Ha! Just shows how subjective an art this is. I caught this over the weekend, and actually really enjoyed it. I liked the mix of fairytale and spy thriller, which I'd never seen before, and although it doesn't really work as a straight action CIA film, I'll excuse it as I think it's an interesting mash-up in its own right.

It was all a bit silly at times, but it had a slightly other-worldly quality that I just found quite engaging. I also found it genuinely amusing at times - the moment where Hanna's got that Spanish guy in the headlock and she says, "Should I let him go?" and her friend replies, "As opposed to what?! Yes!" is, I think a funny one. Always nice to have a sprinkling of lightness. Also, given who was involved, I was bound to enjoy it - Joe Wright is a director I rank very highly (I was looking out for his trademark long tracking shot, and when it came it didn't disappoint), and I'd probably watch Olivia Williams and Tom Hollander just walking down the street. So yeah, it gets a thumbs up from me. But equally, I can totally see why some people were completely turned off by it. A film that provokes opinions, this one. Which is possibly a strength in itself?

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films At the end she says "I just missed your heart" to Blanchett. It seems like this was a line intended to reveal a subtext that she wanted to be loved by the Blanchett character, but this through line never appeared in the film. I think this is a point that Brett raises above. Seems like they missed a large part of the intended story.

I thought that was literally just a reference back to when she shot the reindeer with the bow and arrow at the start? That's what she said to it as she pulled the arrow out. A symmetrical language thing, I thought. As well as saying that, in the end, she did what she was trained to do - kill, whether it's an animal or a person. Given how good she is at most other stuff, I'm surprised she's got a 100% fail rate at heart-hiting, though.

It seems pretty obvious to me that a number of people here want this (as well as other or all movies) to be exactly what they want it to be...and that just ain't ever gonna happen.

There are scripts and movies that are downright "bad", and when that's the case, I agree attack away, ask questions about ridiculous plot points, complete lapses in logic, etc.  But, this isn't one of those cases.  In no way, whether you didn't like it or hated it, is this a piss poor effort.

You may not be the intended audience, but the movie was far from a failure, financially and critically, with many people calling it one of the best films of the year.  And don't get me wrong, financial success does not equate to critical or technical success, but all things considered, I just don't see how anyone could bash this movie, as there are so many things going for it.

Look at the info available - 71% Tomato rating, $65 Million WW BO on a $30 Million budget.

If it wasn't for you, that's cool, but to say it's a terrible flick is like me saying The King's Speech was a piece of crap - I may think that, as it's definitely not a movie for me, but I'm not going to publicly attack it, because it doesn't deserve attacking - it was a huge success and appealed to a certain audience - I'm just not part of that audience.

C'mon Jeff.

It makes no sense. It's completely stupid.

You're the first to slate films for being illogical when you don't enjoy them, but just because you enjoyed it seems to mean you ignore all the problems with it.

If you look at the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, even many of the critics who rated it call it a substandard story or say it's flawed.

For some of them the style of the film and the central performance made up for it...but nothing can ever fix a broken story for me. Stlyish directing just emphasizes the problems, not disguises them, as far as I'm concerned. It makes you feel aware that they're making something poor and throw everything at it to try and hide it.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films C'mon Jeff. It makes no sense. It's completely stupid. You're the first to slate films for being illogical when you don't enjoy them, but just because you enjoyed it seems to mean you ignore all the problems with it.

True, Rick...very true.  But you should also know that a deep story or theme means nothing to e in a movie - it's the entertainment factor that I'm always after.

I can't agree that it made no sense or is stupid.  It's a mid (big) budget action flick, so there are going to be a number of tings that don't make complete sense or may come off as illogical if you want to really look closely.

I totally enjoyed it, and I think I can say I totally enjoyed everything about it.  Cinematography is big for me - the look and feel of a film.  Production values are HUGE for me.  And, I always appreciate the little things that differentiate a movie from the pack, and there were so many on display here.

Hey, trust me, to each his own and I more than understand that.  My point is that whether you personally liked this or not, I just don't see how you can trash it.

Quoted from Dreamscale True, Rick...very true.  But you should also know that a deep story or theme means nothing to e in a movie - it's the entertainment factor that I'm always after. I can't agree that it made no sense or is stupid.  It's a mid (big) budget action flick, so there are going to be a number of tings that don't make complete sense or may come off as illogical if you want to really look closely. I totally enjoyed it, and I think I can say I totally enjoyed everything about it.  Cinematography is big for me - the look and feel of a film.  Production values are HUGE for me.  And, I always appreciate the little things that differentiate a movie from the pack, and there were so many on display here. Hey, trust me, to each his own and I more than understand that.  My point is that whether you personally liked this or not, I just don't see how you can trash it.

From my perspective, I don't know how anyone can really like it! Hannah herself was good and the parts she spent with the family worked. That's as far as I can go.

If a film is entertaining me, I can overlook numeorus flaws, when I start to get bored, I look for the reasons the film isn't working.

I've listed a few complaints I had, and there were far more, from a story point of view. You can try and refute them, if you can be bothered!

The biggest killer for me though was that it was boring. I felt no tension, or any uncertainty that she would win. There were no stakes that I cared about (she chose to fight in this bizarre way by pressing the button) and the action sequences were all dull and by the numbers.

The opening action scene was good, when she took out all the trained soldiers...but the ones after against average german henchmen were very dull. She has the physical strength to grab a hummer moving at 50 miles per hour, but can't easily overcome a random thug....inconsistencies like that are rife throughout.

But that's the weird thing about films. They effect people differently.