Hubby and I went to see the new Green Hornet movie last weekend. In 3D (why do they charge extra to show movie in 3D, and expect audience to hand back the glasses?). Both of us were fans of the Green Hornet of 60’s TV, which starred Bruce Lee as sidekick Kato. Kato was pretty good in this movie too (sorry, can’t remember the actor’s name, not a complete unknown though, seen him in other movies). Actor Seth Rogan gave unusual performance as Green Hornet’s alter ego Britt Reid. Kind of unpredictable, bit over-the-top, kind of shallow but heart in the right place (apparently). Rogan’s growly voice got a bit on the nerves after a while, seemed like he should have been wearing a purple dinosaur suit and fronting a kids tv program. The real star of this movie was “Black Beauty”, the (almost) indestructible Chrysler Crown Imperial (think I got the make right) – the rolling arsenal of bullet proof windows, self-inflatable tyres, machine guns, rockets and ejector seats. Also, a record player in the back seat – which intrigued me. Why in this age of MP3 was an old vinyl record player cast as one of the big features of this cool ride?