Hanna

The Good: When first seeing the trailer I noticed the "Lovely Bones" girl being trained to fight by her "Eric Bana" of a father in the woods, while at the same time being hunted by Lady Galadriel.  This is as much i'll able to tell you about the story line without completely ruining it.  I went to see this with my brother and dad, and I think I enjoyed it better then they did.  This movie looks like it may be complex, but it's actually very simple... almost too simple.  It's not that movies with complex story lines are bad, it's just sometimes having a simple movie like "Hanna" is a breath of fresh air, because then you don't have to focus too much on the story and instead focus on how AWESOME all the fight scenes are.  Being an art lover, I loved how artistic this movie was, it seemed that every shot taken when making this film could end up on a calender, and i'm not talking about one of those crappy ones that they hand out at banks!  The acting was great! And although Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett did an excellent job, it was Eric Bana (The Hulk, Munich) who put them to shame when he was on camera.

The Bad:  Like I said this movie is extremely simple, which serves a good purpose and a bad purpose.  I liked it because it helped me to just have fun and focus on the incredible action, but I didn't like it because there was practically NO PLOT!!!  This is why I wasn't able to write too much of an overview, because then you would have known the entire movie.  There seems to be a whole lot of fighting and not a whole lot of explaining.  Although the movie doesn't end on a cliff-hanger, it does end very quickly, so you end up having an awkward moment with the people sitting next to you.

The Ugly:  The ugly truth is this was a fun movie to see, because the action and acting is amazing.  One thing you have to make sure of before you see this movie is to have NO expectations; this way you won't be as disappointed due to the lack of plot.  All in all, this is a violent coming of age ( for a 13 year old) movie that is worth seeing at least once.

2 out of 5