Two movies are being released today; Hanna and Soul Surfer. Hanna tells the fictional story of a 16 year old girl who is trained on a remote farm in Finland by her former CIA "super assassin" dad to become a "super assassin" too, so that she may kill a CIA "super assassin" before the CIA can kill her. Get it?
Soul Surfer tells the true story of teenager Bethany Hamilton, a competitive surfer, who lost her arm in a shark attack, and her triumphant return to surfing. Get it?
I covered the NY Red Carpet premiere of Hanna the other evening. It was a big affair with dozens of TV News crews and photographers present. During our interview with the movie's young star, Saorise Ronan, she said that she hoped that the title character would be empowering, not only to teenage girls, but to everyone. Right.
As far as I know, there was no NY Red Carpet premiere for Soul Surfer. If there was one, it was deemed by our producers as not worthy of coverage. We certainly did not attend and I don't know of any other news outlets that did. Typical.
Let me ask this, especially to parents with teenage or "tween" girls. Which movie would YOU choose to take your daughter to? Which character would you have your child emulate? Simple. At least it should be.
PS: BOTH movies were poorly reviewed.
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