Don't be tricked into thinking this is epic

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2013)

The media has a way of historical revisionism. They glorify past movies or music as if it was so legendary and sacred. As if it is beyond what we have today. But 10 or 20 years from now, they will do the same thing with what we have today.
That is what happened with The Silence of the Lambs. It is good, but it isn't a perfect movie. There were some major plot holes. There were also parts that would be far better done by today's filming techniques. A plot hole is how Hannibal Lecter escapes... he was a life sentence prisoner.
Anyone who has ever been to jail or prison knows, there is no escape. Because you're in a cage within a cage within a cage within a cage within a cage. and even when you are moving to a new cage, you are foot cuffed and handcuffed to a chain that is tied to like 15 other prisoners. All jails and prisons now a days also have drop off points, where giant cement gates close behind the car, as big as the wailing wall, before they let you out of the cop car. Jail is big business for the government.
Also, he has some stupid way of escaping from the building that the cell was in. Totally unbelievable. The ending "dilemma" between the protagonist and antagonist is very poorly done by today's film standards. Maybe they didn't have access to great technology and programs, but still it could have been better done. The camera view was supposed to be 1st person at one point, but it could have been more realistic to how a person would be acting in such a situation... far more.
Worth watching, and good. but remember how the media tries to sell it's past to us.