Hanna (2011)

Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a 16-year-old, genetically mutated, and trained killer who is raised by her father (an ex-CIA agent played by Eric Banna) in the woods of Finland and trained to be the perfect assassin. Instead of a sweet-sixteen party however, she is sent into the world to confront the woman who will try to murder her—CIA agent Marissa (Cate Blanchett). Outside of the Finnish woods, she finds herself longing for a regular life all the while being locked in the ultimate chic fight with Marissa. I have to give this movie props for its plot originality: Lets pit two ultimate warriors against each other (we all know this has been done before) but this time, lets make it a 16-year-old girl battling a badass Cate Blanchett.

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Movie Rating: 

Plot: 4.5 stars

Cinematography: 4 stars

Acting: 4 stars 

Average: 4.167 stars

We made a GLORIOUS dinner to accompany this movie: Finnish Oven Baked Pancakes. 

I highly recommend that everyone try this recipe!!

INGREDIENTS:

4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, cut into 3 or 4 pieces

4 large eggs

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup milk , preferably whole

1 pinch of salt

up to 4 tablespoons sugar, optional

splash of vanilla extract, optional

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. When the oven temperature reaches about 300 degrees, place an 8- or 9-inch cake pan or 10-inch pie plate in the oven with butter in it. The butter should melt, but not brown, while the oven finishes heating.

Place the eggs, flour, milk, salt, sugar, and vanilla (if using) in the carafe of a blender, Fix the cover in place and blend on high, stopping to scrape the sides, if necessary, until the mixture is smooth and even.

When the oven is fully heater, and the butter is melted, pull the oven rack out far enough to work safely and pour the batter into the hot pan. 

Push the rack back into the oven and bake for 30–40 minutes, or until the oven pancake has puffed quite high and is a deep golden brown. You can test the doneness by inserting a knife or toothpick–if it comes out clean, it is done. Remove the pan from the oven, cut immediately (it will deflate some, so dont worry!) and serve topped as desired.

Here are some topping ideas:

If you add the sugar and the vanilla:

Powdered sugar (We tried this-yum!)

A handful of fresh berries

A sprinkle of brown sugar and drizzle of maple syrup (we also tried the syrup-yum yum!)

A dollop of fruit jame (we used my favorit blueberry jam-yum yum yum!)

Apples sauteed in butter and caramel sauce

A dollop of sweetened whip cream

If you omit the sugar:

Sausage gravy and chopped green onions

Beef or Venison stew (Venison stew would be PERFECT for Hanna who kills and skins a Reindeer-ew)

Gravy

Other menu ideas for this movie: Any kind of woodland game-venison, reindeer, rabbit, etc.

Dinner Rating: 

Movie Relevance: 4 stars

Taste: 5 stars

Average: 4.5 stars