Hanna v One For the Money
Clutch battle! Can Stephanie Plum
topple the undefeated Hanna in the 2012 King of the Hill Movie
Challenge? I can assure you, this will be the LAST movie of January. The only thing that I'll be watching from now until February is tonight's episode of New Girl. There will be no
movies for me until February. The winner of this battle will be going to the brackets. Let's get this battle started!
For those who do not know, the 2012
King of the Hill Movie Challenge is my system for determining the
best movie of year that I saw. One movie from each month will be
selected and, at the end of the year, I will do a tournament style
showdown where they will take each other on until the final movie has
been selected. Bracket placement will be determined by the number of movies the monthly movie faced and won.
Challenger: One for the Money
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Writer: Stacy Sherman, Karen Ray, Liz
Brixius. Based on the novel by Janet Evanovich
Starring: Katherine Heigl
One for the Money is the story of
Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl), a former lingerie store manager who
is need of money. She picks up a job, working for her cousin as a
bails bondsman. Her first target happens to be a cop on the run, Joe
Morelli (Jason O'Mara). Stephanie and Joe have a bit of history, and
Stephanie is very eager to bring him in for her reward of fifty
grand.
The movie certainly wasn't bad. It
definitely deserves better recognition than the ratings I've been
hearing about online. The story was impressive and fast paced.
Stephanie's character is clearly over her head at the start of the
film. As the story progresses, you see her develop. This sort of
character growth was a great addition to the film. The movie also
deserves props for the humor. There were some absolutely hysterical
scenes. The movie also did a good job of blending the humor, action,
and suspense together.
Before I get into the problem areas of
the film, allow me to take a moment to rip apart the opening credits.
Those opening credits were horrible. I'm sorry, I was rolling on my
sides laughing about how horrible those credits were. I could not
believe that they were associated with the film. It struck me as
more of a “lipstick James Bond” opening. Maybe that was the
point and I missed it. It really set a bad precedent for the movie.
You do not want me snarking at a movie before the opening credits
have finished.
While I liked the movie, it wasn't a perfect film. Although the plot
was impressive, Stephanie had a lot of information fall into her lap.
I wanted to see her find more of these leads in the movie. That
just wasn't the case. For example, Stephanie goes to have dinner
with her family only to find out they have invited over a blind date.
This blind date happens to drop a piece of critical piece of
information into Stephanie's lap. I'd have liked to see less of the
plot bus coming to her and more of her hunting down that very bus.
This was, really, the most negative I could get. The problem with
this film is that while it had a good story and good character
development, it wasn't anything special. No part of this movie
jumped out and made it exciting. And, that isn't going to be enough
to topple Hanna.
Winner: Hanna
January King of the Hill Movie Summary:
Hanna v. Planes Trains and Automobiles
Winner: Hanna
Hanna v. Red Tails v. Haywire Winner: Hanna
Hanna v. One for the Money Winner:
Hanna
January King of the Hill Winner: Hanna
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