Apr 15 2009'Green Hornet' Fight Scenes: Variable Speed Madness

This has bad movie written all over it!

First.

Just like when you play roulette you always bet on Black, when you throw all in on a movie always bet on Gondry; you never know if you'll win or lose, but odds are in your favor.

“It’s [as if] they’re in different dimensions, but when they touch each other they come into the same dimension.”

And this makes sense because....?

In "The Matrix" series, the visual affects weren't there just because they looked "cool". The characters were able to literally stop, slow, or speed up time, and bend physics because they were manipulating the Matrix itself. Since then, we've had countless rip-offs of the rotating freeze-frame, and wire acrobatics WITHOUT any explanation of why the characters can do what they do. Its all form and absolutely no substance.

Is it really hard for these hack directors to understand that simply looking "cool" is not enough? Go back to shooting music videos.

Hack director? I'd like to see some of your work, Mr. Jones. Gondry is a technical wizard, which is a good thing to have when creating an action/comic book movie.

And never assume that a short quote will provide all the necessary information to understand context.

One could've just as easily made the same mistake you have if a visual description of the bullet time effect were given in a random interview sometime in the late 90s before The Matrix was released.

>Hack director? I'd like to see some of your work, Mr. Jones.

Oh, so you have to be able to top someone before you can criticize their work? I hope you never have a bad meal in a restaurant, my friend, or the cook can justifiably say "What, you no like the food? Let's see YOUR quiche lorraine!!"

I'm with Mr. Jones, this sounds ludicrous. It might be an interesting approach in a movie with actual superheroes, but the Green Hornet and Kato are just normal humans. Why in the world would they be moving at different speeds and in different dimensions? It just sounds like effects for the sake of effects. I didn't have much hope for this one when Seth Rogan was announced, but now it sounds even worse.

I just got 1,000 boners.

PEEPEE POO POO FARTING SOUNDS I AM A TWAT?

@ 4, 5, & 6:

Internet arguments bore me to tears, but in this instance I feel like chiming in.

Michel Gondry has talent. This is not really subject to debate. I know a lot of people think that art is completely subjective, but there really is no merit in implying or stating that Gondry doesn't have talent.

chaburchak: no one said you have to be better than anyone to prove your criticism worthy. But it is important to provide proof that you know something about the intricasies of the medium.

One might not be able to out-skate Brian Boitano, but when criticising him, one should at least provide some evidence that one knows more than the casual viewer in regards to skating.

However, this quote provides absolutely no context, as someone has already noted. So criticisim at this point is pointless.

In your defense, chaburchak, you have proven yourself worthy of thoughtfully discussing douchebag-ery.

Gondry seems quite legitimate to use approprietly bullet time.
"The first music video to use bullet-time was "Army of Me", a 1995 Björk video directed by Michel Gondry"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time

Anyway, if Kato fight like Thom Yorke in "Street Spirit" videoclip, i say awesome.

can't wait to see, bruce lee....kato slap some bad guys around with a fake giant plastic hand!!

A talented director isn't enough, bippity -- it needs to be matched to the proper material. Michael Bay certainly has a talent for popcorn movies where things blow up, but not many would want to see him mount a new version of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

By that token, Gondry may be too talented for a project like THE GREEN HORNET. It doesn't really call for flashy camera tricks -- it is, after all, just a guy in a trenchcoat and a kung-fu expert fighting normal bad guys. Sounds like he's using technical wizardry to polish the wrong apple. If he'd been chosen to director PUNISHER: WAR ZONE, my reaction would've been the same. On the other hand, with a more fantastical comic book character, he could be the right man for the job. Maybe they should've hired him to do GREEN LANTERN instead of Martin Campbell? If they traded projects it would make more sense. On the other hand, Gondry has said he'll include a cameo for the TV Hornet, Van Williams, so I'll give him some credit for that.

Oh and thank you for the douchebag-ery line. I appreciate you lowering yourself to share it with me, seeing as how this sort of things bores you so. Bless your heart.

I love Gondry. His part of Tokyo! is surreal, but humane(and funny as hell). Its like Kafka on film(but, again, funnier).

The Tokyo! DVD drops June 30th (i think). You can pre-order and catch the trailer on the website http://tokyothemovie.com/

Hey wow,

I must side with Mr. Jones and Mr. Chaburchak. And if you'd like to see some of my work, it can be viewed at http://pc.celtx.com/project/sEBfkS

It's entitled 'The Green Hornet".