Oh, absolutely!  I read the book three times and I have a date for opening night!  But you kind of have to prepare yourself for this stuff for us Hannibal junkies.  Like reading all the books multiple times!

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.

"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

Guys, that doesn't surprise me at all.  Every single time I write about something I like in here, I get put down.  The negativity is keeping others away, but I have as much right to my opinion as you have.

So there!

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

I am looking forward to see it.

Hannibal, for me, was even bettere than the Silence. But Red Dragon left me pretty satisfied too, because after all it was telling another kind of story. And the performances by Fiennes, Watson,Norton and Keitel are absolutely great. I like the idea of this new film, that it's the first one not taking place in the U.s. The actor playing Hannibal seems quite okay with the role, and I don't miss a single film in wich Gong Li is in. The story seems interesting.

The only Thomas Harris novel I have read was Silence of the Lambs, but only after watching the film and I thought it was badly put together. The ending just lame.... The film was better, way better.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

"Every day holds a new beginning and every hour holds the promise of an Invitation to Love." 

I think I'm gonna see it again this night. I almost forgot Mary-Louise Parker and Philip Seymour Hoffman star in it...

This is one more reason to give it a second look.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

I just watched it and it didn't impress me that much.

But it's not a bad movie.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Well, Erwin, to each his own, as the saying goes.  FYI, the books are far superior to the movies. 

Jamie, it just doesn't feel very friendly in here when I comment on many topics.  So, I apologize if you felt like I directed any hostility toward you.

And goodmorningamerica asked me if I liked the movie.  Yes, I LOVED it.  Go see it, REBEL!

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.

Thanks, goodmorningamerica.  I'm sure I'm going out on another limb here, but here's a short review.

Dino DeLaurentis (yes, same bad man of DUNE) reportedly pushed Thomas Harris into writing the screenplay, which TH then turned into a book.  So it's a short read anyway, but even then the movie cuts things out.

The cinematography is absolutely wonderful; so is the score.  Character development is lacking.  Young Hannibal is absolutely gorgeous!  Rumors are he studied Silence of the Lambs over and over to get down the Lecter stare.  It's basically a revenge story, Hannibal killing off all the people who killed his family during WWII (no spoilers.)  Of course, being Hannibal, he gets a bit creative with the killing, so if you had a hard time with the movie Hannibal, this might be worse.  And, being a genius, he is the youngest person to ever be admitted to Medical School in France.  Interesting how he conveniently gets an internship to go over to the US and work in Baltimore...

The end.

Keep your eye on the doughnut, not on the hole -- DL

Thank you for the review! I didn't get a chance to see it last weekend so I'm hoping to get out this weekend and take a gander.

Which did you prefer, the movie or the book?

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

You're welcome, Amanda.  Just for the record, when there is a movie made from a book, I ALWAYS like the books better and am somewhat disappointed by the movies, some more than others.

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.