I'm sorry, but due to a change of employment I will no longer be able to see as many movies as before. I will still be posting reviews of the movies I see, but they will be much fewer. Sorry that this was so short-lived. But I will keep trying!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Hanna: PG-13

Hanna is a 16-year old girl being raised in the forest by her father to be the perfect assassin. He teaches her to fight, to speak pretty much every language, and to always be aware. She is then dispatched across europe on a mission, however she doesn't really know how to interact with the world, being from the forest. She meets a family who (not knowing who she really is) agrees to help her across Europe. The whole time, Hanna is being viciously persued by an intelligence agent who hates Hanna's father, and a bunch of her cronies.
Well, this movie was...odd. I kinda feel the same about this movie as I do about Sucker Punch, but I like this movie better. It was a good action movie, but the story was kind of lacking. As in, I am not exactly sure what her mission was, just that she was on one. Hanna was really awesome at fighting and I really enjoyed watching the fight scenes! But I am a big fan of fight scenes, what can I say? But, once again it had some weirdness in it. Actually it had a lot of weirdness in it. This movie would've been way better if they had taken a minute to write a well thought out story.
This movie is rated PG13 for violent peril ( almost everyone dies!), language, and breif sexual content (one of the cronies).
I say that if you want to see this movie... maybe a mature 13 year old to about 15.
This movie is worth seeing if you want to see some action, but if you want a good story don't bother.
The King's Speech: PG-13

Bertie, Duke of York has a serious speech problem! It seems he can't stop stuttering, which is a issue as duke. Every time he has to make a speech to his people he stresses out majorly which only makes his stuttering worse. He doesn't know what to do. He's tried almost every speech therapist in the land and just feels like giving up. However, his wife refuses to give up. She finds Lionel Logue, who has received great reviews and results from his patients through unconventional means. She convinces Bertie to go see him and at first he resists everything the therapist tries. Soon afterward the King dies, and Bertie's older brother is unfit to rule leaving him the next in line for the throne. Terrified because of all the speeches is is sure to have to give, he goes back to Lionel to help him become worthy of the throne.
This movie was originally rated R for saying the F-bomb 17 times. I'm glad they decided to release a PG13 version, because this was a great movie! I thought it would be kind of boring, but it was actually really entertaining. It had it's funny moments as well as it's serious ones. This is based on a true story, so it was interesting to see how King George VI overcame his difficulty. Lionel, his therapist, was really funny and really good at what he did. I thought it was very well cast! The only casting problem I had was who they cast for Winston Churchill.
This is rated PG13 because it still has one scene with a lot of language. It's a scene where his speech therapist finds out that he doesn't stutter when he curses, then he just lets it all fly! It used to be the F-word, but now they replaced it with a different swear word. I think they might've left one F-bomb in there. This scene is the only reason it is rated pg13.
I think someone should be around 14 or 15 to see this movie. It does have lots of language, but I'm mainly saying this because I don't think younger kids would be interested in it.
This movie is very much worth seeing! Go take advantage of the re-release!
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