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TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Sept 2002 - April 2003: Red Dragon

Lslb

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 10:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Red Dragon is a lot better than Hannibal. It was more like Silence of the Lambs. Edward Norton was great. As always!

Hermione69

Sunday, October 06, 2002 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I've read all 3 of the books. I thought Hannibal was awful and have no desire to see the movie. I thought both Starling and Lecter were completely out of character in the ending of Hannibal. Silence of the Lambs was a great book and fantastic movie. Red Dragon was a great book. Totally creeped me out. Ed Norton is very talented and was amazing in Primal Fear. I bet this is a great movie.

Boberg

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 05:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Red Dragon is a great movie if you are a Hannibal Lector Fan. I did not see the movie "Hannibal" I did read the book, found it way to gory and hated what Thomas Harris did to the character of Clarece Starling in "Hannibal" but Red Dragon is more like "Silence of the Lambs" as far as gore goes and the movie differs from the book slightly to allow more Hannibal time and adjusts the ending to make it more enjoyable.

Wavelength

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 01:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My favorite book was Red Dragon. I was pretty dissappointed in the original movie called "Manhunter". I'm looking forward to seeing an actual realization of the novel.

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well I saw Red Dragon and if you read the book it's a pretty faithful adaptation. Much better than Manhunter. Hannibal isn't really as chilling as he was in Silence, but it's fun to see the character.

But Ralph Finnes(sp) makes an excellent "Tooth Fairy" aka Red Dragon. They get everything exactly right, even with the blind woman's visit to the zoo. :)

I've read all 3 books and I enjoyed Hannibal's ending. I kinda wish they'd have kept to it in the movie. But I know most audiences like for the hero to stay as such. I actaully thought (in the book) it was a perfect circle for both those characters. I mean Hannibal really only talks to those people who have the same traits has he does...Soooo well I won't ruin the ending of the book if you haven't read it.

Ed Norton does a good job but it's not his best work. I really didn't believe he could make those mental leaps he was making as Graham. He didn't make me believe that this character was doing more than just getting lucky. That aside, I enjoyed the movie because Manhunter wasn't exactly on the mark and Red Dragon is extremly faithful to the book.

The gore factor in Red Dragon is medium. Blood splatters and what not. Less than Hannibal but not much more Silence.

Jbean

Monday, November 04, 2002 - 03:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
this movie was excellent! a little bit tense and stressful, but AWESOME. ralph fiennes did excellent as the red dragon. he was creepy though, don't know that i could watch him in another movie and not see him as a psycho. norton was good too. i didn't see hannibal because i heard about the brain-eating seen...don't care to see that.

Mssilhouette

Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 11:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jbean you should still see hannibal. I mean the brain eating things isn't like he's chomping on his head or anything. It's like the scene in Red Dragon where he's serving his guests the musician. Not really that big of a deal.

Jbean

Wednesday, November 06, 2002 - 03:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
that's good to hear. so it's not something that's going to make me puke or anything? lol i'll try to check it out. i'm not up for watching those alone though, so i don't know if i will rent or not.