Hannibal | | Cast : | Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore | | Director : | Ridley Scott | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | February 09, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | August 27, 2002 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 21, 2005 | | Summary | Good eveing Clairese | Content
 | I loved this movie sooo much. I loved it as much as the prequel
" The Silence of the Lambs." You have to see it. The cast is great. Anthony Hopkins is the best Hannibal Lecter in the world. The movie is inncerdible. The scenes are great. The scene with the pigs was absolutly amazing. The make-up on this one guy that appeared to be one of his client that lived was amazing.
I have seen this movie so many times and every time I cry sooo hard. The ending is the saddest thing you will ever see, but it is so good. The whole movie was amazing. I say it is the best horror/love story you will ever see. BYE THE MOVIE OR I WILL EAT YOU!! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 15, 2005 | | Summary | LOVE IT | Content
| I just love this movie. There's hardly a better one on this planet, 'cause it's absolutely brilliant. The whole film's very good, though not as good as the book, but that's okay. Well, like I already said: a masterpiece, one of the best movies EVER. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2005 | | Summary | Two thumbs off! ( my theory will come to you later.) | Content
| This is a brilliantly executed film, made from a novel that was pretty good but ran away a bit at the end.
Julianne Moore steps up to a tough role transfer with aplomb. She is steady as the compass needle, as was Jodie Foster in the original Starling role. Foster's dramatis persona was bit more shakably vulnerable & close to the surface than Moore's. Julianne uses a more subverted emotional sensitivity... her Starling is less prarie-sweet and more stolidly defiant. It works well and the action is written around this.
Gary Oldman is creepily endearing as a surviving Hannibal victim who wants to save face in an elaborate act of revenge. His Mason Verger has some crackerjack performances delivered with Oldman's unusual skill for making simple dialogue lines quite memorable.
And of course Hopkins' utterly magnetic Dr. Hannibal personality is again vastly enjoyable, almost to the pitch of wishing we could know someone so interesting and cultured in real life. But... perhaps better to keep all one's parts instead.
And if Florence does not win your heart, does it yet beat in thy breast? There is much visual beauty throughout this top-shelf Ridley Scott's work. Watch the DVD extras to learn a great deal about he refined the film, by leaving some things out. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 05, 2005 | | Summary | The best film of the trilogy | Content
| If you're expecting another "Silence of the Lambs", then look elsewhere. This is a "sui generis" film, unlike its predecessor and the one that came afterwards. Thank God that Jodie Foster turned down the part of Clarice Starling for this film, because it forced the producers to think things over. They re-worked the script and what they came up with is brilliant. The plot has been covered elsewhere, so what I'm going to do is to offer some food for thought. Just notice:
- the contrast between pure Hannibal horror and the exquisite classical beauty of Florence, where a great part of the story unfolds.
- the parallels with the Bible and the relationship between Jesus and Judas. Of course, Hannibal (pure evil) reverses the usual standpoint and identifies himself with Good (an angel of darkness presenting himself as an angel of light.) Inspector Pazzi in Florence, who betrays Hannibal for a reward, becomes Judas and finds the same death.
- Remember the story when Jesus cast the demons into a herd of swine? Well, that's exactly what the persecutors of Hannibal (Mason Verger in collaboration with Inspector Pazzi) are trying to do. Of course, it doesn't work. Another reversal.
- The brilliant and horrific cannibalistic insinuations to Inspector Pazzi's wife from Dante(Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her and find nourishment in the very sight of her? I think so.)
- Of course, the attraction between Hannibal and Clarice. Why? Clarice is the exact opposite of Hannibal. She is shown as pure and good. She makes the world more interesting. When Pazzi is killed, she bursts into tears because she wasn't able to avert it. When Clarice is unfairly defamed and rejected by the FBI, Hannibal says to her :"...would they have you back, you think? The FBI? Those people you despise almost as much as they despise you. Would they give you a medal, Clarice, do you think? Would you have it professionally framed and hang it on your wall to look at and remind you of your courage and incorruptibility? All you would need for that, Clarice, is a mirror."
- The breathtaking ending: Does evil have any power over love and true goodness?
- The soundtrack is fantastic. The climax in the end (Hannibal and Clarice in the kitchen) is complemented perfectly by a Mahlerian-like adagio. This is probably the most beautiful love scene I've ever seen.
Comparisons are odious, so I won't compare Julianne Moore to Jodie Foster. Moore is brilliant in this film and perfect for the role.
This film is brilliant in all respects. Ridley Scott has given us another masterpiece.
"I came halfway around the world to watch you run, Clarice. Let me run, eh?"
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| Rating | | | Date | July 03, 2005 | | Summary | A fan's question | Content
| Does anyone know what opera Hannibal was at in Florence? I know the name of the song. |
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