we were all swept up in Episode 1 fever when it came out. it was the first new Star Wars movie in 16 years! we had spent the year leading up to its release excitedly discussing all the fan theories and "things we heard". We were too excited to realize it was a horrible movie lolol
You enjoyed true cinema back then..
You mention that Kevin Smith was originally going to direct but had to drop out but you didn’t mention that he wrote a comic following the story he would have done had he made the film
“Pre-Superhero Pulp Fiction” is the best way I could describe these films.
the joy from that one brief moment…. you know which one i’m talking about
Rodney!
Also movies to cover:
•Last Action Hero
•Spy Kids
•The 1950s Jules Verne movies
•Wallace and Grommit: Curse of the Wererabbit
•Chicken Run
•Adventures Elmo in Grouchland (A real gem, Mandy Patinkin hams it up so hard as the villian and its only slightly over one hour)
•Splice( its just a really stupid movie)
•Parent Trap (both original and remake to compare how bad the original actually is and the premise itself)
A Caravan of Garbage series I would love to see would be a couple of Star Wars fan films in honor of Rebel Moon when it comes around, since it’s basically Zack Snyder’s big budget fanfiction.
I’ve heard Dark Resurrection and Vader: Shards of the Past are very interesting, but I know there’s a ton of other interesting ones to look at!
I think you guys have the best editing pound for pound
I agree
I had it. The through line was clearly charismatic leading men. And then you through Seth Rohan into the mix.
I don't care what anybody says. I like this movie. It's not great. It's not even that good. But I think it's entertaining and funny enough that I can overlook the less funny parts. I just miss standalone superhero movies. I miss different superhero movies. A lot of things didn't work here but some of it did and I admire the risk taking
The final part where they solve the mystery was incredible in 3D
Casting Seth Rogan as a superhero is about on the same level as casting Tyler Perry to play a badass super spy in Alex Cross.
One of the best things about the '66 Batman/Green Hornet crossover is the fight scene where poor Burt Ward, as Robin, has to square up against Bruce freaking Lee.
I love these videos! What a pair of wind up merchants!! 😂
Fedoras and overcoats!!
Guy who shouts Rodney almost clawed his way back from the dead
A "movies shot in a box" series should include Sin City, Locke, and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence. Nothing will inflate those subscription numbers like a video about one of Roy Andersson's films (Roy Andersson rules btw).
You made me realize something interesting about this otherwise not interesting movie: Rogen wrote and plays Britt Reid as the worst possible version of the idle-rich crimefighter archetype. He's an unstable incompetent egomaniac who just decides to "take up the mantle" because it seems fun. It's like if the vapid Bruce Wayne persona was out there in a mask instead of the focused and driven Batman. No code, all utility belt.
See also Observe and Report, where he basically plays the opposite character: Bruce if he were Batman 24/7 and also a driven, intense, draconian, paranoid, mentally unstable, poor mall security guard. All code, can't afford a utility belt.
I feel like Seth Rogen really wants this character study to work.
When I was coming home yesterday I saw a guy with a BMW candy painted with the Green Hornet on it. Come home and you guys uploaded this. Weird coincidence
The way they are all connected: They are all deiselpunk. Can i say too, sky captain and the world of tomorrow would fit into this too. Love you guys
Fun fact, the green in Seth Rogen's mask wasn't showing up on camera properly, so they ended up going for a shade of blue, trying to find a shade of blue that would harvest the light properly to appear green would lead to the working title of the movie being blue harvest
I'm typing this half-asleep, please boo accordingly
All five of these movies were based on properties that existed as newspaper comic strips in the 1930s/1940s.
Even the Rocketeer, which was a modern invention, was loosely based on the fantastic/aviation-based newspaper comic strip Brick Bradford, except equipped with a rocket pack, leather flight jacket, and helmet design specifically reminiscent of similar gear from the Republic Serial KIng of the Rocket Man (1949).
Looking back at your channel's history, I was taken back to find out that you guys only covered one Star Trek movie, ST: Generations! You should cover the first six original Star Trek movies next, followed by Insurrection and Nemesis, and then the J.J. Abrams trilogy - there's SO much material to work with in those to give you top-caliber content!!!