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Naja
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06-28-2003

Monday, February 12, 2007 - 1:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I just saw this yesterday. I can't even express how disappointed I am. It's wasn't scary, it wasn't suspenseful, and no way was I convinced that character grew into being the Hannibal Lector we all know.

Honestly, I think the movie would have been better had it have been a stand alone movie with no connection to Hannibal at all.

I am so disappointed. I am going to be listening to the audio book this week to see if the problem was with the movie makers(screenplay/directors/actors/editing), or with the original full story itself.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I agree that it wasn't scary or suspenseful. I didn't go in with that expectation though. I wasn't disappointed. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. It was pretty gory and very sad. I did find it interesting enough. While the acting was alright, I wish the actor playing Hannibal could have had that somewhat uppity calmness that Anthony Hopkins had. This may be attributed to the writing/directing though, not necessarily the acting. I wish they could do a movie set in the time where this movie ends and red dragon begins and star anthony hopkins. I don't think they can though because of his age.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
Hi Happymom, I guess my disappointment wasn't so much that it was a horrible movie (I don't think it was horrible at all). The disappointment for me was that I got no feel at all that this was a young Hannibal. That's what I meant when I said I thought it would have been a better movie without a Hannibal connection. The disappointment came from expecting to feel like I watching young Hannibal, and I didn't feel that way :-(

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, February 16, 2007 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Hi Naja, I know what you mean. It didn't feel like Hannibal, not at all the feeling you get from seeing Anthony Hopkins. That's why we need a really excellent and interesting movie to show us the development of that character! Now that the Hannibal character is an adult and has his initial revenge out of the way, I want to see how he turned into that highly intellectual, socially graceful (at times) monster of a psychiatrist...and I'd like to see it without leaving me with such a profound sense of sadness.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, June 09, 2007 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I just rented it and I agree. Would have been better as stand alone movie. I found myself feeling sorry for him and understanding why he killed in this movie and then kept reminding myself what he turns into.

Boberg
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10-04-2002

Saturday, October 06, 2007 - 5:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Boberg a private message Print Post    
I read the book first and was so dissappointed that I refused to watch the movie. This did not explain why Hannibal became Hannibal, while you all never felt you were watching a story about young Hannibal, I never felt I was reading a story about young Hannibal. Really quite dissappointing.

I felt the same way about the third movie in the series where Clarice "falls in love" with Hannibal after he has kidnapped her...no way, not true to her character at all. I was so dissappointed I had to write Thomas Harris and tell him, not that he cares what I think. But really now!

Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon were excellent but the others, not so much.