Sep 26, 2010 17:45
The thing about this film is, although I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was, it didn't feel to me like it was consistent with the other Hannibal films - particularly in terms of the characterisation of Hannibal himself. He doesn't feel like the same drawling, cold, hungry killer locked in the basement of a Baltimore Hospital. The latter shows no sign of a foreign, traumatic childhood. His accent is American, and his knowledge seems to be from travel, rather than foreign origins. That was my only real gripe with it. It works best in isolation, rather than as a prequel to the Hannibal Lecter trilogy.
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