A masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2017)

You know ... everyone is aware how good of a movie this is, and it's cultural repercussions are immense. David Fincher's entire career is based on this film's existence. Still ... it's a film I tend to take for granted, partly because for every good thing that it spawned (the "Hannibal" TV show), there's a ton of garbage (all of it's film sequels). I'm so sick of Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector that I tend to forget how wonderful he originally was. This is a brilliant film that takes so many chances and just works ... it hums.