May 2011 - Superhero's & Hanna

This month I have seen the following films: Hanna, Thor 3D, 13 Assassins, Water for Elephants and The Hangover 2, which I would recommend to people who have seen the first Hangover film and want to watch the same people hungover in a more exotic location. By the way, anyone expecting a high brow critique of foreign and intellectual cinema will be disappointed with my article this month (as disappointed as I was with The Hangover 2) but there hasn't really been that many good films out at the cinema this month.


So I did go and see Thor after all, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but it did remind me a bit of He-Man in parts. Thor is a comic book character from the Marvel Universe, which also includes: Spider Man, The X Men, Iron Man, Captain America, and The Incredible Hulk. These Marvel Superhero's will be dominating our screens this summer, with: X-Men First Class, The Avengers, Captain America, Iron Man 3 and a revamp of the Spider Man franchise (which won't be starring Toby Maguire). I am looking forward to all these movies (like a 13 year old!) but I think after watching all the trailers, Captain America looks the best.

Anyway, back to what I have been watching, this month my favourite film has been Hanna. It stars Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett and Saoirse Ronan, who plays the title character. Hanna is a 16 year old girl who has been brought up in the Finish wilderness by her father Eric Bana. They are hiding from Cate Blanchett who plays a government agent who killed Hanna's mother when she was a baby. Since she was born Hanna's father has been training her to be an assassin, to one day kill Cate Blanchett in revenge for her mother.

Hanna is like a 16 year old Jason Bourne, she goes out into the world on her own to start her mission, and having never encountered modern technology it is interesting to see how she reacts when she comes across something as simple as a light switch, a tv set, or music. It is exciting to watch her beat up teams of thugs twice her size, and The Chemical Brothers are responsible for the soundtrack. You shouldn't need many more reasons to watch a film than that. It also comes with my recommendation.

Next month I will be watching: Senna, X-Men First Class, and if I have nothing better to do, Transformers 3, and (at the bottom of the barrel) Fast 5.