I just loved the whole movie; I thought it was stylistically quite gorgeous and it worked as a sort of modern myth. The fact that Hanna was a bit queer was bold and it worked and it was a really great touch, I think.
Erik's answer to "why let her push the button" was a really poignant and simple answer, I think. "Children grow up so quickly." I think he always knew it was going to end similarly to how it ended up playing out, which was why he so rigorously prepared Hanna to be...more or less a ruthless killing machine. He just did his very best to prepare her for what she would have to do in order to survive.
When you look at it as a kind of fairy tale as well as a coming of age story, I think it works brilliantly on those levels.
The only thing that really kind of nagged on me after the movie was what happened to the family that befriended her. ._. Though, I know I probably wouldn't like the answer, so best not to think of it.
I thought so too -- that Hanna and Marissa would have ended up in a similar situation anyway. And I agree that it's sort of like a modern myth or a fairytale. The young protagonist is prepared all her life to do one thing (kill a dragon, kill the bad guy, something like that).
When the family was interrogated, I thought Marissa would do something horrible to them, but she asked them questions in a fairly civil manner so I'd like to think that they were let go afterwards, and continued with their vacation, if rattled.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I wanted to talk to someone about the movie so badly, and my friends were no help at all.
I'm so glad to hear that! I had the same experience: I was happy for the entire length of the movie! And a couple of minutes after, at which point my friends started to criticise it. Grr. I'm so happy that at least you get how I felt about the movie!
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Erik's answer to "why let her push the button" was a really poignant and simple answer, I think. "Children grow up so quickly." I think he always knew it was going to end similarly to how it ended up playing out, which was why he so rigorously prepared Hanna to be...more or less a ruthless killing machine. He just did his very best to prepare her for what she would have to do in order to survive.
When you look at it as a kind of fairy tale as well as a coming of age story, I think it works brilliantly on those levels.
The only thing that really kind of nagged on me after the movie was what happened to the family that befriended her. ._. Though, I know I probably wouldn't like the answer, so best not to think of it.
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When the family was interrogated, I thought Marissa would do something horrible to them, but she asked them questions in a fairly civil manner so I'd like to think that they were let go afterwards, and continued with their vacation, if rattled.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I wanted to talk to someone about the movie so badly, and my friends were no help at all.
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