The Green Hornet - 8 stars out of 10

The Green Hornet - 8 stars out of 10

"The Green Hornet" somehow manages to be a superhero film AND a superhero parody at the same time. The film is magnificent because of its clever casting. Seth Rogan and Jay Chou are great in the main roles (Kato is one of the coolest movie characters ever) but the real treat is Christoph Waltz as Chudnofsky and James Franco in an excellent comedic cameo.  Although the critics seemed to hate this film, I thought that it was very clever. The characters were funny, the premise was unique, and the action sequences were cool. The simultaneous slow-motion/real-time cinematography was mindblowing and the scene where the screen kept splitting in half until one scene evolved into sixteen different scenes was one of the coolest movie sequences that I have ever seen. In fact, the only flaw was the fight scene between Rogen and Chou lasted way too long. Any fan of superhero films and/or the modern breed of comedies will enjoy this film. Rogen isn't my favorite but this significantly cleaner version of his films really caught my eye.