Of it's time

Rating: 6/10 (15 December 2014)

This is a movie that really doesn't live up to today's hype of how classic and wonderful it should be. The cinematography is messy, the plot points are stitched together the same way somebody would sew a rip in a shirt if they forgot their glasses that day. The climax of the movie was predictable, full of jump scares, it didn't make me think it didn't intrigue me. The introduction of Dr. Lecter was very well done but from then on, what happened? Not "what happened" like i'm leading you somewhere with this so i mean it rhetorically. Now "what happened" in the way that would give the term literally meaning i.e. 'what happened next?' so i mean it in an investigative sense. "What happened" as in the bad joke people like to tell when they see baby pictures "you were such a cute kid- what happened?". I mean it in the way that your mom meant it when, as a kid, she told your to clean your room and she'll check in 20 minutes and she walks in to what she thinks will be your room being clean or you cleaning but what turns out to be you sitting on the floor distracted by a toy. Hannibal's character started out strong (inconsistent, a little. why would they let you have a pencil in jail? they would not) and when you needed the very core and basis of his character's backstory to come forward and grab you he was on the floor playing with toy trucks. That is not to say Anthony Hopkins performance was the same as his character's writing- not at all. Hopkins is a rare breed when it comes to acting. Everything he does is spectacular- even if he has a disappointing character he will deliver a great performance. I can't say the same about his female counterpart. After this movie, it's been so hard for me to like Jodie Foster. The whole concept of Hannibal falls so flat with this movie but you gotta give credit to the starter of the trends