Whats the deal with Hannibal Rising?

[erisi236]

I watched it today for the first time and I have to wonder how and why exactly is this a Silence of the Lambs prequel?

It's almost as if Thomas Harris (the writer of the Lecter books) took some random revenge thriller he had lying around and pasted "Hannibal" over the original killers name and called it a day, that's how disconnected it felt from the rest of the series.

Even as unneeded as it was, they could have at least delivered on the concept of Hannibal Lecter before he went to jail. Like why not make a movie of him in his 30's being a psychiatrist who kills his patients? Instead we get an 18 year old "Hannibal Lecter" getting revenge for his dead Sister and hitting on his Japanese Aunt (?!)

Red Dragon was so much better.

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

It's how he became the way he was, and it's completely un-needed.

[AriadosMan]

Alot of prequel films aren't very good. Batman Begins is, sadly, the exception to the rule.

[Cranjis McBasketball]

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That's all. End the thread.

[Phosphor Glow]

I dunno, I thought it was pretty good myself. It DID feel a little disconnected, but nonetheless I thought it was a great flick.

...okay, so half of that comes from the fact that I thought Gaspard Ulliel was EXTREMELY hot.

[Kevin Hamilton]

I didn't see the flick, but that's kinda how the book was as well. Plus, it's kinda like how the prequels lessened Vader in my eyes too.. sometimes you don't want to humanize your big bad villain.

[Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action]

realfakerazor said:

Alot of prequel films aren't very good. Batman Begins is, sadly, the exception to the rule.

But then again, Batman Begins isn't a prequel. It's a reboot. It's not in the same continuity as the last Batman movies.

jackrabbitslim said:

I didn't see the flick, but that's kinda how the book was as well. Plus, it's kinda like how the prequels lessened Vader in my eyes too.. sometimes you don't want to humanize your big bad villain.

Vader was humanized in my eyes in Return of the Jedi, but I get what you're saying.

[livetowin]

tristememoire said:

I dunno, I thought it was pretty good myself. It DID feel a little disconnected, but nonetheless I thought it was a great flick.

...okay, so half of that comes from the fact that I thought Gaspard Ulliel was EXTREMELY hot.

Aside from the..er....love for Gangster G Gaspard, my thoughts are kinda the same way.

[Phosphor Glow]

livetowin said:

tristememoire said:

I dunno, I thought it was pretty good myself. It DID feel a little disconnected, but nonetheless I thought it was a great flick.

...okay, so half of that comes from the fact that I thought Gaspard Ulliel was EXTREMELY hot.

Aside from the..er....love for Gangster G Gaspard, my thoughts are kinda the same way.

Hooray, someone agrees with me!

[The Booty Disciple]

While Red Dragon was pretty good, I honestly think that Silence of the Lambs is where the Hannibal story should have started and ended. That movie is damn near perfection on the screen.

[Kevin Hamilton]

agentdeadpool said:

realfakerazor said:

Alot of prequel films aren't very good. Batman Begins is, sadly, the exception to the rule.

But then again, Batman Begins isn't a prequel. It's a reboot. It's not in the same continuity as the last Batman movies.

jackrabbitslim said:

I didn't see the flick, but that's kinda how the book was as well. Plus, it's kinda like how the prequels lessened Vader in my eyes too.. sometimes you don't want to humanize your big bad villain.

Vader was humanized in my eyes in Return of the Jedi, but I get what you're saying.

Well yeah, but by then his story was about redemption. I'm talking about his initial character. It just lessened his feel as scourge of the galaxy and even his salvation in Jedi, when you found out what a whiny bitch he was pre burns.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

The deal was that it was a movie and didn't really happen. The first time I that was revealed to me I spent nearly a week crying naked in the fetal position.

[Bub (BLM)]

I didn't care for it either. I think something the studio didn't think of is that the one thing that made Hannibal Lecter so interesting in the first place was Anthony Hopkins. This is made obvious by the fact that a lot of people don't even know that The Silence of the Lambs is actually the second Lecter movie. Hopkins is the character, and without his performance it's just not that interesting.

[livetowin]

tristememoire said:

livetowin said:

Aside from the..er....love for Gangster G Gaspard, my thoughts are kinda the same way.

Hooray, someone agrees with me!

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[Beebs is the Final Girl]

jackrabbitslim said:

agentdeadpool said:

But then again, Batman Begins isn't a prequel. It's a reboot. It's not in the same continuity as the last Batman movies.





Vader was humanized in my eyes in Return of the Jedi, but I get what you're saying.

Well yeah, but by then his story was about redemption. I'm talking about his initial character. It just lessened his feel as scourge of the galaxy and even his salvation in Jedi, when you found out what a whiny bitch he was pre burns.

yeah, but he was a pretty bitch, with a nice mouth.

um, back on topic. i've only seen silence of the lambs and hannibal. the other flicks were very unnecessary

[Phosphor Glow]

agentunclad said:

jackrabbitslim said:

Well yeah, but by then his story was about redemption. I'm talking about his initial character. It just lessened his feel as scourge of the galaxy and even his salvation in Jedi, when you found out what a whiny bitch he was pre burns.

yeah, but he was a pretty bitch, with a nice mouth.

um, back on topic. i've only seen silence of the lambs and hannibal. the other flicks were very unnecessary

He was indeed a pretty bitch. Mmm, Hayden Christiensen + longish hair...delicious.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Honestly while I liked and own Hannibal, and Manhunter was decent for what it was ( Red Dragon being the same story was much the same)... Silence is really the only flick you really need.

[livetowin]

Whats the deal with Hannibal Rising?

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[AriadosMan]

livetowin said:

Whats the deal with Hannibal Rising?

"WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH AIRLINE FOOD?"

OMFG Jerry Seinfeld is a cannibal!

[Bob Schlapowitz]

realfakerazor said:

Alot of prequel films aren't very good. Batman Begins is, sadly, the exception to the rule.

Batman Begins is not a prequel. It is in no way connected to the Burton/Schumacher films. It's a new start.