where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Friday, April 8th, 2011
show: 4:45 p.m.
costs: $7.50 Ticket + $13.75 dinner @ Empire Buffet ( + $2.25 Tip ) = $23.50
auditorium: 1
seat: 4th row, 8ht column
synopsis/overview: A she-DEVIL, Marissa Wiegler ( Cate Blanchett ), WEARS PRADA and chases after a girl, Hanna ( Saoirse Ronan ), BORN with a secret IDENTITY, who's on her way to Berlin to rendezvous with her father, Erik ( Eric Bana ).
noteworthy scenes: 1.) "I just missed your heart"; 2.) "You're dead. I just killed you"; 3.) Different languages; 4.) Training; 5.) "I'm ready now"; 6.) "Come and find me"; 7.) Rogue asset; 8.) The search team; 9.) Holding cell; 10.) Blood sample; 11.) Abort; 12.) Laboratory; 13.) Manhole; 14.) "She will never be yours"; 15.) The RV family; 16.) The clothes-washing women; 17.) Remote control; 18.) Safari club; 19.) "My father encourages me to be independent"; 20.) "Three bullets"; 21.) Abnormal results; 22.) "Can you lend me your pen"; 23.) Singing; 24.) Campground; 25.) The date; 26.) The kiss; 27.) "Did you ever have children of your own"; 28.) Friends; 29.) "I found it, breakfast"; 30.) Subway fight; 31.) 'Phone call; 32.) Unwanted visitor; 33.) Shipyard; 34.) Interrogation; 35.) "No magic, no music"; 36.) Grandma's home; 37.) "You didn't prepare me for this"; 38.) The chase; 39.) "Kids grow up"; 40.) Back at "Mr. Grimm's" house; 41.) "I just missed your heart"; and 42.) Voice-Over after the Ending Credits.
favorite scene: I liked the "Three bullets" scene.
I liked the one in which the boy wanted to kiss her.
And I liked the "I found it, breakfast!" scene.
audience reaction: The audience liked it.
recommendation: I liked it enough to give it a "Go see it" recommendation.
spoiler alert! That signal beacon was kept hidden for about 15 years, under harsh weather conditions, yet it still worked when needed--yeah, right .... This puts the Energizer Bunny Rabbit batteries to shame! And 15 years is quite a long time--I don't think a toothbrush can last that long. So, how did the two of them get by, personal hygiene-wise? Don't tell me that the Humvee drivers couldn't see that big hole in the road. Was Marissa a secret agent or a dental hygienist? I think she was just a dental hygienist who only wanted to give Hanna a much-needed, good dental cleaning! Ha, ha, ha. Okay, all of them were basically assassins. So, why did they fight like how kids do it in a schoolyard? Why were there no bone-breaking, joint-dislocating, eye-gouging, and/or ball-busting moves used in the fray? If you have multiple assailants coming at you, and you're an assassin and they are assassins, you fight to kill and dispose of your enemies quickly with as few strikes as possible because in such a fight situation, time will be a luxury that you simply won't be able to afford. The bad guys could have easily over-powered him if one of them simply tackled him down to the floor. A bad guy shot at him twice and missed because another bad guy was in the line of fire but he wasn't able to fire a third shot when his intended target was finally left wide open ...? Why didn't Marissa fire-off some shots when Erik was very much preoccupied with kicking her front door? Marissa was in her car following the three other bad guys when they pulled the RV over so that Hanna's new friend, Sophie ( Jessica Barden ), couldn't have possibly gotten out of the RV to follow her because Marissa would have prevented Sophie from doing so! That bedroom had a very dusty floor so that when Hanna slid under it to hide, she would have left a telltale sign. That waffle iron was left on! So, when Hanna went back to "Mr. Grimm's" house in the old amusement park, there should have been toxic fumes all over the house because of the left-unattended waffle iron. Hanna had her forearm held parallel to the ground when that arrow came shooting out. How did Hanna send the arrow shooting straight and at considerable velocity with her forearm held in such a way? I'd like to know because I may have need of that arrow-shooting technique someday!
fyi: I hate to say this but I think that Opening Scene with the deer was for real. I didn't see a Humane Society monitor notice in the Ending Credits. And the animal acted real enough. So, yeah, I think it was filmed during Deer Hunting Season.
And I bet that my niece, Jackie, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is better than Hanna at hunting deer!
word of advice: In a kill-or-be-killed situation, there are no rules--fight "dirty" if you want to survive!
tidbits: Wheelworks finally finished the work on my Hyundai Accent today, a Friday. They couldn't finish it yesterday because they didn't get the Knock Sensor delivered on time.
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