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Hannibal, a review by addicted2dvd

Hannibal (2001/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer  Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Ridley Scott Writing: Thomas Harris (Original Material By), David Mamet (Screenwriter), Steven Zaillian (Screenwriter) Length: 132 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
Julianne Moore as Clarice Starling
Gary Oldman as Mason Verger
Ray Liotta as Paul Krendler
Frankie R. Faison as Barney

Plot:
Anthony Hopkins returns as pure "perverse perfection" and Julianne Moore "emerges triumphant" (Rolling Stone) in this terrifying follow-up to The Silence of the Lambs.
Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers

I found this to be a very good followup to Silence of the Lambs. At first I was concerned about the replcement of Jodie Foster as Clarice... and while I liked her better... Julianne Moore did a fine job.. The storyline easily kept my interest throughout the entire film. Definetly a very entertaining way to waste a couple extra hours.


(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on August 5th, 2015)

The Replacement Killers , a review by Dragonfire

The Replacement Killers

My Thoughts

I first saw this one a few years ago when I rented the movie.  I decided to pick this one up when I found it fairly cheap.  The plot is rather weak.  The movie is mainly one fight after another.  The fights are done very well and things are entertaining, but this won't appeal to people hoping for a stronger plot or some sort of mystery or suspense. 

There is action in almost every scene of the movie in some form.  There are numerous fights and shootings and a few explosions.  The action scenes are done well, though some of them really aren't realistic.  Thanks to all the fights and shootings, there is a lot of violence in the movie.  Characters are hurt or even killed and blood is all over the place at times.  The violence may be too graphic for some people.  John and some of the minor characters are hitmen, so it does make sense for the movie to be more violent.  There isn't any romance added to the movie.  John and Meg eventually get along better, but there is no sex or romance to the relationship.

The character development is about as nonexistent as the plot development.  That is normal for many movies like this, and people probably weren't watching for well developed characters.  The characters of John and Meg end up being somewhat interesting.

The movie works as an entertaining action movie, though some people will be bothered by the weak plot.



I did get a review posted on Epinions.

The Replacement Killers


(From The Replacement Killers on August 23rd, 2010)

Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison, a review by Tom

01. Rebirth

Light, a very bright, but bored, High School student finds a notebook, which promises that for each name written in this notebook will kill that person.
Ryuk, the death god who has dropped this notebook on earth to have some fun, is also introduced. Only Light can see him, because only people, who have touched the Death Note can see and hear him.

Rules introduced in this episode:
- the person written into the death note dies after 40 seconds of a heart attack if no cause of death is written down
- if a cause of death is written down, you have another 6 minutes and 40 seconds to specify the circumstances
- you have to know the face of the person whose name is written down
- touching a death god's death note will enable you to see and hear him

Manga:
This episode covers chapter 1 of the manga. Generally in the manga, Light is very collected. In the anime he is very hot-headed, even in his inner monologues.
In the manga, the order of the scenes is this:
- Ryuk decides to drop the book in the human world
- Light finds it
- jump five days ahead and Ryuk introduces himself to Light and is surprised how many people Light has already killed
- Light tells about his first try-outs of using the book and coming to the realization, that it's the real thing
- he tells Ryuk of this plans of using the notebook to get rid of all evil in the world

In the anime, these happenings are told linear. We see him finding the book, trying it out and then the visit of Ryuk. As far as I remember, this observation in difference can be made a lot. In the manga, we often see Light doing something and then after it is finished, we get to see his preparations. In the anime we first get to see his preparations and then the pay-off.

Movies:
In the movies, Light does not start off as a high school student, but is already a law student, who gets frustrated with the Japanese law system. This is when he finds the notebook. His first tests with the notebook and his first encounter with Ryuk are similar to the manga/anime.


(From Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison on January 30th, 2009)