Silence of the Lambs is a drama -- Hannibal is a horror film. There's the difference - plain and simple.
Harris is rumored to have resented the Hollywood call to create a sequel book that could be lifted and pasted into a film format. Well, I read Hannibal the book and really thought he'd gone too far. Clarice Starling isn't a literary character who will live forever such as Huckleberry Finn, but she was true and real. Hannibal's Clarice betrays the original book (and film).
No, this isn't what I thought it would be. It is too Lector-centric. The beauty of Silence of the Lambs was that Lector was a supporting player. Here, he has to carry the film. It is too much and too in your face.
The ending, although much more true to the Starling in the first film, is a gorefest.
I've watched some of the goriest films ever put out there and my stomach literally turned - I thought I was going to vomit. This is really some gross stuff.....Would I see it again? (Hate to admit it, but - yeah- probably.)
But be warned - this is a really really gross film - don't take the kids (like so many did when I saw it - they will be scarred for life from it).
Harris is rumored to have resented the Hollywood call to create a sequel book that could be lifted and pasted into a film format. Well, I read Hannibal the book and really thought he'd gone too far. Clarice Starling isn't a literary character who will live forever such as Huckleberry Finn, but she was true and real. Hannibal's Clarice betrays the original book (and film).
No, this isn't what I thought it would be. It is too Lector-centric. The beauty of Silence of the Lambs was that Lector was a supporting player. Here, he has to carry the film. It is too much and too in your face.
The ending, although much more true to the Starling in the first film, is a gorefest.
I've watched some of the goriest films ever put out there and my stomach literally turned - I thought I was going to vomit. This is really some gross stuff.....Would I see it again? (Hate to admit it, but - yeah- probably.)
But be warned - this is a really really gross film - don't take the kids (like so many did when I saw it - they will be scarred for life from it).