Hannibal was good despite it's severe critical bashing. After the painful ten year anticipation for the Silence of the Lambs sequel, was I actually possible for the movie to be as good as we expected and wanted? It was good though. There was still the morbid and disturbing but eerily interesting material like in The Silence of the Lambs. The plot though was totally different. Instead of an FBI hunt to catch a serial killer like in the film's two predeseccors, it was rather long and incredulous and seemed to be more than you could handle in one movie. There was too much information in the book that couldn't be all put into one film (Hence the one line summary `Bit off more than they can chew' which may have initially seemed to make no sense and just be a cheap pun (which it initially was)). Another big problem was the odd directing style which seems common with Ridley Scott. It seemed like footage you might see in a cheap contemporary Sci-Fi movie. It wasn't an artistic look into the mind of both a brilliant and evil killer and a forensic FBI search for a frightening new serial killer.
Nevertheless, Hannibal was good. I enjoyed the use of classical music as the main score. I enjoyed the way that the movie showed how Hannibal Lecter lived without being imprisoned. How he wasn't just a savage, disgusting villain, but a refined, savage, disgusting villain. In a nutshell: I don't know how they could put an actual film into a nutshell, it's just too big, I mean gimme a break. IN A NUTSHELL!!!: it was good but didn't stand up to my or other peoples' excessively high expectations.
Nevertheless, Hannibal was good. I enjoyed the use of classical music as the main score. I enjoyed the way that the movie showed how Hannibal Lecter lived without being imprisoned. How he wasn't just a savage, disgusting villain, but a refined, savage, disgusting villain. In a nutshell: I don't know how they could put an actual film into a nutshell, it's just too big, I mean gimme a break. IN A NUTSHELL!!!: it was good but didn't stand up to my or other peoples' excessively high expectations.