Thanks for the memories!

A Masterpiece!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Clarice Starling is once again on the trail of Dr Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. Since his escape he's been living in Italy, while Starling has been gaining her own notoriety as a no-nonsense FBI agent. Mason Verger, a rich but disfigured survivor of Dr Lecter, with an eye for revenge, wades into events in Starling's life by offering fresh clues. In order to tempt Lecter out of hiding, Verger concocts a plan to use Starling as bait. This opens up a lot of questions - Will Verger's plan come to fruition and get his revenge? Or, will Starling finally get her man? Or, will Lecter elude the authorities and Verger and manage to stay on the run? While Hannibal is a good film it's not as dark and moody as "Silence of the Lambs", it feels like a different kettle of fish all together - more Hollywood glossy. Where SOTLs was directed by Jonathan Demme it's Ridley Scott who takes over here. It feels like he's tried to pack more action in while making the film more modern too. Instead of a physiological nightmare there is a lot more gore, and instead of subtleties some of the events and dialogue are more obvious and brazen. In fairness to Scott though, the source material wasn't brilliant (maybe that's why Demme and Jodie Foster aren't involved?). I know this is a film review rather than a book review - but both felt like half-arsed attempted at coming to a conclusion rather than an empowered and invigorated continuation. Casting wise Anthony Hopkin's portrayal cannot be faulted - he's excellent once again. He manages to deliver even the most contrite lines with passion and emotion and is never too far away from looking like a threat ready to pounce. Gary Oldman as Mason Verger is great, albeit the prosthetics do look a little over the top (even fakes from some angles - look at his lips!). Acting wise the only characters who didn't deliver for me were Julianna Moore as Clarice Starling, and Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler. Moore comes across too flat with very little depth and pain - credit must go to Jodie Foster for making it difficult to follow the performance in SOTLs I guess. Ray Liotta comes across like he's not really trying; he's just there for fun and a pay-check. I found him annoying and unconvincing. If you read the books you won't be surprised to learn that the films, like the books kind of nose dive in comparison to SOTLs. Still decent horror/thriller's but not as dark, dirty and moody as what's come before them. 7 out of 10.

Julianne Moore ruined this character, and the movie was messy. I had to rewind a few times because it didn't make sense. Failure of a story.

The first thing that stood out when I watched this movie is how boring it was. Halfway through the movie, I was checking how much time is left, and wishing that I was sleeping instead. None of the characters were interesting, and the plot was quite thin. The addition of the detective took away time that could have been used to develop Hannibal and Starling.I feel like the character of Hannibal is overrated and underdeveloped. The only things we know about him are that he is a cannibal (for no reason), he likes to kill rude people (for no reason), he's classy (more like pretentious in my opinion), and he can instantly psychoanalyze anyone by just looking at them. A character who knows things that should be impossible to know isn't smart, he's just good at guessing or is the author's pet. And sometimes he really is the smartest person in the room, because everyone else is so stupid. I've seen much better serial killer and genius characters in other movies.The brain-eating scene was one of the most disgusting things I've seen. It was also scientifically dubious. Apparently being a surgeon and an anesthesiologist are included in Hannibal's Gary Stu skills. Watching Starling wobble on high heels on morphine was painful to look at, and cemented my opinion that the Hannibal/Starling romance is disgusting.

Is incredible this movie is the best thriller ever made superior for silence of the lambs , Hopkins and Moore are fabulous than foster, Hannibal is terror the best serial killer you ever seen Ridley Scott is original and visionary director , Music Hans Zimmer is Espectacular , the history is terror and suspense Powerful , not understand the vote this movie vote in IMDb is superior 75 easy,. great movie perfect the best adaptation novel Thomas Harris in the history Cinema is masterpiece