In my humble opinion, Hannibal' is as good as, if not better than, The Silence of the Lambs'. What? Burn him! It is, however, clearly different to it's predecessor in many ways. It's a lot more I don't know fun. Which is presumable why people don't like it as much. I lie people do like it, just not enough to immortalise it as a classic'; it's a bit too fun' for people to include in their mental top ten movie lists. This matters very little, except that comparisons are bound to be drawn between Hannibal' and Silence
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And already I've fallen into the trap of comparing the two. In an ideal world I would review Hannibal' on its own merits rather than constantly comparing it to Silence ', but an ideal world this is not, and so I will continue
Stylistically the films are very different. Hannibal' is just as dark as Silence ', but it's a different kind of darkness. It is a glossy darkness. The whole film has a very sleek, shiny feel to it. It would be very hard for Hannibal' to share the more gritty, realist appearance of Silence ' considering the beautiful European scenery. Julianne Moore plays a different Clarice Starling to Foster one that fits the sleek, shiny mould of the film. But enough of all this visually dynamic mumbo jumbo, let's get to the good stuff the killings. And this is where Hannibal' excels. Not just killings, but gruesome disfiguring as well. I won't go into details, you can watch the film, but it is top stuff. But all the killings in the world could not satisfy me if they weren't done with the impeccable charms of the world's favourite cannibal. Anthony Hopkins plays the part of Hannibal magnificently.
In conclusion Hannibal' stands alone as a very good movie. Whether or not it's a very good sequel however, I really could not care less.
8/10
And already I've fallen into the trap of comparing the two. In an ideal world I would review Hannibal' on its own merits rather than constantly comparing it to Silence ', but an ideal world this is not, and so I will continue
Stylistically the films are very different. Hannibal' is just as dark as Silence ', but it's a different kind of darkness. It is a glossy darkness. The whole film has a very sleek, shiny feel to it. It would be very hard for Hannibal' to share the more gritty, realist appearance of Silence ' considering the beautiful European scenery. Julianne Moore plays a different Clarice Starling to Foster one that fits the sleek, shiny mould of the film. But enough of all this visually dynamic mumbo jumbo, let's get to the good stuff the killings. And this is where Hannibal' excels. Not just killings, but gruesome disfiguring as well. I won't go into details, you can watch the film, but it is top stuff. But all the killings in the world could not satisfy me if they weren't done with the impeccable charms of the world's favourite cannibal. Anthony Hopkins plays the part of Hannibal magnificently.
In conclusion Hannibal' stands alone as a very good movie. Whether or not it's a very good sequel however, I really could not care less.
8/10