Originally posted by Evil Dead
They spent too much time on the Dollarhyde character. Okay....he is the bad guy. They established that well without having Dollarhyde going to the art museum......or taking the blind girl to "see" the tiger.....giving us more insight to the character. He is not the central character....so much time should not have been devoted to him, it killed the second half of the movie.
The movie is ABOUT Dollarhyde, and his evolution into "The Red Dragon" in the movie "Red Dragon". Apparently, it's the opposite in "Manhunter". The side story would be Will Graham's tracking him down. BTW, in "Manhunter", he did take her to see the tiger.
The scenes of Ralph Fiennes in the museum, going to view the original "Red Dragon" painting held alot of meaning in the movie. By digesting, making the painting a part of himself, he was only one step closer to completing his evolution into THEE Red Dragon.
Can't argue much more than what I have already said over the past 2 threads, but I found "Manhunter" to be inferior, and boring compared to "Red Dragon".