Red Dragon

I had no idea that this was the prequel to The Silence of the Lambs, if i had then i wouldn't not have scheduled these two after each other.

As a prequel to the film that I really enjoyed, I found this film in it's own way just as good. Obviously there is less for Hannibal to do because he is in prison but he still manages to really steal the film from Ralph Fiennes. This guy definitely would've stolen the film if it hadn't been for the presence of Anthony Hopkins because as the crazy guy he was fantastic. What I liked most about it was that his history had been explained in the film and not explained by Hannibal and what made him crazy was in a way so simple, it was really cleverly done.

There was more creativity and psychology with the script this time around. Ed Norton's character had clearly spent a lot of time being developed for this film because the character himself did a lot of thinking and used every thought in one way or another- nothing was superfluous. This is probably one of the best prequels that was created after the sequel that has been made in history!

This was a cast full of stars but a cast full of good stars that made the movie better instead of one of those classic films that has no story but a lot of famous people in it.