The success of the Hannibal series also gave him the possibility of making a new sequel. Finally, in February this year, the prequel "Young Hannibal Up" was also put on the screen. This time, the director puts his perspective on Hannibal as a teenager, and shows how Hannibal changed from an ordinary child to a wit, calm, thoughtful, knowledgeable but psychopathic from an ordinary child. The journey of the cannibal doctor. The starring role has also been changed from the previous Anthony Hopkins to the French young Gaspard Ulliel.
Because of the previous Hannibal series, we have seen a very plump image of a cannibal doctor. The main purpose of this film is to find the reason, that is, why he became a cannibal doctor. The film also strives to show the reasons for Hannibal's changes through various plots.
Every perverted murderer will have an unfortunate childhood, and the same is true for Hannibal here. Witnessing the death of his parents is only a prelude to perversion. When he sees his own sister being eaten by a few hungry soldiers, The reason for the abnormality can be considered sufficient. This huge psychological impact made the young Hannibal lonely and ferocious. The death of his sister always tortured his soul in a dream. The terrible memory that could not be erased made him often howl and wake up in the dream. . All this has become the main cause of Hannibal's metamorphosis.
The intervention of the Japanese aunt played by Gong Li further catalyzed the mutation of Hannibal's character. Japan's Bushido spirit and some bloodthirsty stories made the young Hannibal a further psychological identification with violent killing. At the same time, Gong Li's training of young Hannibal's Japanese swordsmanship also became the reason for Hannibal's agility. The mystery of the Eastern style and the worship of killing and seeking justice in Japanese culture should have been another very important reason for Hannibal’s metamorphosis. It did not show Gong Li's influence on the young Hannibal in a deeper way, and the collage style paragraphs also made this change very simple and unconvincing. I always feel that Gong Li’s role should be a mentor-like role, which has an important guiding role in the formation of Hannibal’s character, but the processing here is more of a cliche. Gong Li has also become a vase character who constantly changes his clothes and hairstyle. . So at the end, Gong Li gradually became a weak female stream waiting to be rescued.
The real problem in the film comes from the lack of Hannibal's charm. The reason why Hannibal's character can attract so many people is because he has a calmness and elegance that is different from other perverted murderers. At the same time, he showed strong psychological control in his heart. For example, in "The Silent Lambs", although there are not many scenes, his calm analysis and judgment ability and terrible psychological control ability control Judy Foster in the stock. Palm, and this is where Hannibal's real charm lies. In the young Hannibal, the director ignored this most attractive character. It stands to reason that even as a teenager, Hannibal should have a maturity and sophistication that no one else has. The recurring shots of spiders weaving webs suggest that Hannibal is just such a carefully weaving spider. The others are just prey waiting to be captured, but this kind of control is not shown in the film, except In addition to showing a different calmness from ordinary people when dealing with polygraphs, most of the other time, Hannibal is more like a hairy boy, bumping into each other. The success of revenge is more due to the opponent's inefficiency, but he does not see it. To what he has the ability to carefully layout.
The most puzzling thing is the use of guns. In this film, Hannibal's many revenge actions are pistols to subdue opponents. For a murderer, the pistol is the most shameless tool of killing. Knives, axes, chainsaws, or all kinds of weird tools of killing are what murderers love, because this comes from an extreme confidence in personal abilities, because with their abilities, it is too pediatric to kill with a gun. NS. What's more, this famous Doctor Hannibal. Moreover, since the gun is used to solve the problem, what is the meaning of the previous paragraph about Gong Li learning the sword, and the facts also show that Gong Li's one-shot kill at the end is far more visually impactful than Hannibal's gun.
Gaspard Ulliel’s performance was not very bad. The strange dimples or scars on his face added a bit of brutality to the characters, and Hannibal, who was covered in blood, was also vigorous. It’s a pity. Only vigor is left. Like the movie, the characters also lack a kind of calmness and layout ability. Gong Li's role is basically a vase. The frequently changed clothing and hairstyle can only make people recognize Gong Li's undiminished charm, but in other aspects, there is really no bright spot.
Since it is a movie about people, character creation should be the first problem to be solved, and the unsuccessful narration this time also made Hannibal lose his due charm. After the release, the evaluations of all parties also proved the shortcomings of the film.
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