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Hanna starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana & Cate Blanchett

Posted on July 7, 2011 Written by ripitup

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Hanna starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana & Cate Blanchett
Hanna starring Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana & Cate Blanchett. Image via thewolfmancometh.wordpress.com

Hanna – The Plot

14 year old Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) has been raised in the cold and wilderness of Finland by her father Erik (Eric Bana). She knows how to hunt, fight, use weapons and she can speak several languages. They have led this isolated life to raise and train Hanna, while Erick could stay out of CIA’s radar. When she is ready, she “lets” CIA find her. By the time the operatives arrive, Erik has already left. The plan is to kill Marissa Wagner (Cate Blanchett) – The CIA agent who wants Erik dead and Hanna captured.

And while Marissa was prepared for the kid to be good, her strength, agility & strength surprise her. Hanna ecapes from custody, and this unleashes the much darker side of Marissa- who enlists the help of the weird yet brutal Isaacs (Tom Hollander) to do her dirty work. It becomes the ultimate journey of survival for father and daughter, as they try to cross countries to meet in Germany. Things could have gone more accordingly to plan, however, if Erik had been able to anticipate Hanna’s social awkwardness, need for friendship and curiosity.

Is it worth seeing?

Hanna is a weird film. It is highly enjoyable, so as long as you can embrace the hybridness of the plot, the characters, the genre, cast and the director. Here’s what I mean with hybrid:

–          Joe Wright is best known for his critically acclaimed period drama/romances such as Pride and Prejudice, and Atonement. If I were to choose a director for an action/sci-fi combo with dramatic and surreal elements, he wouldn’t be the first to come to my mind.

 

–          The movie combines elements of fairy tales, genetics, the wild, the city, family, friendship, chase, fighting scenes, road trip – and spices it up with electronic music by The Chemical Brothers.

 

 

–          Yes, there are implausibilities, but we did watch the movie with a certain sense of disbelief. After all, it is about a 14-year-old killing machine.

 

–          There are holes in the story that are not necessarily plot holes. Many things – including motive and explanation for characters- have been left out of the script.

 

–          And most of the characters are pretty irrational.

 

That being said, I have nothing against Hanna’s over user 7 rating on IMDB. It is strangely captivating, and the elements work despite the flaws. But brace yourselves: it is illogical, the characters are totally strange and our main characters cover a lot of miles either by foot, by swimming or by a caravan.   But at the end of the day, it provides good entertainment with even better aesthetics.

  Fun Notes:

–          Tom Hollander has worked with Joe Wright in the movie, Pride and Prejudice. While his character was really annoying, he was definitely not a psychopath there.

 

–          Tom Hollander and Cate Blanchett also worked together before. They co-starred in the movie Elizabeth: The Golden Age where Blanchett played Elizabeth.

 

 

Other Movies of the Cast

 

Eric Bana

The Time Traveler’s Wife starring Bana and Rachel McAdams

 

Funny People starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen & feat. Eric Bana

Cate Blanchett

Elizabeth: The Golden Age starring Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush and Abbie Cornish

 

Tom Hollander

Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen & Donald Sutherland

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence: Fun romcom with Monica Potter, Rufus Sewell and Joseph Fiennes

A Good Year starring Russell Crowe, Marion Cottilard, Abbie Cornish & Tom Hollander

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Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen

Posted on April 21, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Pride and Prejudice starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley
Pride and Prejudice starring Matthew Macfadyen and Keira Knightley. One of the best romances ever. Photo: blog.lib.umn.edu

Starring: Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike, Brenda Blethyn, Carey Mulligan, Jena Malone, Simon Woods, Rupert Friend, Tom Hollander and Judi Dench

Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) lives in the early 19th century England with her parents and 4 sisters. She gets along fine with the pretty and serene Jane (Rosamund Pike) and is amused by her 3 other sisters (Jena Malone, Carey Mulligan and Talulah Riley). She adores her father (Donald Sutherland) and tries to tolerate her mother (Brenda Blethyn )- who is very loud, very traditional and is dying to see all her daughters get married fast. Except Lizzy couldn’t have cared less. She loves reading, walking, dancing and having fun. She is not about to give up the idea on true love so that her mother can be happy.

When Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods), his sister and their friend Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) visit home, things are about to get a little complicated. Bingley and Jane instantly fall for each other. Elizabeth is not impressed by Darcy at all, who appears to be very full of himself.  And no matter how rich, handsome and knowledgeable Darcy might be, Elizabeth won’t take any crap from anyone. But given Bingley’s love and her mother’s plans, she might have to see a lot more of Darcy than she planned. Then she meets the handsome soldier Wickham (Rupert Friend) who tells her that Darcy caused him great misfortune. But maybe Darcy isn’t that arrogant and proud. Maybe he is just misunderstood. It is not helping matters that he has declared his feelings for her…

Obviously there is a lot to the story than just the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth but it is the core that gives the story the name and the magic. There are many sub-plots featuring Elizabeth’s sister and the one featuring her best friend but let’s face it. Our number 2 concern is Jane and Bingley. And number 1 is obviously….yeah.

This version of Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite movies of all time. It is either in top 20 or top 10 and yeah, I watch a lot of movies. It has all the charming and addictive elements of an amazing period romance and it contains hilarious comic relief. The actors are perfectly cast and I wouldn’t replace anyone, had I been (magically) involved in the process. Matthew McFadyen and Keira Knightley were born to play Darcy and Elizabeth.

I love everything about this movie. The costumes, music, parties, location, houses…See it. Hell, it is 7.8 on imdb. How many other “chick flicks” that are rated that high? 10/10 from me.

Darcy is the guy that should give every boy in his right mind a nightmare. Why? You can read it here.

Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen
Pride and Prejudice, based on the novel of Jane Austen, was made in 2005. Directed by Joe Wright. Photo: fanpop.com

 

 

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