Sounds amazing. Excited to check this one out.

I read some awful reviews for it. Won't be wasting my money seeing this in theaters. Will get to answer the "Whatever happened, Joe" question once it's on DVD.

A hyperkinetic white-knuckler, Hanna is directed by Joe Wright in a dizzying but enjoyable fashion. The movie is mostly style over substance, and probably would've been a masterpiece if there was a bit more of a human element to it. That said, I had a great time watching it (accentuated by The Chemicals Brothers' pulsing score). Saoirse Ronan is brilliant, shaping Hanna into a deadly force of nature but with clear vulnerability. This is the third consecutive great performance from Ronan (even in the wretched Lovely Bones adaptation), and I can't wait to see what she does next. Eric Bana is solid, while Cate Blanchett (American southern accent and all) will no doubt get every viewer to root for her character's comeuppance. B+

? DID YOU GO LOOKING FOR A BAD REVIEW AS THERE AREN'T ALOT OF THEM OUT THERE?

Hanna (2011) > FROM RT > http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hanna/

72%
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 116
Fresh: 83 | Rotten: 33

Fantastic acting and crisply choreographed action sequences propel this unique, cool take on the revenge thriller.

audience
82%
liked it
Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 16,941

Exactly. LOL. Most reviews say it's great.

NO JUNIO!!! It's really good!

I saw this in a D-box theater today, where the seats move around with the movie. The technology is really great, worth the $8 surchage, made a few of the action sequences really intense and thrilling. It has flaws, chaotic and disjointed at points, a little awkward at others, but I just loved this. Mixing mystery, action, and drama with surprising efficiency and a wholesome result. Ronan creates a completely real human, granting a little irony given the character is a genetic engineered lab baby. Blanchet's on-off accent was distracting but outside of that the acting is strong all around. Not that it matters much since this is Wright's movie through and through, and he balances art and entertainment to a terrific result. It's no Rango, but another really strong early entry to 2011.

This film is getting a "style over substance" rap, and I don't entirely agree. It is an incredibly stylish film, to be sure, and will be remembered best for its kinetic action and music, but I also found a lot of it very poignant, especially the friendship between Hanna and Sophie and the third-act confrontation between Hanna and her father.

I agree entirely Gunslinger. It's a flashy film but not to an obnoxious extent. There is a lot of poignant, convincing emotion even in the final act. I don't accept that critique.

Oh, and the Chemical Brothers' Hanna score > Daft Punk's super-hyped Tron: Legacy score. Easily.

Again, completely and utterly agree, I meant to say that earlier. And it has nothign to do with the fact that Hanna was great and Tron awful. Both had amazing scores, but the Chemical Brothers' score was fucking incredible at several points in the movie, really added to the tension a lot.

"Container Park" is such an...epic piece of music. The way it begins very uneasy, subtle, and then explodes with energy gives me chills. Incredibly effective.

I have been listening to that over and over again since you sent me the link last night.

The Chemical Brothers have been dead for ten years. The bad reviews I speak of are there, they exist. I don't see what the majority says, I read specific reviews by authors I can trust.

Reading reviews is ok. Following reviews shows no character.

False. Further was a very good album.

They're only dead to people who chase trends and drop acts/bands once they become established and steady.

Loved the film, A. Question though for those who've seen it.

What a surprise. I went into this film hoping that it would be okay, but I ended up loving it. The direction, acting, music and just the whole feel of the movie was terrific.

Hanna is a truant movie busted straight out of the accredited Joe Wright Tilt-A-Whirl® School of Filmmaking.

I swear... that guy hasn't seen a 360° ball joint that he hasn't wanted to swivel deliriously...

I suppose some people just prefer the spinning rides and some love the roller coasters - - ya pays yer money, ya takes yer choice!

Tragically, in the acting department, Hanna is saddled with the Eric Bana curse - - he dooms every movie he's in. Fortuitously, this is more than balanced by the Cate Blanchett blessing. So it comes down to Saoirse Ronan. Yeah, she's got the look - - but I'm still far from convinced of her long term worth as an actress.

In the end, I wasn't impressed with Hanna - - there were lots of cool ideas that could have been played very
exquisitely - - but instead this old top is played for spin.


2 out of 5.

is it the joe wright who directed pride & prejudice, or the joe wright who directed atonement and the soloist?

The Joe Wright who made Pride & Prejudice having a beer with Michael Mann and Wong Kar-wai.

Bingo!


(Try though he might, Wright still hasn't made one good film.)

It's watchable, mildly amusing, but nothing special

Is it just me or does this have one of the most shot full of holes plot starters in years - Why did they call Cate Blanchett to find them and capture Hanna? Instead of um... Hanna just going with Eric Bana out of the cabin/forest. I mean that takes "they needed a heli to get out of the forest" out of the equation. Bana was even wearing a damn suit when he left.

It's not because Bana just wanted Hanna to kill Blanchett - I mean they could do that on their own, after they escaped and without Cate knowing they're gunning for her, right?

And was it really a smart idea to let Hanna get captured by the government and just assume she'll escape? If they put handcuffs on Hanna in that cell or someone hits Hanna with a bullet, the entire movie doesn't happen and Bana hiding her for 13 years is completley useless. How dumb does Bana have to be to make a plan involving Hanna getting captured by high security government and then killing her way out. That's the best he could do after 13 years?

I'm completley lost on what Bana's plan or motive was here. It seems to me the obvious move is walk out of the jungle, find Blanchett and kill her. Maybe have the first attempt a fail and then she comes back after Hanna. Bam, plot that makes sense. Shack > screenwriters. And frankly it would've changed the entire movie's complexion and for the better if they didn't include the Hanna's initial escape scene, it was like Hit Girl's first scene in Kick Ass. Everything else in the movie at least tried to keep a bubble of reality. Not that a bubble of reality is needed, but if it's easily achievable without one dumb scene you might as well

I don't deny that the plot was far from direct and sensical, but that was kind of the point of the movie. To me it was a distortion of traditional thriller plots and motives in about every way. I didn't want it to make logical, linear sense, it was a wild bizarre abstraction. I could make some arguments here for the logic of the plan but it doesn't really matter. I didn't find any character to be a completely reasonable, thoughtful character. I didn't want them to be. Their odd, disjointed, unmechanical behavior was very exciting to watch, and a movie willing to intentionally project this insanity without trying to justify its own reason was awesome. This isn't limitless where they just blatantly, ignorantly, leave holes open, this movie noticed them and ignored them conciously through a desire to focus on the actions they create.
or something.