First, I'm just an average viewer, not a fledgling movie critic, and these are just some random observations I had while watching.
The main actors are all accomplished, and the movie contains interesting scenes in Finland, Morocco, and a derelict German amusement park. The soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers was different, varied, and fit some scenes very well- IMHO, especially duringHanna's escape from the underground military facility somewhere in the Moroccan desert, and a weird, sort of David Lynch-ian scene of weirdos loitering in the Berlin bus station. Cate Blanchett's ultra-sophisticated poisonous green Armani wardrobe sometimes held my attention as much as the plot; (I mean, maybe her side job as an assassin helped pay for those $800 green kidskin gloves.) And about the plot. Okay, suspension of disbelief and all that - but I kept wondering, if Hanna wanted to experience the world outside of the arctic, why didn't she (and Eric, for that matter) just go? They'd been off the grid for 15 years, and no one was actively looking for them; they could have slipped away and lived for months or years anonymously anywhere. Instead, inexplicably, they decide to trip an ELT locator beacon, and immediately alert Marisa Weigler as to their whereabouts. It was such a 'duh' moment, that I kept thinking about it throughout the movie. That being said, I still watch it whenever it's on cable, so I'll admit it's fairly good, despite any flaws.
The main actors are all accomplished, and the movie contains interesting scenes in Finland, Morocco, and a derelict German amusement park. The soundtrack by the Chemical Brothers was different, varied, and fit some scenes very well- IMHO, especially duringHanna's escape from the underground military facility somewhere in the Moroccan desert, and a weird, sort of David Lynch-ian scene of weirdos loitering in the Berlin bus station. Cate Blanchett's ultra-sophisticated poisonous green Armani wardrobe sometimes held my attention as much as the plot; (I mean, maybe her side job as an assassin helped pay for those $800 green kidskin gloves.) And about the plot. Okay, suspension of disbelief and all that - but I kept wondering, if Hanna wanted to experience the world outside of the arctic, why didn't she (and Eric, for that matter) just go? They'd been off the grid for 15 years, and no one was actively looking for them; they could have slipped away and lived for months or years anonymously anywhere. Instead, inexplicably, they decide to trip an ELT locator beacon, and immediately alert Marisa Weigler as to their whereabouts. It was such a 'duh' moment, that I kept thinking about it throughout the movie. That being said, I still watch it whenever it's on cable, so I'll admit it's fairly good, despite any flaws.