Red Dragon Starring Anthony Hopkins

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the shootout at the start where clarice blasts that HIV positive female Drug kingpin and she bleeds all over the baby had me like :skip:
 

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I don't even dislike Julianne Moore but such a big part of these movies is the interaction between Hannibal and the main characters and she just did not work for me. Same with Norton.

What I'm trying to say is I love Jodie Foster :to:
 

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yea those parts...those parts added nothing to the movie and Norton's Will Graham was just so terrible...I think Norton is one of the greatest actors out now, but he was horribly miscast as Will Graham
why do you say that about Norton? I think i was blinded cause I saw this during my huge "Norton is the best actor" phase, but since you seem to know alot more about the character, figured Id ask....

I liked manhunter but I saw it after Red Dragon, and didnt enjoy it as much....Ralph killed it in Dragon...for me its Silence>Dragon>Manhunter>Hannibal Rising>Hannibal

i have also never seen the show, i should probably start that up.....
 

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why do you say that about Norton? I think i was blinded cause I saw this during my huge "Norton is the best actor" phase, but since you seem to know alot more about the character, figured Id ask....

I liked manhunter but I saw it after Red Dragon, and didnt enjoy it as much....Ralph killed it in Dragon...for me its Silence>Dragon>Manhunter>Hannibal Rising>Hannibal

i have also never seen the show, i should probably start that up.....

Will Graham is supposed to have a personality disorder and be somewhat unhinged...Hugh Dancy is playing Will graham PERFECTLY on the Hannibal tv show...Norton's Graham was just a regular guy; he didn't seem to be affected by the fact that Hannibal stabbed him; he also didn't seem to have that awkward, antisocial personality problem; plus he was unconvincing in the crime scene part at the beginning; He just doesn't command that performance...

For me its Silence of the lambs>manhunter>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Red Dragon>Hannibal>Hannibal Rising
 

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why do you say that about Norton? I think i was blinded cause I saw this during my huge "Norton is the best actor" phase, but since you seem to know alot more about the character, figured Id ask....

I liked manhunter but I saw it after Red Dragon, and didnt enjoy it as much....Ralph killed it in Dragon...for me its Silence>Dragon>Manhunter>Hannibal Rising>Hannibal

i have also never seen the show, i should probably start that up.....
SotL is the only one on the level of the show.
 

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well then, guess Im going to start that up this week

It's definitely worth a watch. Some of the twists can be contrived as all hell but everyone is great in it and it's seriously one of the best-looking shows on television right now.
 

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@KevCo the show is bananas. The first half of season 1 is good, not great (too much "killer of the week" and some odd story choices) but the second half of season 1 and the entirety of season 2 are fukking insane, and the season 2 finale is my #1 episode of 2014.

Like @kp404 said Hugh Dancy kills it as Will Graham on the TV show. If you don't know why people disliked Norton as Graham, watch the series because the difference is like night and day. You will legit not know whether or not he's crazy on the show.

And this might sound like blasphemy but Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal >>>>>>>> Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal. If Hopkins was given 26 episodes to build the character I'm sure he'd do as good, if not better than, Mikkelson but the character is given waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more depth in the series than the movies. He's basically the Devil in the series....charming, charismatic, brilliant and dangerous.

And his suit game. :ohlawd:

More to the point of the thread, season 3 of the "Hannibal" show will feature parts of the Red Dragon story line.

Fred.
 
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@KevCo the show is bananas. The first half of season 1 is good, not great (too much "killer of the week" and some odd story choices) but the second half of season 1 and the entirety of season 2 are fukking insane, and the season 2 finale is my #1 episode of 2014.

Like @kp404 said Hugh Dancy kills it as Will Graham on the TV show. If you don't know why people disliked Norton as Graham, watch the series because the difference is like night and day. You will legit not know whether or not he's crazy on the show.

And this might sound like blasphemy but Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal >>>>>>>> Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal. If Hopkins was given 26 episodes to build the character I'm sure he'd do as good, if not better than Mikkelson but the character is given waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more depth in the series than the movies. He's basically the Devil in the series....charming, charismatic, brilliant and dangerous.

And his suit game. :ohlawd:

More to the point of the thread, season 3 of the "Hannibal" show will feature parts of the Red Dragon story line.

Fred.

I actually agree. I mean, Hopkins is great in Lambs but then the same thing happened to him that happened to DeNiro and Pacino, they started playing parodies of themselves. I can't take him seriously in Red Dragon at all.

Mikkelsen is a fukking beast and he plays the role perfectly.
 
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@KevCo the show is bananas. The first half of season 1 is good, not great (too much "killer of the week" and some odd story choices) but the second half of season 1 and the entirety of season 2 are fukking insane, and the season 2 finale is my #1 episode of 2014.

Like @kp404 said Hugh Dancy kills it as Will Graham on the TV show. If you don't know why people disliked Norton as Graham, watch the series because the difference is like night and day. You will legit not know whether or not he's crazy on the show.

And this might sound like blasphemy but Mads Mikkelson as Hannibal >>>>>>>> Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal. If Hopkins was given 26 episodes to build the character I'm sure he'd do as good, if not better than Mikkelson but the character is given waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more depth in the series than the movies. He's basically the Devil in the series....charming, charismatic, brilliant and dangerous.

And his suit game. :ohlawd:

More to the point of the thread, season 3 of the "Hannibal" show will feature parts of the Red Dragon story line.

Fred.
You are right: Mads is the #1 hannibal easily.
 
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