Hannibal

Hannibal is fun to watch just because of one actor, Anthony Hopkins. There are some roles that become pinnacle roles for actors throughout their career. Ray Liotta will always be remembered as Henry Hill in Goodfellas, Sean Connery will always be remembered as James Bond and many more examples. Anthony Hopkins will always be remembered as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter. If anything you may just watch this movie specifically for his acting and how uncomfortable he makes you feel during the whole film. It is always fun to watch when you can actually be done watching a movie and you can actually have a part of his acting stick with you once the movie is already over, but that enough is not enough to make me really like the Ridley Scott's Hannibal.

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Yes, Anthony Hopkins is the main star of the whole film but that is all it really boils down to. When you go and watch these types of movies, you want to see a big majority of Hannibal Lecter, that is what you pay your ticket for. Throughout the movie he doesn't make much of an appearance until later, we got a short catch up of some characters to get the exposition going but there's no Hannibal. Ridley Scott does a good job with using iconic camera shots when it introduces some characters in the movie that give you a general feel for what that character might be like. The dialogue almost seemed very corny at times with some of Hannibal Lecter's actually being about eating people, he makes it subtle in the movie but it almost seems like when he is talking to some people he just says, "Hey, if you listen really closely to my dialogue I actually eat people and throw a couple puns in from time to time." The camera work definitely adds to the movie, it uses a lot of shaky type camera shots during violent scenes to add a little more ominous feeling. Overall I give this movie a 5/10. It is directed by Ridley Scott and Stars Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Ray Liotta, and Gary Oldman.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Welp, with Halloween right around the corner I thought I could do a little theme of horror movie for one week, ya know, to make my blog seem topical and modern. So the movie I chose to review was The Rocky Horror Picture Show which is an musical that dabbles into the genre of horror movies. Rather, it makes fun of horror movies. Once the movie starts you are just pulled into its silliness and it takes you into its world of silliness and really doesnt let go. The movie introduces you to the cornyness (if that's a word) right in the beginning with the song between  Susan Surandons character, and Barry Bostwick. If you cringe at the thought of movies that are setup as musicals then you may not be a fan of this film. I actually found the numbers to be quite entertaining with the atmosphere that the movie brings to you.

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The movie is definitely led by the main character  Dr. Frank-N-Furter who is portrayed by Tim Curry. He plays a transsexual alien from the planet Transylvania who creates a human life form out of his experiment. As you can tell by the picture to the right the movie's theme is musical and horror but it also has its share of sexual innuendo throughout it. It is not a movie you watch with your whole family in the room, unless you want to fill the room with awkwardness. The movie doesnt shy away from from being what it really is, it doesnt start with a silly tone and then give up, this movie stays on pace with its uniqueness which I really admired.

Sometimes the movie did get a little long in terms of the singing, there were a couple parts where I thought "end it already," but other than that I remember this movie for sticking to its tone. About 98% of the movie is shot in the same house which adds to the creepiness. Overally, I did actually like this movie when I thought I was going to hate it. It is a cult classic now since it was released in 1975. The over dramtic acting seemed to be on puropse to add to the satire that the movie is to horror movies. It is daring and pushes the gas pedal throughout the whole movie. The Rocky Horror Picture show was directed by Jim Sharman and stars Tim Curry, Susan Surandon, Barry Bostwick and Patricia Quinn. I give this film a 6 out of 10.

 

 

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