Comments on: Hannibal Rising http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/hannibal-rising/ reading material to get excited about Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John A. Karr http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/hannibal-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-35585 John A. Karr Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:12:06 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=1026#comment-35585 Had to be the publisher threw so much money at Harris there was no way he could turn it down, and readers are curious about Hannibal's upbringing beyond the glimpses afforded in HANNIBAL so it suits both, judging solely by the review. Silence of the Lambs was exceptionally well written, imo, and edited to the bone to the point where the words flew off the page. To monty's point, I was amazed at the difference in HANNIBAL. It had at least 300 pages of unnecessary material, but the storyline was still superior. Lecter and Starling have risen to the top of my bad (good) guy and good (leaning ambivalent) "guy" list of modern characters. Hokey what they did at the end of HANNIBAL the movie when the book ending was so fitting. I'll read Rising just to get one more ride. And yeah, Harris should think about creating a new cast and crew as it'd most likely be quite <i>consuming.</i> Had to be the publisher threw so much money at Harris there was no way he could turn it down, and readers are curious about Hannibal’s upbringing beyond the glimpses afforded in HANNIBAL so it suits both, judging solely by the review. Silence of the Lambs was exceptionally well written, imo, and edited to the bone to the point where the words flew off the page. To monty’s point, I was amazed at the difference in HANNIBAL. It had at least 300 pages of unnecessary material, but the storyline was still superior. Lecter and Starling have risen to the top of my bad (good) guy and good (leaning ambivalent) “guy” list of modern characters. Hokey what they did at the end of HANNIBAL the movie when the book ending was so fitting. I’ll read Rising just to get one more ride. And yeah, Harris should think about creating a new cast and crew as it’d most likely be quite consuming.

]]> By: montyburnz http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/hannibal-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-35424 montyburnz Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:19:28 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=1026#comment-35424 I had a theory about HANNIBAL that Thomas Harris was frustrated trying to top his previous works and sick of his characters. So he turned in a steaming pile of crap as an f.u. to popularity. My theory doesn't make sense because he could've killed Lecter off or had a final showdown with Starling. I guess Lecter is a gravy train. I'm slightly curious about Lecter's backstory, but he was way more f'ing scary when you knew little about the co-ed slaying, manipulative, but mannered cannibal. I had a theory about HANNIBAL that Thomas Harris was frustrated trying to top his previous works and sick of his characters. So he turned in a steaming pile of crap as an f.u. to popularity. My theory doesn’t make sense because he could’ve killed Lecter off or had a final showdown with Starling. I guess Lecter is a gravy train.

I’m slightly curious about Lecter’s backstory, but he was way more f’ing scary when you knew little about the co-ed slaying, manipulative, but mannered cannibal.

]]> By: Bookgasm » Blog Archive » BOOKS 2 FILM >> Hannibal Rising http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/horror/hannibal-rising/comment-page-1/#comment-9619 Bookgasm » Blog Archive » BOOKS 2 FILM >> Hannibal Rising Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:11:48 +0000 http://www.bookgasm.com/?p=1026#comment-9619 [...] movie follows Thomas Harris’ book so closely, once wonders if he didn’t write them simultaneously. But it just goes to show [...] [...] movie follows Thomas Harris’ book so closely, once wonders if he didn’t write them simultaneously. But it just goes to show [...]

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