In my opinion, the reason why the audience disagrees with the film is because of their deep and special affection for Hannibal. From "The Silent Lamb" to "Hannibal" and "Red Dragon", to today's "Young Hannibal", the audience continues to add annotations to the two characters they identified as "classic". After fifteen years of storage, accumulation, and fermentation, the audience’s feelings for Hannibal have long been different from the original. The Hannibal in their hearts has also unknowingly developed a tendency to perfection, and even evolves to be sacred. The extent of the violation. When Hannibal turned into a stinky kid, he played ambiguously with his aunt everywhere, when Hannibal's art of murder became purely brutal and violent, and sometimes impulsively fights, sometimes wielded a Japanese bayonet to cut people's heads, when Hannibal was reckless again and again. After committing a dangerous situation and escaping from the thrilling death again and again, why do Hannibal fans feel so embarrassed?
Yes, when I just watched the film, I thought that the film just borrowed the title Hannibal, and has little to do with the first three movies. Even if the protagonist’s name is changed, there is no problem. Even the movie and Hanni It is more acceptable to disregard the relationship. But calmly and recollected the film, only to find that my understanding is narrow, one-sided, and metaphysical. People are not static, and the classic Hannibal that we are familiar with and beloved cannot be formed overnight. The personality and temperament of the young Hannibal portrayed in this film are different from the previous version. The audience can see through his shortcomings at a glance, and he appears authentic and credible. If we ask Hannibal who is in his twenties to be in his 50s or 60s. Hannibal's mature and elegant temperament, murderous calm and sophisticated, and also good at psychological analysis, but contrary to common sense, also made his childhood horror experience lose its proper meaning. We have never been able to ignore the role of time and the power of age, which is why some people become more tasteful as they are older, while others become more boring and boring.
In fact, the young Hannibal in this film is not completely separated from the old Hannibal. The erudition and superhuman wisdom that the audience dumped for the old Hannibal has already begun to emerge. For example, he did not receive much formal education but relied on He was admitted to the Paris Medical School for his cleverness. For example, he calmly defended and provoked in front of the police. For example, he used the hands of the corpse to deceive and subdue opponents. For example, he accurately calculated the time when the potion exploded to gain a chance to escape. For example, the lifelike portraits of enemies. Not only that, the young Hannibal, like the old Hannibal, is good at creating a unique and awe-inspiring field in silence, but the former is more direct, clear, and public, while the latter is thick, deep, and depressing.
The inferiority of the young Hannibal is not that he failed to meet the standards of Hannibal in the eyes of the audience, but that he is too young. The teenage Hannibal had undergone tremendous changes in his family. Although he was cared and taken care of by Mrs. Purple later, he felt a touch of tenderness, but he could not make up for the trauma deep into his bone marrow. His mind was crippled from the moment his sister was eaten. This disability prevents him from growing up normally like his peers. It can be said that he who has lost part of his reason and judgment is just an immature boy who has been dazzled by hatred. We should allow him to be irritable, shallow and narrow-minded, and allow him not to know how to grasp the emotions and anger. Essence, allows him to have little intelligence but not enough wisdom. Therefore, when he was shot in the spine but survived the knife behind him and the dramatic scene of the Jedi counterattack appeared, please believe that this is real luck, not the luck of the god-man Hannibal.
Some people say that this film makes Hannibal very flat. Indeed, as a relatively complete story, it seems that titles such as "XXX Revenge" are more suitable, but this is precisely because it is separated from the Hannibal series. If the four Hannibals are regarded as a whole, I think this film makes Hannibal's image more plump and three-dimensional. The previous Hannibal was too illusory and gorgeous, too legendary. Now the long-hidden mystery has been unveiled. Before the bloody dark soul is exposed, the audience will have a multi-faceted and humane view of Hannibal. And opportunities and directions for deeper understanding.
As for the so-called "subversive destruction", I also hold a negative opinion. I just think that now that we have reached this point, why not go further and increase the artistic appeal of the film and enrich the film without losing the commercial elements. Deep connotation? Turning the young Hannibal's experience into a legendary biography rather than a straightforward revenge story, to dig deeper into Hannibal's inner world, and at the same time reflect the devastating persecution and poison of war on human nature. This film could have gone beyond the classics. Assume further that I personally think that if Hannibal's encounters are used to accuse the horror, cruel, miserable, and ruthlessness of the war, Hannibal's role in the orphanage can be appropriately increased. What kind of life does a self-enclosed child live without the respect, comfort and care he deserves, and without any friends, but confine himself in an impenetrable spiritual prison, stubbornly rejecting the little kindness , Silently enveloping fear, hatred and pain, and only in a dream can you cry out undefended, day after day, year after year, self-depression, no liberation, how teary and sighing it is Sigh. As for the difficulty of controlling the film length, it depends on the skill of the editing. In fact, for a fascinating film, the film length does not constitute a reason to worry at all. On the contrary, the shortcomings and cutting corners are the indispensable shortcomings. .
