I recently wrote a multi-chapter editorial on the elusive "guy-cry" movie, just in time for Valentine's Day. Springing off conversations I've had with friends and inspired by Tom Hank's Dirty Dozen retort to An Affair to Remember in Sleepless in Seattle, I compiled a categorized list of movies that make us men tear up and blubber like babies.
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I was recently swept up in a conversation about when, as a man, I've ever cried at a movie. I happily admitted that I'm a softy and have cried at plenty of movies, but still draw the line for some that are supposed to make us men cry. It got me to asking my friends, doing some thinking, and digging up some research on this much-debated topic of what makes for a good "guy-cry" movie.
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The Green Hornet is very sloppy from top to bottom and beginning to end. The parts just don't fit together. You can tip the hat for Sony trying something different with Gondry and Rogan, but it doesn't work. Both aren't suited to action, pulp, or comedy.
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