Definitely a Classic

Rating: 9/10 (1 March 2018)

I definitely understand why this movie has received many awards as well as its actors. The movie does a really good job at drawing you in more and more when you watch it. I really like the way Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) is portrayed as the good guy in trying to help the FBI, and wanting you to like him even though he is a serial killer; it brought a sense of benevolence to him. I thought it was interesting how the movie started off with watching Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) running through the forest; the way it was filmed made it seem like something was going to happen to her as she was running and then the guy coming up behind her, it starts off the movie with making you watch carefully and letting you know there will be surprises. Also, another interesting point in the beginning was how they used Clarice an agent in training as the person to help find Buffalo Bill (Ted Levine) and trying to get information out of Hannibal. I really like the relationship between Hannibal and Clarice, it started out as Clarice being very afraid of Hannibal and as the movie went on they got closer and there was a sense of respect for each other. The way Hannibal was asking Clarice about her childhood was a really intriguing way of trying to help her solve the case. It made the timeline of the movie even more interesting; because, there was kind of two stories one inside the other the main story being the FBI trying to find Buffalo Bill and the small story being the relationship between Hannibal and Clarice. Overall I thought the movie was really good, I am not a big fan of horror movies but I liked the story this one had and the way it was all put together. It is definitely worthy of the awards it got and the actors.