Haven't seen the movie yet, but I dig the Asian dude. Reminds me of my insane Gadgeteer Genius cousin.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.He can't be all bad. I mean, I loved his performances in Kung Fu Panda and Monsters Vs Aliens so he should at least be enjoyable.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.Seth Rogen was in Kung Fu Panda?
Who is Kato's actor, anyway? I don't think he was anybody I knew...
edited 16th Jan '11 7:11:50 PM by melloncollie
Yeah he played Mantis. And he was Awesome.
Kato was played by Jay Chou, same person who played Takumi Fujiwara in the Initial D film and Prince Jai in Curse Of The Golden Flower.
You are displaying abnormally high compulsions to over-analyze works of fiction and media. Diagnosis: TV Tropes Addiction.I enjoyed it. It's not exactly a brilliant piece of filmmaking on par with Citizen Kane, but it was fun and had some good writing. They did a lot of Deconstruction on superhero stories, particularly the whole sidekick fallacy and the silliness of most love interests in an action flick. Chou, as Kato, really stole the show, and Rogen (as a writer and executive producer as well as star) gave him room to do it.
The tone changes were a little odd. On one hand, you give the Hornet a non-lethal gas gun, on the other, they outright murder bad guys with machine guns, rockets, and rams from their awesome car. Heck, they recklessly endanger cops, too. I guess that fits with the deconstruction, but it was a bit odd.
edited 17th Jan '11 6:38:36 AM by DracAtRest
Let's Play Temple of Elemental EvilYeah, basically, the enjoyment relies on whether or not you don't mind Seth Rogen.
Half-Life: Dual Nature, a crossover story of reasonably sized proportions.Thing is, Ebert has been known in the past to give good reviews to mindless fun movies, if they are just aiming to be mindless fun.
Anyway, the main criticism I am seeing so far is that people dislike Seth Rogen and his character and think that Kato should have been the star.
The owner of this account is temporarily unavailable. Please leave your number and call again later.I thought it was pretty fun, and I'm not usually one for superhero movies. I rather liked that he was spurred to become a superhero just for the hell of it, though Kato's awesomeness did make me wonder what the Seth Rogen character's purpose in the team was besides bankrolling everything.
I was expecting more Gondry-weirdness, but the distinctive visual touches he did get to do were pretty damn cool. And I rather loved the fact that there was a record player in the car
I liked it. Again, I'll parrot everyone else and say that Kato was a much more interesting character than what's his face.
Fight smart, not fair.Ebert has been a little off the past few years; doesn't change the fact that he's the greatest living film critic.
The fact that Kato outshines the Hornet is the entire point and shows that they understand the historical impact of the property. Rogen has writing and producing credits on this movie; he clearly intended for Kato to be awesome while Brit is a buffoon.
Christ, this movie chalk full of Lampshade Hanging; if you don't know the movie is about Kato by the time they flip past a sketch of Bruce Lee, you're not paying attention.
"The secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules." - E. Gary GygaxStarring opposite Bruce freakin Lee. So yeah, Kato > GH is probably the entire point.
edited 19th Jan '11 12:25:48 PM by Anaheyla
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Kato is this movie.
That is all.
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