Review Hannibal Rising (2007)

[Doctor Omega]

Your thoughts on this movie.....

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

On to the TV series.....

HANNIBAL TV SERIES.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/hannibal-tv-series-2013.1048/


Back to the previous movie.....

RED DRAGON.....

https://www.imdforums.com/threads/red-dragon-2002.1155/#post-7083

 

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Did we really need this film?

Not really.

Did we need to know what made Hannibal into Hannibal?

I hate giving too much backstory to villains if they don't need it. That was my biggest complaint about Rob Zombie's HALLOWEEN. I read the novel before I saw the movie, and it actually worked for me. Was it necessary? Not really, but it was kind of interesting, if only because Lecter is such a cool character. But in the end, we really didn't need to know about what made him that way.

And what of the young actor replacing Anthony Hopkins?

He was passable. I didn't hate him, so there's that.

A worthy substitute?

Meh. He was okay.

If I understand correctly, Harris wrote the novel and subsequent screenplay only because the film producer wanted to do a prequel. Worst reason to write a book. Also, I don't know why he wrote two very different works. The movie is so much different from his novel. I guess he got his paycheck, so...good for him?