10-10-2002, 05:15 PM
I was acctually a bit worried when I first saw that Fiennes was going to play Dolarhyde, mainly because I felt Norton would be perfect for the part (He'd have to bulk up a bit and look more like he did in AHX but it would work) but after seeing the movie twice I have to say nobody else could have pulled it off the way Fiennes did.
In some ways this movie surpasses Silence, but in others it falls short....First the positive, the killer in Silence has and always will suck, plain and simple he was a horrible character that felt out of place in the masterpiece.....The killer in Red Dragon is so beyond cool it's scary, I wish they would have fleshed out the story of how he became the dragon a bit more, but I guess if they had to cut down for time it was a good place to do it....Overall there is pretty much no bad performance in this movie, but I have to say I loved the chemistry between Norton and Keitel the best (biggest suprise was Harvey did'nt cuss)
Now he bad...Well, not really bad but somewhat disappointing, I felt that Norton and Hopkins, as brilliant as both of them are, just did'nt mesh together as well as Hopkins and Foster. Also they should have cut down on the whole relationship talk between Fiennes and Watson, cut down on that, and add in some more about his history and you would have had a movie that surpasses Silence.
Overall it's lightyears ahead of Hannibal, but not quite as good as Silence...But I would definetly go see this in theatres, certain moments just won't be duplicated watching it at home
In some ways this movie surpasses Silence, but in others it falls short....First the positive, the killer in Silence has and always will suck, plain and simple he was a horrible character that felt out of place in the masterpiece.....The killer in Red Dragon is so beyond cool it's scary, I wish they would have fleshed out the story of how he became the dragon a bit more, but I guess if they had to cut down for time it was a good place to do it....Overall there is pretty much no bad performance in this movie, but I have to say I loved the chemistry between Norton and Keitel the best (biggest suprise was Harvey did'nt cuss)
Now he bad...Well, not really bad but somewhat disappointing, I felt that Norton and Hopkins, as brilliant as both of them are, just did'nt mesh together as well as Hopkins and Foster. Also they should have cut down on the whole relationship talk between Fiennes and Watson, cut down on that, and add in some more about his history and you would have had a movie that surpasses Silence.
Overall it's lightyears ahead of Hannibal, but not quite as good as Silence...But I would definetly go see this in theatres, certain moments just won't be duplicated watching it at home