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Silence of the lambs

Advantages: great story, good acting
Disadvantages: bit gorey, emtional issues

...because it is exciting and silence of the lambs is always exciting. I really enjoyed watching this way back when because it has an original storyline and excellent character portrayal from Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. The silence of the lambs focuses on Jodie Foster's character inteviewing Dr Hannibal Lector about Buffalo Bill, a man that is kidnapping and skinning women to make a skin suit for himself. He is clearly very deranged and odd and ...
...to people. It is not like the others which focus on Hannibal and his feasting on other people but the plot and story is still very disturbing and sickening yet I think that is what makes it so good because it disturbs us and keeps us watching. The director has thrown in many hooks to keep us so engrossed after all that is why we enjoy horror films. For me this is one of the most disturbing films, especially in the Hannibal Lector series because it ...

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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (DVD)

I'm Mad For This Film

Advantages: Fine Story and Acting
Disadvantages: A Bit Far Fetched

...Shaw, single handedly takes on the enemy and saves most of them. Shaw's father was a failed politician. Shaw is a candidate for Vice President and has been helped a lot by the Medal of Honour that he received for his courage in the war. He is being pushed very hard by his mother (Meryl Streep) who is very ruthless. He often resents her interference in his life and seems to have more morals. Things get complicated when it turns out the surviving ...
...Jonathan Demme (of Silence of the Lambs fame) and Screenplay Co-Writer Daniel Pyne. There is also a featurette that features Tina Sinatra (yes Frank's daughter, she is one of the producers), Jonathan Demme, Denzel Washington and Meryl Streep amongst others. It compares some scenes from the original movie. They even suggest that link between large corporations and politicians today. It is quite interesting. It runs for 14 minutes. The last special ...

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Review of The Manchurian Candidate (DVD)

Who's playing games with who?

Advantages: gripping film
Disadvantages: slightly confusing

...was that drew me to the film 'The Truth about Charlie'. On the cover of the DVD it was described as gripping and also as an engrossing saga of sex lies and espionage. I usually enjoy a good thriller so I thought that I would give it a go especially as it was directed by Jonathan Demme who also directed The Silence of the Lambs. There was also something quite intriguing about the title as well. I didn't think that the title was that inspired at first ...
...in the word Charlie were a different colour to the rest, and were actually the same colour as the word 'truth'. This meant that I was drawn to the two words - truth and lie - which I thought was rather clever. There is an awful lot that happens in this film and you do have to concentrate quite a bit as you are watching. At the start, Regina Lambert (Thandie Newson) returns home to Paris after holidaying in the Caribbean to discover that her husband ...

kingfisher111 01.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Truth About Charlie (DVD)

Why it was good

Advantages: Gave the audience a good douse of fear
Disadvantages: Left a few questions unanswered (why there were sequels)

Silence of the Lambs (Ultimate Edition) is an update of the 1991 original murder thriller, in which you are brought into the life of a detective who has to question a convicted and imprisoned canibal, named Hanibal Lector. He is a intellectual genius, he uses his questions to get information about her through her actions and reactions, he keeps the audience on the edge of their seat. Anothony Hopkins was the best possible person to play lector, nobody ...
...did. This movie was followed by sequels and then a pequel, but none of them brought back the terror the audience felt after leaving the theater, it is most recongnized by the public from its line "Hello Clarice" which to many cause the hair on the back of their necks to rise. I personally thought that the movie was good, the ever so probing questions that Hanibal gave sometimes had me wondering what the root of it was for. I was amazed with his ...

nikecat 19.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (Ultimate Edition) (DVD)

Order of the Day: Human Flesh

Advantages: Anthony Hopkins is exceptional in his performance a truly thrilling film.
Disadvantages: Is not in my opinion as explosive and intense as the 2001 follow up 'Hannibal'.

'The Silence of the Lambs', the film that brought Thomas Harris serial killer series success on the big screen. Directed by Jonathan Demme this film emerged in 1991, three years after the novel of the same name was brought out. 'Red Dragon' was actually the first novel in the series written by Thomas Harris, it was also the first film to be released and emerged in 1986 under the name of 'Manhunter' directed by Michael Mann. The film was a box office ...
...first time I saw 'The Silence of the Lambs' I must say that I was incredibly impressed, and every time I have seen it since it has done nothing but impress me more. Every element of the film just seems to come together perfectly, the acting is spot on, the direction brilliant, and best of all; there was an excellent basic storyline already there in the form of the Thomas Harris novel 'The Silence of the Lambs'. Novel adaptations do not always come ...

RazzaLazza 03.04.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Silence Of The Lambs (Special Edition) (DVD)