I screened both Green Hornet and The Dilemma tonight; one because I wanted to, the other because my of my brother. I was initially apprehensive of Seth Rogen's casting of . . . well, himself . . . as the hero, but I decided to get over it. Or, at least, give him a chance. I don't think I can be as lenient with Ryan Reynolds as the Green Lantern, though. Especially with such horrible CG (scroll down). But, Seth doesn't really make the movie - it's Kato. I've been seeing that a lot lately, which has been a little strange: the headliners and breadwinners just aren't making the cut, but the supporting casts have been AWESOME (Kick-Ass, Inception, Iron Man 2, RED, etc.). Weird. Anyway, it's a superhero action flick, difficult to miss on. Although, it has been done *cough*Spiderman*cough*, so I suppose I shouldn't be so flippant. Clever writing (from Seth, of course), spectacular visuals, and classic gang warfare ass-kick-uery. And very nice cars.
I had mixed feelings going into The Dilemma, though. When I first saw the trailer, I was ready to dismiss it as Wedding Crashers meets Chuck and Larry meets Hitch. Not that there's much variance on the theme there. But, I decided to give it a chance when I saw that it was a Ron Howard flick. I wasn't really disappointed. Sure, I loathe Vince Vaughn. Sure, Kevin James is at his funniest when he sticks to the "fat man fall down" schtick. And the love interests aren't really big names. Channing Tatum's performance was a bit of a surprise, and in a very good way. Anyway, it was cute, and funny, and Ronnie tried to get all touchy-feely there at the end, and that might work on some other people. Who didn't spend the whole movie mocking it, anyway.
Aside from Black Swan and The King's Speech, which was a strong ARTISTIC opening, this might be the strongest opening in the past few months.
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