I've read all the books and seen all the movies as well, and as a big Lecter fan, I didn't think the book Hannibal Rising was awful, but definitely not up to par of Red Dragon or SOTL. I will see the movie though as I enjoyed the book and hope to enjoy the movie as well.

It's getting terrible reviews. I think it's currently sitting at 27% on the Tomatometer.

That should come as no surprise considering how bad the reviews for the book were.

Which is why I'll wait until it hits DVD or even cable. Had this been made a few years ago, I would've been kinda jazzed. But I have zero interest in torture movies, which are all the rage nowadays. Sure, the other Hannibal movies had some gross moments in them, but they weren't a constant barrage of sadism and gore.

It's at 19% now, with 0% for Cream of the Crop.

I just realized, Anthony Hopkins isn't in this film, even in some kind of cameo at the end. Makes it a hell of a lot easier for me to pretend it doesn't exist.

I saw him on Conan a while back, and he pretty much said the entire idea of this movie was retarded.

Awesome.

Yeah especially that part where someone's in the water and they quick cut his head back and forth for pretty much no reason.
I really do not like 'origin' movies.

I saw this today, and yeah, I'd stay away from it.

DVDTalk hated the film.

I'm going to be in the vast minority, but I actually enjoyed the film. I think it was a better film than Hannibal. It probably gives Lecter too much of a heroic backstory, but its well directed and I liked Gaspard Ulliel in the lead. Plus, I like revenge movies.

15% at Rotten Tomatos now.

fallfan, you're absolutely right. It was just fine, and dovetailed nicely with character traits we already knew about Hannibal. People just wanted more Hopkins, which I can understand, but the filmmaker(s) did a fine job of it without him.

Agreed.

if they wanted to go back in time in the series they should have done the movie on when william peterson/edward norton character caught hannibal.

Exactly, what more could they have possibly done with the character? I thought it was fine as well. Not outstanding. Not garbage awful like most critics are trashing it as. It was what it was.

Was it a necessary prequel? Nahh, probably not...

Was it good, gory, sick fun for the horror fan? Abso-fackin'-lutely!

Saw it this weekend and left completely boggled by it, which didn't surprise me. I have issues with Lector's "redeeming" motivation for his killing spree in this flick. And wtf, don't get me started with Gong Li's character.

Um, didn't they do that in "Red Dragon"?

I didn't like it at all. It seemed somewhat inconsistant with the Hannibal Lector we all know and love from Silence of the Lambs.
Also, I was completely distracted throughout the entire movie because the guy who played Hannibal, I thought, looked just like George McFly

I would like to know how big of a role Dominic West has.

red dragon/manhunter, Hannibal was already arrested and in jail at the start of the movie.

Did Gog Li play the Clarice character?

I actually liked it... though I did go in with low expectations. I still rank it 5th in Hannibal films.

As a standalone movie, it was okay. But it just didn't feel like Hannibal Lector to me at all. Origin or not, the eloquent twisted genius from Silence/Red Dragon is completely absent here. I understand him not starting off that way, but it would have been nice to see the transformation occur over the course of the film. Even by the end, I didn't feel like I was watching Hannibal Lector.

Hannibal (the film) was a departure as well, but at least that had the benefit of Hopkins to tie it together a bit. This guy just didn't exude the essence of Hannibal at all IMO.

The whole thing just felt too grandiose, too much like a forced epic. It felt more like Batman Begins in tone than Silence/Red Dragon. I think a simpler backstory that didn't involve might have been more credible.

Harris' inspiration for Hannibal? Remember the Cable Movie "Citizen X"?


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I saw "Hannibal Rising" and it was ok. Nothing special, nothing great, but not totally bad. Someone told me there was "twist" at the end but I don't know what the hell they were talking about....