Comments on: Should there be another Hannibal Lecter Movie?

By: Notorious

Notorious — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:17:04 +0000

Hmm love Hannibal movies, didn’t want the francise to end but it has to for a good reason, or they can just do it like James Bond, a same character on different situation and era, sequels and prequels could destroy a good francise, maybe the last Hannibal movie should show Hannibal Lecter die in a cell old and shaggy, or he’s old sitting in his mansion waiting to die and a new young breed of serial killer ate him so that they become him, people get old, but not James Bond :P

But it’s sad Anthony Hopkins won’t be in any future Hannibal movies, i guess it’s not right when he’s aging, but I would love to see one last one, probably not a sequel but a prequel, from his childhood till the beginning of red dragon, not much action from the man himself, wanna see him do his work, how he become what he is, how is he when he’s a teenager, stuff like that…love the character, wanna know more about him. I heard they are plnning to do so, Young Hannibal? The Lecter Variation?

Check out the story, beware, could contain spoilers:

http://www.moviespoilers.net/lectervariation.html

By: Dr. Zoidberg

Dr. Zoidberg — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:36:46 +0000

Manhunter is the worst thriller I’ve ever seen. It’s a sloppy, bland, horribly-acted, unatmospheric, unscary 2-hour Miami Vice episode. Red Dragon is better in every way, especially Ralph Fiennes awesome performance as Dolarhyde.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:05:57 +0000

I must agree with RichardB on this, Red Dragon was a disappointment for me. Oh sure, great acting, a beautiful photography, and a nice script by the screenwriter of Lambs and based on the book from Harris which made a superior Manhunter. My problem was that the movie didn’t tell me anything more. Compare to the other films, they all had strong viewpoints. Red Dragon didn’t know where to go or who to please. It felt like it didn’t had any personality.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:45:46 +0000

I absolutely love all the Hannibal movies. I would go for another one. I had Red Dragon and loved it but a friend borrowed it. Well that friend’s house burned down and along with it went his big screen and all the dvds. Didn’t really hurt any of the rest of the house. Anyway, great flicks!

Kim

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:15:51 +0000

I’ve never been a fan of Anthony Hopkins’ over-the-top portrayal of Hannibal. The exaggerated “sniffing” in Silence of the Lambs through the holes in his cell to determine what kind of soap Clarice uses springs to mind. Compare that to Brian Cox portraying Hannibal in Manhunter and you can’t help but see that Cox’s performance wins out. The scene where Graham first comes to see him in his cell where Hannibal is laying on his side, away from the cell door is a great one. Lecter doesn’t turn to see who just came in. He doesn’t start sniffing the air. He just flatly says, “that’s the same attrocious aftershave that you wore in court. The one with a ship on the bottle.”

Manhunter truly is the best Hannibal film, but I don’t know if the general public will ever appreciate it.

Marc Bowker
http://www.AlterEgoComics.com

By: SirSmith

SirSmith — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:48:25 +0000

Julianne Moore played Jodie Foster, and is currently playing Gillian Anderson in “The Forgotten”. Dang she has range!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:41:41 +0000

Hannibal, the novel, was essentially “forced upon” Harris by Dino De Laurentis. The Dino wanted to cash in on the success of the Silence of the Lambs movie (which he had nothing to do with, other than signing off on the movie rights, which he owned). He wined and dined Harris at his private chateau in Rome, to “help” Harris write the novel. That’s why the novel is so… how should I put it kindly?… fru-fru as fuck.

Also, Harris didn’t like Jodie Foster, for some reason. She just rubbed him the wrong way. So in Hannibal, he purposely put Starling “in her place”. (Hey, how about that moment in the novel when Lecter sucks Clarice’s tit? It’s like Harris was telling Foster this is what Sir Anthony is gonna do to you, you uppidity bitch. It didn’t surprise me one lick when Foster turned down cold starring in the sequel.)

I really lost a lot of respect for both Harris and De Laurentis because of Hannibal. The two were being totally exploitive, crass, and, frankly, misygonistic.

By: dmiller23462

dmiller23462 — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:54:11 +0000

Yep, I agree with RichardB when it comes to the oversight of MANHUNTER, starring a Pre-CSI William Peterson.....Now THAT one was pretty good too....Red Dragon was alright but Manhunter is most definitely worth a viewing...

By: dave

dave — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:02:16 +0000

yes, I actually read the book hannibal before the film came out and while it started ok it descended slowly into mud. I don’t think any film could have rescued it. It just shouldn’t have been made.

kinda mirrors the matrix films. That feeling that I think we all could have come up with better storylines for films 2 and 3, hence the feeliing of being cheated.

Manhunter was the best of the bunch for me. Genuinely creepy film.

By: cybermike

cybermike — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:57:49 +0000

Ed Norton and Ralph Fiennes were both excellent in Red Dragon. I personally liked this film the most out of the 4 hannibal movies.

By: Mojo

Mojo — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:46:06 +0000

Actually, I’m kind of liking the “League of Extraordinary Serial Killers” idea. Not as a superhero movie, though. Just have a team of serial killers doing their thing.

Anyway, I think there’s an important point to be made about the Hannibal series of movies. “Silence of the Lambs” and “Red Dragon” were both written just as books, and they became really good movies. “Hannibal” was a sequel that the guy wrote, basically because “Silence of the Lambs” did so well as a movie…and it was crap. Harris would probably deny that he was just trying to cash in, but I’m not buying it. For that reason, I would have serious reservations about any sequel that came out now.

I’d probably still watch it, though.

By: dave

dave — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:14:39 +0000

Come on you guys, get with the franchise cash-ins ;)

Clealy the next movie would be Hannibal Vs Predator.
Or Hannibal Vs Exorcist perhaps.

Alternatively The League of Extraordinary Serial Killers is surely an option ?

“A group of the world’s deadliest reformed serial killers do battle with supernatural evil forces around the world. “