Hannibal Rising - (Unrated DVD)
 

4/10
Check it out if you're a fan of Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal or Red Dragon.
I thought it would be better, but it's still worth a watch.
:rolleyes: Lite Gore. I have no idea why this was "Unrated". :confused:

Well, someone just tell me its better than the book. I was so disappointed I didn't even finish the book, and that very rarely happens. I at least finished Hannibal, though I didn't like it much. Having a hard time believing this is the same author that wrote Red Dragon.....:(

:confused: Sorry Jenna, I didn't read the book.

Well, don't.....its not worth the effort....;) Just wondering if there was anyone else here that had. I will probably watch the movie anyway, there's a chance, a small chance, I might like it okay.

terrible movie. it would have been better if it was not about Hannibal Lector. i couldnt beleive that this IS Lector. theres no Hannibal without Anthony Hopkins.

I think Hannibal:Rising is good......not perfect,but still very solid!




Have you seen Michael Mann's "Manhunter?"Brian Cox makes a pretty good Hannibal Lecter!

I didn't like it to much,it felt to me that it had no soul,you didnt feel a connection with hannibal in that one.It just felt like they were inpersanating him.





No horror films seem like they have souls nowadays.

I found it boring and therefore quite disappointing. I won't bother with the book.

Hopkins studied Cox's portrayal of him - there are very good similarities.

The whole point of the film is to show how/why Hannibal becomes the psychopath. Unless Hopkin's could go back in a time machine and take 30/40 years off his life, there is no way he could be in "Hannibal Rising" :rolleyes:

I read about half of the book and had to put it down, it was so dull! I have no desire to see the movie, it didn't do very well anyway. It also doesn't give a very satisfactory explanation of why he's a cannibal (or at least I didn't get that far).

You made it further than I did, I think.....:( Good to know I wasn't the only one.

The movie was alright. I wouldnt watch it again. It doesnt feel like a thriller or a horror movie. There isnt any suspense or scary scenes at all. Very predictable. I would consider it more of a action film. Disappointed.

You find out *right at the end* why he ended up a cannibal. Isnt that always the way??? :p

Figures. What happens?

Unless he's molested and thoroughly represses deep seated sexual urges, I don't think it's a very good reason anyway. Or if he's forced to dine on human flesh to stay alive and digs it that much. The sad part of origin stories for a serial killer meant to exist in a real world milieu is that it has to be like the origin of a REAL WORLD serial killer. Most of these are just unpleasant child abuse incidents and frustrated early sexual encounters. What would be more interesting is showing him struggle with maintaining his intellectual pursuits and early professional life while dealing with the urge to be a cannibal.

You are so right, and that is why I have chosen not even to watch this movie.
No Anthony = No Hannibal!

My lips are sealed for fear of a big SPOILER for those wishing to read the book or watch the movie.

It's a vital twist to Hannibal's apparent vengeful attitude!

Hannibal gets pissed at the director for making such a shitty movie,so he eats the film crew.

Again, I accepted that Hopkin's didnt star in the movie because it is about his childhood and teenagerdom years. As I said, Hopkin's would have had to travel back in time to take 30/40 years off his life!

It is about his youth and I, personally, liked the actor(s) picked to play him.

I also quite liked the film - it was atmospheric and the end twist does fit in with his vengeful psychopathic state of mind!

I'm still angry with them changing the ending to "Hannibal" the 2nd movie (plus Jodie was replaced by Julianne!) - I'd have rather had the psychologically horrific ending from the book.

I agree completely about the ending to Hannibal. The way they "hollywoodized" the ending from the book was pathetic. I guess FBI agents just can't be bad in the big movies. I will stick with the book on this one.

I can't stand either ending; personally, it felt Harris didn't know his own characters anymore at times. It would have been one thing if it was a better book, and had a better build up, but Hannibal just didn't hold up to the previous books, in my opinion. BUT, I would have preferred the ending of the book to the absolutely ridiculous ending of the movie.

The movie clearly showed why he developed cannibalistic tendencies. I thought it was a decent movie, if not a little too long.

Did you get the feeling that Harris just wasn't as smart as his creation?

I think that's true, not many people are that smart. He was able to write him convincingly in the beginning, and just lost it. I think that might be the readers' fault a little, people seem to "like" Hannibal and want to get to know the man, and even root for him. I think in a way, Harris just went in the direction people seemed to want him to go in. I just don't think that works; the main flaw with Hannibal as I see it, is that it takes away the mystery that made Hannibal so fascinating and frightening in the first two books. He didn't have that much power as a character anymore, in my opinion. Honestly, I never wanted to understand Hannibal better, because then he just became another serial killer( if far more intelligent than the average murderer), because Harris seemed at a loss when it came to exploring the more "human" side of Hannibal......it just didn't work for me. Also Harris should have just left Crawford out completely and mentioned him in passing, if he was going to treat that character in such a way.

I saw this back on Valentines Day. Not the unrated version though. I wasn't too impressed.