The Green Hornet (2011)

Dear all, =)

I watched the Green Hornet two days ago. Generally quite a good movie. My primary purpose of watching the Green Hornet is because of Jay Chou. He acts as Kato, the Green Hornet's sidekick.

The Green Hornet first appeared as a radio program in the United States in 1936. Afterwhich, it has appeared on different media platforms like theatres, TV, comic books. More details can be found on Wikipedia.

My Movie Review:

In the movie, Seth Rogen acts as a playboy with no directions in life. After his father's death, he decided to do something meaningful when he met his father's ex-employee, Kato. Together, they tried to save the city from crimes. Their plan was to act as bad guys so that they can get close to bad guys and also avoid being recognised as good guys (to avoid any speculations).

To say the truth, I am rather confused by their plan. But I think it is quite a creative diversion from the usual superhero stories.

The movie focuses quite a bit on the relationship between The Green Hornet and his sidekick, Kato. All I can say is that it is a love-hate relationship. Kato rocks! Watch the movie and you will understand.

Generally, I love the movie. It has some romance, comedy and action. In terms of mystery, not so. All in all, I would give it 4.0/5.0. It would be good if there can be more fighting scenes between the bad guys and The Green Hornet (and Kato). More comedy would be nice too.

Applause to Jay Chou for trying so hard to pronounce his words clearly. It is not easy for someone who do not speak English on a daily basis.

Below is the Official Trailer I got from youtube:

Mr. J French-Italian Restaurant II

Hi guys,

I will post about Mr. J Secret Restaurant that I went to in Taipei!

The theme of his second restaurant in Taiwan is based on his movie, Secret. The chinese title of the movie is 《不能说的秘密》. So cool right?!

The restaurant is located in Taipei Medical University, which is quite near to Taipei City Hall (train station). It opens mon to sun 11am - 9pm. I took a taxi from Ximending to Taipei Medical University because of time constraint. It costs me about S$10.

The food is French-Italian. So they have spaghetti, lamb chop, cakes etc. What I like about the menu is how Jay manages to implant his creativity into some of the dishes. Like there is a main course - spaghetti with smoked duck in orange sauce. Yum yum! The set that I ordered (Soup, Salad, Main course, Drink and Dessert) costs me NT$350 - about S$15. I think it is really worth it.

The restaurant atmosphere is nice and relaxing! It is elegant (but not overwhelmingly), simple and cosy! There are also decorations like Jay's photos framed up on the walls, his Piano etc.

Overall I love his restaurant. I don't mind going back a second time!

I have posted some photos here. Anyway, there is a website for his Restaurant - http://www.mrj-tw.com