Submitted by DarthJaxxon t3_1001v59 in movies
Chen_Geller t1_j2eyvfg wrote
Yes.
Get ready for a much more underacted (in the best sense) Hannibal, though! Very, very different to Hopkins and Mikkelsen!
Againity t1_j2f22qo wrote
True. It is like watching an actual Psychotic serial killer, instead of a super villain.
-SneakySnake- t1_j2fc9v3 wrote
And that's what makes him the best, to me. He's the only version of Hannibal I buy as someone capable of doing awful things and being able to hold down a job while seeming normal and beyond suspicion. Most of that is from Cox's performance. Hopkins and Mikkelsen are both wonderful actors and their portrayals are great in their own way, but they never seem like real people, to me. I couldn't picture either actually existing.
JimmyDaro t1_j2fdfbz wrote
Respectfully disagree on Hopkins. To each their own.
-SneakySnake- t1_j2fdlfz wrote
You don't rate him?
JimmyDaro t1_j2fdqbd wrote
I thought he portrayed a conceivable person.
-SneakySnake- t1_j2feg4v wrote
I think he was extremely entertaining and the actual portrayal was excellent, but with all the little quirks and nuances I just can't picture him being the kind of person he's said to be, this pillar of the local community and esteemed academic who the FBI's best and brightest managed to almost miss entirely. Even in Red Dragon where they flashback and show Hannibal before he was caught, he just seems like a Bond villain. Hopkins is one of the best actors alive and his Hannibal is so iconic for a reason, but he seems more like a demon than a person.
JimmyDaro t1_j2ff64s wrote
Part of the problem is that he portrayed it out of chronological order. I would agree with Red Dragon-which is more attributable IMO of him playing up to the mythos of Lector he created in SOTL and Hannibal.
In SOL you see flashes of how it could conceivably blend in with his calm, and charming demeanor. I'd say the same in the first part of Hannibal as well.
Mads is actually my personal favourite performance, but it's a much more out there concept than the previous iterations.
And we can all agree to just forget about the young Hannibal prequel.
-SneakySnake- t1_j2ffigz wrote
We can definitely agree to forget about young Hannibal. Of all the characters that didn't need a sympathetic backstory told in prequel form, it was Hannibal Lecter.
Graywulff t1_j2fh2zv wrote
#“Hello clarice”
JimmyDaro t1_j2fe5r6 wrote
I thought he portrayed a conceivable person.
Mr_Stenz t1_j2f2v8b wrote
Ah, operator, I don’t have the use of my arms…
Hamon_Rye t1_j2f44i3 wrote
In a movie filled with extremely proficient people doing things extremely proficiently (i.e. basically every Michael Mann movie), that sequence stands out as one of the best ones because of how casual he was about it...just enjoying his gum.
Mr_Stenz t1_j2f6p1b wrote
It solidifies his ‘genius psychopath’ character for me. He’s casually going about this seemingly complicated process, to gain details on a man he wants to organise the murder of, all the while chewing his gum and with an air of entertaining himself on a rainy afternoon. It’s so normal to him that it doesn’t even cause a tremor in his voice. He’s so in control of his environment that he doesn’t even glance at the door to see if the guard is coming (a guard, by the way, who backed out maintaining eye contact, with a hand on his gun, whilst Lector was behind bars) to disturb him.
The whole scene is just… chefs kiss.
kleptophobiac t1_j2f7zwp wrote
One of my favorite line deliveries ever.
Mr_Stenz t1_j2f84o9 wrote
I say it all the time when asking someone for help at work and no one gets it
Qorhat t1_j2f5puh wrote
The way Will Graham vibrates with a mix of barely contained rage and fear while talking to Lector is so well done.
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sendep7 t1_j2feai8 wrote
Hes more "whimsical" than Hopkin's version.
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