HANNA: pretty much jason bourne as a 13 year-old girl. dreary ambience and european locations of action scenes seem similar, as is HANNA's backstory (we never told you, you're a government creation). showdown with female government agency official, too.
the good parts of the movie: eric bana's long johns; those locations; some emotional development of HANNA (if nobody else); filming reminiscent of early 70's sci-fi in the early training scenes.
recommendation? sure, why not. i'm not likely to remember much of this a year from now.
THE CONSPIRATOR: i was curious to see the conspirator in part because i was born in the town featured in the film, clinton, MD (formerly known as surrattsville). but also, like many in the US, for the whole lincoln mystique, which will apparently never die.
and it paid off...good-enough 2 hour history lesson that never really enthralled, but held my attention, and informed me further of an obessible episode in US history. no undue cinematic effects, no wild courtroom theatrics, but a cast of so many familiar faces, all doing the "victorian" or "southern" thing: actors from star trek, newsradio and true blood, 30 days of night, another from true blood, that kevin kline guy, that guy from wanted, that girl who married sean penn...it was like everytime the camera saw a new person, you went into "where do i know him from" mode.
so yeah, a recommendation.
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