Shadowman82

The latest Bond entry is something of a mixed bag . While Daniel Craig continues to impress with his gritty performance of Bond and the exchanges between Bond and M are first rate the movie does lack in comparison to a lot of previous Bond Films .

For one the choppy editing during the opening action sequences is annoying and gimmicky . The villain is boring and presents very little threat .

Also as far as the score by David Arnold goes while not as bad as let's say the score for Goldeneye it's pretty uninspired considering David Arnold started off so great with Tomorrow Never Dies and The World is not Enough . He seems to however get worse with each movie . Maybe they should get John Barry to come out of retirement .

Overall not the greatest film .

This adaption of Thomas Harris'novel ( I don't want to call it a remake of Manhunter ) is a step up from Hannibal . Anthony Hopkins returns as Hannibal and he is creppier than he was in Hannibal which is good but it's a bit hard to accept that this movie is supposed to take place before Silence of The Lambs with Hopkins looking considerably older here.

Ed Norton plays an FBI agent who like Clarice has to enlist the help of Lecter to find the serial killer known as The Tooth Fairy . The difference here is that Norton's character is the one that put Hannibal behind bars or glass rather . The rest of the cast is also good .

Director Brett Ratner is going for suspense and he succeeds allthough the film isn't quite as good as Silence .

More good news comes from composer Danny Elfman who delivers a good score.

Who could resist another movie with Anthony Hopkins once again chewing the scenery as Hannibal Lecter ? In this sequel to Silence of The Lambs Hopkins still does a great job allthough he is not quite a creepy as he was in the previous film . Julianne Moore takes over for Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and she does pretty good , allthough I prefered Foster.

Unlike Silence of The Lambs the emphasis seems to be more towards violence rather than suspense which makes this one less effective than Silence . Even so Ridley Scott delivers a solid thriller .

Hans Zimmer's score is not bad but nothing to writte home about either.