Great Film overall

Fantastic!

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The more you watch Hannibal, the more you question its existence. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) is now living in freedom after his escape in Silence of the Lambs. He lives in Italy and is a curator at a museum, sounds thrilling right? The same protagonist arises from its predecessor, Clarice Starling. Except for one change, Julianne Moore is playing her and not Jodie Foster. Her job throughout this film is really unclear and it doesn't help that Julianne Moore and Jodie Foster look nothing alike. Between the change of actress, messy plot and awful makeup on Gary Oldman's character, this movie seems to never find its stride. It was purely put out for the purpose of making money, not following any advice from its predecessor in the process. What made Silence of the Lambs great was the relationship Clarice had with Hannibal, helping her stop Buffalo Bill. We get none of that in this movie, all dull characters with no purpose. Part of the characters not having any significance is because of whoever cast this movie deserves a Razzie award. The film peaks in it's "dinner scene" but is ruined by Ray Liotta being in the movie, why is Ray Liotta in Hannibal? The world may never know. The only actor who puts on an above average performance is Anthony Hopkins, but nothing near his Oscar winning performance in the previous film. That is the only reason in watching this movie, curiosity. Curiosity in if Hannibal has any reminiscence of Silence of the Lambs.

Julianne Moore ruined this character, and the movie was messy. I had to rewind a few times because it didn't make sense. Failure of a story.

Sequel to the acclaimed "Silence of the Lambs", the problem with this movie is that it as such an awful script that nothing else can save it; which is a shame given the big names involved.Ridley Scott is one of the best directors ever, and although he manages some interesting sequences, he is not a miracle worker given the awful script that he has to work with; besides, the pace is slow and for 2 hours, in this regard, less would be more given the awful script that he has to work with.Anthony Hopkins is the only reason to watch this movie, still managing to deliver charisma to his character; the problem are the scenes where he kills: has always to say some 'clever' line before the kill (which is utterly stupid and unrealistic) and some attitudes are inconsistent with his personality and this is because of... you guessed it, the awful script.Julianne Moore does what she can with the awful script and dialogue given to her, but simply can't make forget Jodie Foster.Gary Oldman delivers a bizarre performance, and I mean it as a compliment (he is always good at that :D), and Ray Liota is always cool to watch.This movie is more gory, which I don't mind, but those scenes seemed more comic than frightening, with one exception... the ending...Recomendable just to those really interested in the franchise.

Firstly, no spoiler alert warnings necessary in my reviews. The second movie in the series if you don't count Manhunter which you shouldn't. I have watched this 4 movie series starting with Silence of the lambs, then this one, then Red Dragon, and finally Hannibal Rising. The entire story line runs like this, starting with SOTL, then a sequel, then a prequel, followed by another prequel. Silence was certainly a good place to start. That's a good movie which I gave 8/10. I feel a movie has to be an absolute masterpiece to score 10. Hannibal was an OK movie. It feels like a cash grab a little bit. The plot is a little...meh. It has more gore than suspense this time around. I will say (without spoilers) it has one or two delightfully original set pieces.Anthony Hopkins is as good as always. Not so good that I would call him Sir, but very good. Julianne Moore was just OK. She has been better in other movies. She plays the role of Clarice Starling, previously played by Jodie Foster. I get the feeling that she could've benefited by studying the previous movie a little more. Jodie Fosters version had more poise and self control. I enjoyed watching this movie overall. For me, it was OK. Not great but OK.