HANNIBAL
With
Anthony
Hopkins,
Julianne
Moore,
Gary
Oldman,
Ray
Liotta
Directed
by
Ridley
Scott
I
was
a
little
shocked
and
surprized
when
I
found
that
this
DVD
release
was
meant
to
come
in
a
two
disc
set
(and
how
I
do
love
my
DVD
extras!).
It's
similar
to
a
friend
of
mine
who
purchased
Magnolia
expecting
the
talked
about
additional
material.
Besides
the
notes
mentioning
outtakes,
the
solitary
disc
reads
"Disc
1"
-
dead
give
away,
really.
But
the
widescreen
DVD
experience
is
still
far
superior
to
any
pan
&
scan
VHS
copy.
It's
been
a
decade's
wait
for
cinemagoers
to
get
another
taste
of
the
dark
relationship
between
serial
killer
Hannibal
Lecter
and
FBI
agent
Clarice
Starling,
since
Jonathan
Demme's
brought
the
Harris
characters
to
life
in
the
award
winning
Silence
Of
The
Lambs,
setting
the
world
on
fire.
Author
Harris's
long
anticipated
follow-up
is
a
delicious
blend
of
suspense,
drama,
black
humour
and
selective,
well
timed
gore.
Scott
was
a
fine
choice
to
direct
this
sequel
while
Jodie
Foster
is
hardly
missed
once
Julianne
Moore
gets
on
a
roll
(which
is
from
the
outset),
the
only
flaw
her
Southern
accent
that
sometimes
loses
conviction.
Gary
Oldman
(and
his
make-up
team)
does
an
absolutely
remarkable
job
as
the
Hannibal
ex-victim
also
on
his
trail.
Gut
wrenching
and
mind
blowing
scenes
(to
be
taken
literally)
punctuate
the
film
in
well-paced
segments
of
tension
building,
its
long
running
time
not
even
felt
in
the
butt
muscle.
A
source
who'd
read
the
book,
filled
me
in
that
the
adaptation
is
pretty
accurate,
give
or
take
a
condensation
of
several
events
into
one
and
the
deletion
of
sub
plots
like
body
building
lesbians
(!)
-
Hollywood
PC,
maybe,
but
divergent
went
thinking
about
the
bulk
of
the
main
story.
Where
this
could
have
gone
wrong
so
easily
(it
being
Tinsel
Town
&
all),
the
production
staff
from
producer
to
caterer
pulled
together
to
make
it
one
of
the
cooler
thrillers
of
the
previous
year.
At
least
the
Hannibal
single
disc
experience
offers
you
a
director's
commentary
option,
Scott
offering
an
insightful
non-stop
narrative
companion
piece
to
this
fine
film.
If
you
can
find
the
2
disc
version
anywhere,
perhaps
it
will
be
as
rewarding
an
experience
as
the
Silence
Of
The
Lambs
Special
Edition.
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