Been a few years since I watched the first two seasons but I remember it being really good, and MM made for a fantastic Hannibal. Never got to Season 3 for some reason so tempted to start from the beginning again.I wonder if @SteveJ will ever return? Not fussed either way really.
Oh but is this show worth a go? Is Lecter allowed to be villainous/monstrous, or does it do that shitty Dexter thing of making his psychopathic behaviour a tool for Hollywood liberal revenge fantasy.
This show is brilliant. Pure quality. Mads is Almost as good Hopkins. Almost.I wonder if @SteveJ will ever return? Not fussed either way really.
Oh but is this show worth a go? Is Lecter allowed to be villainous/monstrous, or does it do that shitty Dexter thing of making his psychopathic behaviour a tool for Hollywood liberal revenge fantasy.
Watched a couple of seasons and didn't really like it. It was a bit too stylistic for my taste, and the main character is overly tortured to the point of it being kind of annoying. Also, you seriously have to suspend your disbelief for some of the story lines.I wonder if @SteveJ will ever return? Not fussed either way really.
Oh but is this show worth a go? Is Lecter allowed to be villainous/monstrous, or does it do that shitty Dexter thing of making his psychopathic behaviour a tool for Hollywood liberal revenge fantasy.
Was season 3 good?This show is brilliant. Pure quality. Mads is Almost as good Hopkins. Almost.
Probably the weakest, for me, largely due to the laboured and slightly pointless first half. It felt like 2 very different seasons crammed together. The 2nd half is peak-Hannibal though, so it's worth slogging through the first few episodes.Was season 3 good?
Ok, might go back to it!Probably the weakest, for me, largely due to the laboured and slightly pointless first half. It felt like 2 very different seasons crammed together. The 2nd half is peak-Hannibal though, so it's worth slogging through the first few episodes.
It was good but a bit slow and boring. But the 2nd half picked up.Was season 3 good?
If you enjoyed the first 2 seasons, there's plenty to love about the 3rd.Ok, might go back to it!
Just finished it a couple of weeks back. Absolutely loved it to bits. Season 3 felt like it dragged a bit but I found myself comparing it to one of the films which put me off a lot, the second half of it was really good. I know this might sound like a dangerous thing to say but I feel that the portrayals in the show are better than the movies. Lecter and Graham are so different from the movie versions (don't know about books) that they should be treated like completely new characters.I wonder if @SteveJ will ever return? Not fussed either way really.
Oh but is this show worth a go? Is Lecter allowed to be villainous/monstrous, or does it do that shitty Dexter thing of making his psychopathic behaviour a tool for Hollywood liberal revenge fantasy.
Nothing about the show is palatable. Hannibal is portrayed as an absolute psycho who looks like he's coming to you for a nice and relaxing hug before ripping your throat out with his teeth. It's unsettling listening to Mads' calm and composed voice when you know what his character has secretly done.Ok sounds good cheers.
So do they go out of their way to make Hannibal palatable for the audience, Or do they present his actions as transgressive and horrible?
Also I do miss @SteveJ, I was just trying to be tough.
Sounds good. I'll give it a try.Nothing about the show is palatable. Hannibal is portrayed as an absolute psycho who looks like he's coming to you for a nice and relaxing hug before ripping your throat out with his teeth. It's unsettling listening to Mads' calm and composed voice when you know what his character has secretly done.
Yeah those first few episodes of season three are terrible, it does pick back up again and ends on a really high note.I gave up half way through season 3 after loving the first 2 seasons. Seems i should go back.
Very nice and well worded thingmy with using good words. Season 2 is brilliant.Ludicrous show with absurd plot contrivances and too many story elements pulling in too many directions.
But guess what? despite all this, it's Hella good. It has a terrific sense of the macabre and doesn't couch the depravity in a juvenile morality (Dexter). It has too many characters but none feel out of place. The show smartly takes a semi-detached observational approach to the characters, rather than an overly-empathetic one, which allows Lector's character to work both sides of the aisle. It doesn't get bogged down in clinicalese, and crucially the show makers seem self aware enough to understand the schlocky implications of the material.
It isn't perfect and the routine procedural element is weak, but the good stuff is done brilliantly and there is a delicate balance to the tone. It's not the usual idiot fodder TV. I'll check season 2.
