travsgirl

I recently bought "Silence of the Lambs" on DVD- the Criterion version that has extras in it. I love the movie. I read the book last year and thought it was also great. The ending threw me completely but I couldn't wait to see the movie.

I just got home from seeing "Hannibal" and I loved it! I read an interview by Hopkins (in TV Guide) in which he referred to the movie as "campy". ..yeah it was. I laughed at Hannibal's lines in the movie. He was hilarious.

I thought Julianne was good. She didn't move her mouth very much when she spoke which kind of annoyed me but I still thought she did good. And when the camera wasn't on her and you heard her voice, I thought she sounded a bit like Foster with less of an accent. I don't think she stole the show, though.

Oldman was great as Verger. . .yeah he sounded funny. . .like Jim Carrey but how was he supposed to sound with all that make up on and besides someone with their face eaten off would sound funny anyway so I didn't really pay that much attention.

I expected the scenes to be way gorrier by the way people talked about it. Yeah it was gross but "Full Metal Jacket" and "Saving Private Ryan" had much more violence. It made me cringe but I wasn't that grossed out. I expect a movie about a serial killer to be gory anyway.

The music was awesome. It was so haunting. I would love to get a hold of the words to the music. I am sure it was very fitting for the movie.

They showed the Xray of the hand but never said anything about his extra finger or his plastic surgery on his face that he had in the book but I guess the person who wrote the screen play didn't feel it was important. They didn't have Mason sister in there either but she wasn't a very big part of the plot either.

The "dinner" scene. . .ah. . .what can I say?? unique. The lady a few chairs down from me kept saying "oh my. . .oh. . ."well what did you expect, lady??? She also gasped in horror at the "Country Corpine Pussy" line. . which she would understand if she had seen SOTL!

The ending left me in shock still. Wow. I wondered how they would do it differently than the book and I wasn't dissapointed!

No, they didn't touch on Hannibal's past and why he does what he does but I think that is how Thomas Harris wants it. . .Hannibal got into Clarice's mind and learned of her past. . .he got into Mason's mind and his past. . but you can't get into Hannibal's past. You just can't. Or he will eat you alive- no pun intended. I would like to know something about his childhood and why he is so ~!#$ up but it makes him even more fascinating and scary.

Anyway I loved the movie and plan on getting it on DVD when it comes out.

Alot of the people who reviewed this movie on thise site were really grasping for straws- trying to find someone to complain about.

I didn't even make a King-king-carrying Fay Wray connection. . .I don't think they were trying to make any racial slurs (with blacks getting in trouble for their crimes but Hannibal not getting in trouble). . .Yes there were a lot of ceiling fan scenes but that was that person' trademark. . .the italian police and that whole part of the movie was important and Paul Krendler was in the movie for the dinner scene-it made a point.

All I can say is don't base your opinions of the movie on what people here are saying. See it and judge for yourself. I would recommend reading the book first so you can see the two endings but it will still be great even if you haven't read the book. If you haven't seen SOTL, see it first before you watch Hannibal because the movie will make more sense.

And what I saw was crap! My husband and I borrowed (as opposed to wasting our money buying or renting it) the DVD from my brother-in-law. I like Ashley Judd so I thought it would be a good movie.

Wrong! The first 20 minutes, I said "is it just me or is this movie going too slow?" the plot crawled at a snail's pace. Only towards the end do you get any kind of point to the movie.

I kept wishing all the characters would die. But no such luck. I hate Jason Priestly and I was hoping Judd would beat the crap out of him.

The DVD extras are worthless. The commentary on it is basically the director whining because he was broke after he made the movie and he tells which scenes he hated ,etc.

This movie was based on a book and I don't think I will be reading that book EVER!

If you value your spare time, DON"T SEE THIS MOVIE!

I saw SOTL before I saw Manhunter so maybe I am a little biased. But I definitely prefer Anthony Hopkins to Brian Cox.

Lector's scenes were filmed in very dreary settings in SOTL. THey showed his artwork and made me feel like he was a condemned man.

Lector's scenes in Manhunter, however made it look like he was just sitting in a hospital room with bars.

I guess they were trying to portray Hannibal as an 'Average Joe' in Manhunter. . someone that doesn't seem scary but really is. I think Cox did a good job but Hopkins was just more evil as Lector.

I loved the Fava bean line. That sound he makes with his teeth and tongue. I could tell he enjoyed his "meal".

I love the way he got into Clarice's head in all their scenes. He knew her without ever even talking to her previously.

I can't wait to see Hannibal. I was totally blown away by the ending of the book and I have read that the ending of the movie will be totally different than the book. I can't wait to see if this is true and how they end it.

I do think Manhunter is a great movie. . .but I just preferred Hopkins as Lector.

I give it an 8.