synopsis represent the sequel to the acclaimed silence of the lamb and hannibal be a big budget production that totally fail to deliver while not only be it not as clever a it predecessor and it be not even a splatter or suspense or horror movie and just a totally boring time waster . do not be fool by the medium hype and and particularly the story about people throw up in cinema and be mentally scar for the rest of their life because of the brain eating scene represent in the movie it just come across a laughably bad sfx . why so many people in this forum be claim that h be not all bad and worth watch on the big screen and etc . and be beyond me while and it be not so bad it good either and it be just plain boring . i normally respect other people opinion and but in this case i have to say that they clearly can not tell from shine ola . maybe they have fall prey to the medium hype and maybe they have never see a ridley scott movie before and be impress by his excessive use of back lighting and smoke and the ubiquitous ac fan . h be totally devoid of suspense while instead we get endless scene of lecter swanning through an english speaking firenze and a totally unconvincing and uninvolving plot with more hole than a fishing net ( after see h and i actually lay awake half of the night try to find all the hole in the plot and and when i write them down i quickly fill 6 page in small type before force myself to stop ) . rather than waste your time and money on see it on the big screen and i would advise you to wait until it come on tv in a couple of year while and then to go to bed early . 1 or 10. below be a couple of extra bone i have to pick with hannibal represent h _is_ the sequel to sotl and despite what some people in this forum be claim . and even though sotl be a very tough act to follow and there be sequel which _are_ en par with their predecessor ( sotl itself be the sequel to michael mann manhunter and base on thomas harris red dragon and and even though the first episode be a very enjoyable film and sotl be even good while another example would be the alien series initiate by h director ridley scott so much for the theory of diminish sequel ) . in any case and be a sequel be no excuse for a film be utter crap . this movie have a renowned director and it be base on a novel by the same author a sotl and the cast be strictly a list and great cinematography and big budget and first rate script writer and yadda and yadda and yadda and and the end result be simply a fart in the church . so what go wrong . i think a lot of the blame have to go to the film producer and dino delaurentiis . here be my interpretation represent ddl produce manhunter and which and despite of all it quality and be a commercial flop . disappointed and he give the right for the hannibal lecter character to orion for free and allow jonathan demme to make sotl and and the rest be cinema history . ddl then have to wait for ten more year ( he be now 81 ) until thomas harris finally come up with the sequel novel . i think at this point ddl have lose all interest in make a good movie and be desperate to finally get his slice of the the cake before he pop his cork . another aspect that i find thoroughly annoy about this flick be that it be be give so much undeserved hype in the medium while i mean and it be boring and yet one of the high grossing production ever and so there be no need to give it free publicity . and while most reviewer harp on about how dantesque the scene in firenze be and why jodie foster do not participate and the simple fact that this movie be an utter and utter and utter flop go unmentioned . but there be more represent not only be hannibal be hype through the roof and it be also be use a a medium agenda setter for a plethora of documentary ( usually the left over from similar production in the wake of sotl ) about serial killer and cannibalism and profiling . however and not only do h not even pretend to be realistic while lecter have also cease to be a serial killer ( he now only kill out of necessity and or to help clarice starling ) and profile be not even mention ( because we already know hl and so there be no need to create a profile ) and there be also no cannibalism represent lecter feed the drug up paul krendler his own brain and so that make it ( erm ) unaware vivo auto cannibalism . try make a documentary out of that . much have be say about the acting represent mainly whether julianne moore can replace jodie foster and and anthony hopkins ( who play the lead hannibal lecter ) be usually give a lot of praise . i think all of these discussion be moot . there be several of my favourite actor in this movie ( namely liotta and oldman and moore ) but the script simply do not give them anything to work with . same for hopkins represent there be no development in his character and and he be not be challenge in any way . and by the way and he play nearly identical character in all of his movie and only that in h he have to do the odd bit of murder and be get pay the tidy sum of $ 11 million to do it .