But I did read the books (all but HANNIBAL, which I still have not read unfortunately) before I saw either MANHUNTER or THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. I saw MANHUNTER first, and I was extremely disappointed in that a) Hannibal wasn't a cannibal b) Dolarhyde lost all his characterization and c) the ending was destroyed. The only thing I thought was good in any way was William Peterson, and he was a-frickin-mazing. I still can't see anyone but him in the role. Then I saw SILENCE, completely loved it, one of the best movies of all time IMHO. Then HANNIBAL, which was just as ridiculous as MANHUNTER (it seems the one-word HANNIBAL titles just aren't very good...). Then RED DRAGON, which was very good but had its low points (and Norton replacing Petersen, who didn't seem anywhere near as traumatized by his experiences as Petersen did).
But I did read the books (all but HANNIBAL, which I still have not read unfortunately) before I saw either MANHUNTER or THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. I saw MANHUNTER first, and I was extremely disappointed in that a) Hannibal wasn't a cannibal b) Dolarhyde lost all his characterization and c) the ending was destroyed. The only thing I thought was good in any way was William Peterson, and he was a-frickin-mazing. I still can't see anyone but him in the role. Then I saw SILENCE, completely loved it, one of the best movies of all time IMHO. Then HANNIBAL, which was just as ridiculous as MANHUNTER (it seems the one-word HANNIBAL titles just aren't very good...). Then RED DRAGON, which was very good but had its low points (and Norton replacing Petersen, who didn't seem anywhere near as traumatized by his experiences as Petersen did).