After a frightening workday on Friday, me and Freaky were brave enough to go and watch the latest in the series of thrillers surrounding the mental illness of the infamous Dr Hannibal Cannibal Lecter.
Although I agree that this is most probably not even close to being the best of the series of movies, I do feel that it is worth watching, even if it is just to make more sense out of the reasons behind Dr Lecter’s insanity. Even though the movie is filled with brutal (visual) killings combined with some human appetizers that cause you to re-taste your lunch, the director manage in a strange way to shift the sympathy from the victims being slaughtered, to the almost gentlemen like cannibal taking his revenge, by making the reasons for his behavior known by flashing back to Hannibal’s childhood..
I must admit that the presence of Anthony Hopkins is greatly missed in the movie, and the actor playing the roll of the young Hannibal need some practice in putting on a psychopathic face. What I did appreciate was Hannibal’s widowed Chinese aunt whom I can say is kind of hot!
Hannibal Rising is worth watching if you are able to keep your dinner down, and do eat before you watch the movie because you will most probably lose your appetite unless you have psychopathic and cannibalistic tendencies yourself. The movie scores a 6.
Although I agree that this is most probably not even close to being the best of the series of movies, I do feel that it is worth watching, even if it is just to make more sense out of the reasons behind Dr Lecter’s insanity. Even though the movie is filled with brutal (visual) killings combined with some human appetizers that cause you to re-taste your lunch, the director manage in a strange way to shift the sympathy from the victims being slaughtered, to the almost gentlemen like cannibal taking his revenge, by making the reasons for his behavior known by flashing back to Hannibal’s childhood..
I must admit that the presence of Anthony Hopkins is greatly missed in the movie, and the actor playing the roll of the young Hannibal need some practice in putting on a psychopathic face. What I did appreciate was Hannibal’s widowed Chinese aunt whom I can say is kind of hot!
Hannibal Rising is worth watching if you are able to keep your dinner down, and do eat before you watch the movie because you will most probably lose your appetite unless you have psychopathic and cannibalistic tendencies yourself. The movie scores a 6.
3 comments:
How do you know it was gruesome, you had your eyes closed for half the movie :P. But I do agree that it isn't the best movie in the series, I think they tried to justify his acts of cannibalism to the viewer and forgot to make it scary.
Sadly the actor they chose for such an important part couldn't strike fear into a person like an Anthony Hopkins or Jack Nicholson could. I would be terrified if I encountered either of those two in a quiet alley at night.
But on to the most important part of the movie, the violence, there was lots of it and it looked pretty real. Now I know what it would look like if someone tied you up with a rope and tightened it until you are crushed. I love educational movies.
Now everybody would understand why I call you "Freaky"
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