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I know that you already talked about this, but it came out on disc recently and I just saw it and I was suprised to see that months ago not everyone saw it the way that I did. For decades, my favorite movie was A Clockwork Orange. To me, Hanna took the art that Kubrick wanted to do a step further: Kubrick did what he could w/ Beethoven, but Joe Wright had great custom music written to do what Kubrick really tried to do, to weave the sound in with the picture as a whole piece of art.
It's the best movie that I've ever seen. A great sound system is essential to get it all.
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Hanna's escape from the underground place was an example of near perfect sonic/visual integration. Spectacular.
The cabaret scene also did a fabulous job.
There were other scenes that hit home runs, as well.
My wife and I were commenting on how well done that part of the film was.
Enjoyable flick, and I agree: it had one of the best sonic/visual integrated attacks in recent memory.
Other aspects...
I also liked the recursive dialogue from the beginning of the movie to the finish. That part was very "John Irving."
The kids (11 and 13) and my wife and I had great fun talking about what would happen to hanna after the film's action ended.
The CIA agent lady seemed to be trying to challenge Tilda Swinton from "Michael Clayton."
Didn't like the part where the bald bad guy got beat, slashed, had his leg slammed by a car door....and was still able to chase down Erik.
There were a few "Rambo" moments where the bad guys were juts too quick to pick up on where Hanna was going.
All in all, 8.5-9/10, and I try to be a harsh critic.
so I don't know why people get so pretentious and snooty about plot, meaning, etc.
It was a good-looking, entertaining film and showed Ronan is a serious actor in blossom.
I was blown away by Elle Fanning in Super 8. That's a family to watch, Elle and Dacota.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
for them tiny states, please.
We'll have to agree to disagree about global warming until the next global cooling scare comes along
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damn cuisine cooked by ANY effeminate chef!"
Right.
A damn fine burger, but it ain't gonna make me forget the Fettucini Pappagano at Patrizio's.
"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
...you don't get out to see many movies or there was something I missed.
My 21 year old daughter and I saw it in the theater since we like action/spy films.
I'd say it was an enjoyable popcorn movie.
Not even the best movie I saw this summer - maybe somewhere in the middle of those.
But thanks for sticking your neck out.
I watch more movies than anyone else that I know. I watched on a 65" Panny Plasma w/ a Magnepan 4.1 sound system. I've never seen so much care taken in combining the feeling of the pictures and sound. I just like it.
I was knocked out by how well crafted the soundtrack/visual aspect was handled.
In addition to the killer sonic accompaniment, which may be enhanced by the home listening experience on your system, I thought many of the visuals themselves were a step up, too.
The opening set, the underground escape, the juxtapositioning of the desert with the first set, LOADS of tension in the quiet moments, on and on...
What did you think of the alternate ending?
I watched the alternate ending, but don't remember it. I enjoyed the content of this one and don't remember the ending other than they left open the possibility of more.
...I watch a lot of movies too, but I sse most of them on the big screen, as they were intended.
"I watch more movies than anyone else that I know."
Not sure this is necessarily good thing... like "I eat more food than anyone else I know..."
Certain things make more sense in insightful moderation.
The best movie you ever saw? Seriously? First the music was awful. Just awful. As good as the 'Daft Punk' soundtrack for 'Tron Legacy' was that's how bad this was. It was just noise. Didn't support the movie at all.
The movie was a long, tedious cliche. Anyone with half a brain knew how it would end three minutes into it.
No characterizations, no interesting ideas, nothing. Yes, it was fairly artfully put together. Nowadays even soul-less hacks can frame a movie well. We, as a culture, are VERY clever with the basics of making film. But there has to be a story. A soul. People. Something unexpected.
None of that here. Just technical expertise on display.
This was bad. REAL BAD.
"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Greg House
...but that doesn't mean the opinions are 'correct'.
'Hanna' was TERRIBLE. My wife asked me a question decades ago at a movie--do you care about these people?--and I've since called that the Katherine Test. There wasn't a single person in that movie I cared about, during or after. In fact, I wished they'd all die soon so I could leave. I sat there waiting for something to happen other than running and shooting.
Worst movie I've seen in years.
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Tin-eared audiofool, former fotografer, and terrible competitive-pistol shootist.
"Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted." Albert Einstein.
Like The Hunger (1983) was good for the sounds that went with the pictures. As opposed to "Everything Must Go" which may have had a story with a character the an alchoholic may have cared about and was well done, but boring to me and not so artful.
The music was not great to listen to on it's own like maybe a Pink Floyd soundtrack is, but it fit the picture great like no other movie that I've seen. That's all that I'm saying. The story was irrelevant I think. It was about the journey to the end, not the end.
...will there be a sequel.
If so I'll check it out, I thought about skipping it since I've read several bad reviews. Btw, not a big fan of Clockwork Orange move, I don't like disturbing movies :)
Edits: 09/21/11
Yes, it's that Hanna. My computer did not show your pic. the 1st time that I looked, thus, the link.
I agree that Clockwork is quite disturbing. Hanna is not nearly so. I just mentioned the 2 together because I think that they are both great and both try to fully utilize the combination of picture and sound. I think that Hanna fully accomplished what Kubrick tried to do in his films as far as utilizing the importance of sound as 1/2 of the art.
Edits: 09/21/11
probably not "artsy" enough to be embraced by many, but I was quite pleasantly surprised by it myself..
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