Book is 100 times better, especially the ending.
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BoxOfficePoison — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 10:23 PM)
I completely agree with MydnightRose. The book was an overblown, pretentious waste of time, with an asinine ending, and, as much as I enjoyed his first two Hannibal novels, this one put me off Thomas Harris for life. (And didn't I read somewhere that the ending of the book was why Jodie Foster wouldn't do this movie?)
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."
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You
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davy12349 — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 01:20 AM)
Clarice was to Law & Order, level headed, morally good to allow Lector to go unpunished. Lector was too mentally ill to stop being what he was, she could never fall in love with him without being insane herself.
Only way it would work , is if Lector destroyed her mind,basically killing who she was and all she worked & stood for.
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cjwright79 — 9 years ago(July 17, 2016 08:05 AM)
Firstly, no it's not. You clearly do not appreciate the power and visceral qualities of cinema to say such a thing. Second, even if the book were better, a hundred times better? This is the kind of thing a narcissistic eight year old boy would say. "My dad is a hundred times stronger than your dad!" I mean really dude, give me a break. I think you need to start picking apart your own thoughts and behaviour rather than throwing shade at a legendary director like Ridley Scott. Get a grip kid.
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jbowslee — 9 years ago(August 18, 2016 09:22 PM)
Lol! I don't know why some people are making the ending of the book sound beautiful and lovely. They read a different version than I did. He keeps Starling drugged and brainwashes her over a period of time. The ending was gruesome and vileand it was a perfect ending because it shows how brilliant and truly evil Lector was.
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britten_mark — 9 years ago(August 25, 2016 04:37 PM)
I have seen the Silence of the Lambs a handful of times, whereas I watch Hannibal at least twice a year. It's subtle, beautifully shot, and the characters are fleshed out better. I don't read novels so was unaware of the change in ending but I agree it sounds like one of the few times the movie gets it right.
I really don't get all the hate for this film, surely that should be reserved for that hamfisted, badly acted mess that was "Hannibal Rising" or the pointless remake of Manhunter in "Red Dragon".
"Well, let's not start suckin' each others dicks just yet" -
gottaluvafriend — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 09:52 AM)
IMHO, the movie
The Silence of the Lambs
is superior to
Hannibal
overall, while agreeing 100% with your appreciation of
Hannibal
's cinematic beauty. It has classical class, definitely including the soundtrack, a quality hardly found in movies at any time in history, especially now. -
The_Dougster — 9 years ago(August 28, 2016 06:18 AM)
I
TOTALLY
disagree with the OP! One reason I sort of enjoyed the movie is that my expectations were incredibly
low
after reading that horrible sequel. Starling falling in love with him (by the way, it's Lecter not Lector), knowing what a monster he is? That was so over the top that it was beyond ridiculous! -
BoxOfficePoison — 9 years ago(September 29, 2016 08:51 PM)
You just hit on the head exactly why I absolutely hated the book. Starling did nothing but earn my respect through "Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal", then for no reason whatsoever Harris choked and completely destroyed her character at the end. And for what? NOTHING! What a jackass.
"You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you."
"
You
seem a decent fellow. I hate to die." -
The_Dougster — 9 years ago(September 30, 2016 01:00 PM)
You could almost feel Harris's publishers breathing down his neck pressuring him to finish with the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs". He was just going through the motions and it showed. It's hard to imagine that you or I could have written a worse sequel.
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hammerbutt — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 09:38 AM)
I don't know why people seem to not understand the ending of the book. Lecter spent months drugging and brainwashing Clarice. He understood what drove her and what her needs were and he reformed her psyche so that she would love him she didn't fall for him. Its a very chilling and incredibly evil thing that Lecter does and Clarice is his ultimate victim.