Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
I wasn't enamoured with the book, but it was fairly good.I hated one bit though. When
Spoiler:
The wizard's key fell down the drain, and McGee had to hang down on a rope, just in case Count Nefarious were never defeated.
I just finished HANNIBAL RISING, and I saw PAN'S LABYRINTH tonight.
I don't understand your spoiler warning. It makes no sense.
I wouldn't use Hannibal Rising to fuel my fire if I was freezing to death. It was nothing but a shameless cash-in, full of pretentious purple prose. The character of young Hannibal bears almost no resemblence to the Hannibal we know from the other books in the series. I didn't think it was possible, but Thomas Harris has actually written a worse book that 'Hannibal'. I'll be giving the movie a miss.
Originally posted by zombieman
I wouldn't use Hannibal Rising to fuel my fire if I was freezing to death. It was nothing but a shameless cash-in, full of pretentious purple prose. The character of young Hannibal bears almost no resemblence to the Hannibal we know from the other books in the series. I didn't think it was possible, but Thomas Harris has actually written a worse book that 'Hannibal'. I'll be giving the movie a miss.
That's too hard. I know HANNIBAL took some knocks for being too far over the top and the ending hard to accept, but Harris doesn't seem like the type to write quick cash-ins. Look at the years he takes between books - RED DRAGON, 1981; THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 1988; HANNIBAL, 1999; HANNIBAL RISING, 2006. Things couldn't have been hotter after the SILENCE movie was released in 1991 and won big at the Oscars, but he made people wait a full eight years to find out what happened next.
I read DRAGON and SILENCE back in the late 80's before the Lecter craze broke out, and his writerly voice hasn't changed for HR.
But, you're entitled to your view.
Originally posted by roughrider
I read DRAGON and SILENCE back in the late 80's before the Lecter craze broke out, and his writerly voice hasn't changed for HR.
His style has changed for the new book, for the worse. Often it looks like film script turned into prose, with no additional detail.
Having said that, the book isn't as bad as all that.
Hannibal isn't a bad book by any stretch of the imagination; I suspect that view comes from hype-based fellatio of SotL.
There might be some more sunshine through the clouds in horrorland this year:
Live Evil; vampires in search of pure, unspoiled blood. While their main enemy, a violent priest, happens to hijack the car of a woman with just that bloodtype
1408; based on a short story by Stephen King. Tells the tale of sceptic reporter who investigates rumored haunted places, while actually trying to prove the nonexistence of supernatural phenomena. However, one night on room 1408 might change his believes...
Dead Silence; the next thing to pop outta the sleeves of Bousmann and Wan, not sure yet about the real premise, but it includes pretty scary stuff involving creepy ventriloquist dolls. Looks very cool!
More to come
Originally posted by Wolfie
I'm looking forward to seeing previews to Diary of the Dead and Halloween. Then I'll see if they look worthwhile to watch.Bubba Nosferatu
My Name is Bruce
Originally posted by David Sykes
No, after they got such good reviews from Saw 3, they decided to make a Saw 4
Diary of the dead is in the editing room. Notable mention is that is was shot in a mere 4 weeks. Dunno about that, seems a little short for a real Romero.
Can't find much news on the Day of the Dead remake, but the teaser was released some time ago, so they're probably wrapping it up and putting it out before the summer.
The teaser for 1408 is also out now; http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/1408.html
Looks interesting, they sure added some stuff to the original story.
And another Stephen King movie is taking shape fast; The Mist!
Great story and it could make a excellent popcorn horror (in the positive sense). Casting is just about complete and filming starts a month or so from now, might be a 2007 release.
Originally posted by Pandemoniac'
1408; based on a short story by Stephen King. Tells the tale of sceptic reporter who investigates rumored haunted places, while actually trying to prove the nonexistence of supernatural phenomena. However, one night on room 1408 might change his believes...
I heard about this story.
The trailer makes the movie seem a lot different than the original story though