The plot of "Hanna" is a very interesting hybrid of fairytale and spy drama. Before seeing the film I would never have imagined the combination but as Germany was one of the settings for the film it does make sense just recall The Berlin Wall and The Brothers Grimm. The heroine Hanna is played by young Irish actress Saorise(pronounced seer-sha) Ronan to great effect in this film she seems more a creature of the wild than a young woman here in fact when asked where she is from Hanna simply replies "The forest". There is no great personal discovery in this film Hanna shows up gets revenge and grows up along the way. I liked the film but at times the violence seemed excessive. Was it really necessary for Hanna and her father to kill quite so many Police Officers? The film also features an amazing soundtrack by The Chemical Brothers it's worth experiencing on that merit alone. If you like spy drama's you'll really enjoy this film.
"The Source Code" puts Jake Gyllenhaal into yet another time travel movie. Although this movie is good it has neither the edge or impact Jake gave us in Donnie Darko. The main premise of this film is the timeloop we've seen this numerous times in TV and movies so I won't list them all but if you really have no idea what I'm talking about "Groundhog Day" is probably the most famous example of this. Added to that we have the "Army Hero" and "Damsel in Distress" cookie cutter characters. This is a well directed film even enjoyable to watch but it is also a merciless rehashing of cliche.. It's like a spice rack with only a half dozen spices the director settled for dumping them all in. Luckily it seems to have paid off for him, this movie was entertaining to watch it's just that watching it was far too much like the timeloop premise; I've seen it all before.
Younger Brother's new album "Vaccine" is a departure into the mediocrity for the electronica band. Formed as a result of Simon Posford and Benji Vaughan's attempts to make unclassifiable electronica Younger Brother has been one of my favorite musical delights for the last eight years. Their first album "A Flock of Bleeps" relied heavily on their backgrounds in Psytrance (Posford is still regarded by many as one of the gods of the genre) It was noted that there was a much more organic sound to the second Album "The Last Days of Gravity" as well as a more acoustic quality and experimentation with vocals. This third album is basically a alternative rock album with electronic elements which is kind of a shame with Posford and Vaughan relegated to keyboard and guitar respectively, I found myself really missing their talent here in the homogeneous mess the band has become in addition the vocalist is of the school that believes emotion can only be expressed via a shrill emo-whine and you can understand why I wish iTunes issued refunds. I have no doubt many will love the new album and direction the band has taken I just shan't be among them to quote Hamlet: "Good-night sweet prince;And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
That's it folks I hope you enjoyed this weeks installment. See you next week.
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