hannibal must be the most god awful movie i have see in a long time . in fact and i want my money back . what a waste of time . no plot and minimal character development and questionable motif and poor dialogue and sub standard act . what else can i say . if you haven not see it do not bother . i wouldn not even hire out the video and if you happen to come by it on tv . change the channel . the only reason anyone might have to see this movie would be to see whether the gratuitous violence live up to all the hype ( which quite frankly be why they add it ) . if you want to see some gug eat his own brain and then fast forward to that bit . what be the purpose of this movie . it like someone just ask i wonder what hannibal be up to these day and we just go along for the ride . he be free in the beginning and he free at the end . in between be a lot of self indulgence on the part of anthony hopkins and the film maker . julianne moore try valiantly to inject some life into her clarice and but they give her a sub standard script and as far a i be concerned she be set up to fail . in my opinion this be just a very very bad story in every sense of the word . the only reason it make so much money be because of the senseless violence they add and which at the end of the day leave you more with a feeling of contempt than the horror you be suppose to feel . i give it a big fat raspberry .