So I finally saw the new “Green Hornet” movie that stars Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, and Christoph Waltz. I saw it last Sunday night. A Netflix DVD rental.

The movie is obviously adapted from the famous radio show, comics, and TV series. In the TV series, Bruce Lee the martial arts legend originally played Kato. Now, actor Jay Chou takes over the role for the new film. I didn’t see this film in theater, ’cause I was pretty skeptical of it. I don’t like Seth Rogen as an actor. Can’t stand him. He’s a terrible actor. When I heard he was going to star as the main hero, I’m like, “Oh please no, NOT Seth Rogen, anybody but him!” So I waited for DVD rental on this. Which is well worth the wait.

The movie turned out very good and extremely entertaining. I actually liked Seth in this movie. For once, Seth is in a good movie in which he doesn’t make his acting so boring. He actually did a decent job.

The plot actually followed the original story and stayed true to it pretty well. I was surprised. The plot is pretty much the same thing, Britt Reid becomes owner of a newspaper company after his father dies. Britt meets up with a martial arts expert, Kato, in which they end up helping each other stop a robbery. Knowing that their names are in the news and becoming heroes because of it, this is what inspired them to become, “The Green Hornet”. In which they would wear costumes and green masks. Kato would build a bunch of cars in which he turned them into weapons. Kato also invented several gadgets and new weapons for them to fight crime for.

Christoph Waltz plays a villain named Chudnofsky, who is a Russian gangster trying to form a super-mafia in Los Angeles. “The Green Hornet” tries to stop them to save the city.

Just like the original “Green Hornet” series, it adds a lot of comedy and humor throughout the film. Especially the epic fight scene between Britt and Kato at the house which is my favorite scene of the film. The film had some great action scenes and they were pretty fun to see. Cameron Diaz and Christoph Waltz were also good as well.

I thought this was a pretty good film. I’m a huge Green Hornet fan. Followed the Green Hornet series for years. Check it out when you get a chance.

My next Netflix DVD rental is going to be the first “Hangover” movie. I never saw the first, “Hangover” movie yet, and wanted to see the first one before I decide to see the second one. I should be getting “The Hangover” in the mail tomorrow.

Kev