Unlike Ridley Scott's dismal take on the character, Ratner opts for a more serious tone and results in something nearly as grisly as the original film making for a satisfying conclusion to the Hopkins films. It doesn't really cover any new territory but it's so well-acted and suffocates the viewer in such an effective unsettling atmosphere it can be forgiven.
3½ smashed mirrors out of 5
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I didn't watch this one.
First prequel? There was more? 0_0
I saw some of Manhunter but not all of it.
Yeah....they went ahead and made another one which I haven't seen yet.
Hannibal Rising. Thomas Harris had nothing to do with it.
I think it was the whole "fanboys love origin stories". :rolleyes:
Apparently not this much.
Red Dragon is the only Harris novel I've read. I picked it up after I'd seen the Silence of the Lambs film.
I’d planned to read SotL too but never got around to it.
It's got a good cast. I’d give it a go now that I know it’s better than the last one.
To be honest I like the films better than Harris' writing.
Well...SotL and RD better.
Hannibal is shit on screen just as much as it is on page.
I feel Jodie Foster is the one that really makes Silence. Folks always talk about Hopkins but if not for Foster I don't think it would be nearly as powerful as it is.
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