Facts have proved that Hannibal's story is indeed a rare good subject for shooting and research. Since the greatest turning point in life, Hannibal has been carrying this heavy yoke for eight years, until the appearance of Mrs. Purple. Mrs. Purple not only showed Hannibal the gentleness and care of women, but also taught Hanni. Fighting skills, let him see the killing culture of the Eastern world. As a result, Hannibal woke up like a dream, awakening the long-lost love and hope in his heart. At the same time, he paranoidly believed that only revenge can save himself completely out of the haze and start a better life with Mrs. Purple. However, just like the lamb's screaming at Clarice, the sister's calling to Hannibal is a lingering nightmare. As he sinks deeper and deeper, what he gets from the bloody pleasure is only temporary peace.
When the enemy spit out "You also ate your sister" and "You just want to kill all the insiders" from the enemy's mouth, the audience was shocked, and Hannibal couldn't even face that he committed it. Terrible crime, there is no way to face such hypocritical and dirty motives hidden in the heart. After saying "I love you", Hannibal bid farewell to Mrs. Purple formally and thoroughly, and then released his emotions and confirmed his decision in the most primitive and animalistic way of jumping up and biting the enemy. At this time, he finally understood that the established fact that he drank his sister’s broth in a daze eight years ago could not be changed because of his enemies, and he was destined not to go back. Since he could not forgive his sins, he simply chose Give up self-salvation and fall completely into the abyss of sin. From this moment on, love no longer belongs to him, and he no longer expects to have love anymore. From then on, he will live alone, fulfill his mission of punishing the world with a sinful body, and use continuous killing and cannibalism to conceal and comfort. Cannibalized souls, maintain fragile pride and self-esteem. From this perspective, although Hannibal’s cannibalism has undergone changes from revenge to hobby, he has always believed in the concept of violence against violence and blood for blood. Deep, so his pitifulness and hatefulness are like Qingxia and Zixia connected to each other, complementing each other.
If Anthony Hopkins’ wonderful performance in the trilogy will not affect the audience’s evaluation of the young Hannibal, it is absolutely impossible, but objectively speaking, the young Hannibal should be interpreted as neither. It is quite difficult to get out of position and have the characteristics of the times, and Gaspard Ulliel did it, and it was very good. Although I haven't watched "Romantic Marriage", I can't resonate with other bean friends' feelings about the contrast, but Ulliel's acting in "Young Hannibal" is obvious to all, enough to make me admire and praise.
If Hannibal of Hopkins is regarded as a community of gods and demons that are both righteous and evil, then Ulliel's exuding is a compelling evil—eyes are enchanting and blurred, but evil birds are like eagles, and the dimples are sharp but sharp. Scorpion, with a coquettish smile, but cold as a snake, looks handsome and intelligent but can only be seen from a distance, not close. Ulliel combined the dark psychology, alternative temperament and flexibility of the young Hannibal with a degree of relaxation, presenting a Hannibal that is different from Hopkins but equally daunting and impressive. And all of this It all depends on his careful study of the role. Ulliel retains Hannibal’s usual ruthless methods and perverted psychology, but strengthens Hannibal’s more restless, more hysterical, stronger and more determined power transformed from inner fear and hatred, making The murderous aura on his body is thicker and more exposed, which is more in line with the character and behavior of the young Hannibal. However, I am afraid that it is because of too much emphasis on cultivating evil spirits that the handling of inner and emotional dramas is still not delicate, making the overall interpretation of the characters insufficient.
Both "The Silent Lambs" and "Hannibal" take the heroes and heroines' rival dramas as the highlight, and in "Red Dragon" it has even increased to the golden triangle combination, but "Young Hannibal" is an out-and-out one-man show. Ulliel supported the whole play alone, which means that Gong Li unfortunately once again played the role of a vase. Fortunately, as a little red among the ten thousand green bushes, although it is not very important, it is by no means dispensable. Easily ignored. Hannibal and Mrs. Purple are young and mature and sexy, but because of loneliness, dependence on each other, and sympathy for each other, they have developed from the initial relationship between aunts and nephews to the later love life. In fact, there is nothing new and unnecessary, but the two are totally different. The difference can be the highlight of their opponent's drama. I have already emphasized Hannibal’s jade-faced animal heart. For Mrs. Purple, Xu has become indifferent and intrepid because she was alone in a family change and had to rely on self-protection to survive in the world. She is still kind and weak, so she has tried many times to persuade Hannibal to rein in the precipice, but unfortunately Hannibal’s revenge cannot be softened by female gentleness, not to mention some factors that she can’t understand and experience. .
For such a role, Gong Li is clearly at ease, and can even be said to be too familiar with little room for play. Just like the image in "Miami Storm", Hollywood still hasn't let go of this opportunity to show her a bumpy figure and sexy charm, and other strong and gentle, irreverent love, they are more like an accessory as a gift. Taste. Not only that, but playing the Japanese again after "Memoirs of a Geisha" is really helpless. It seems that Gong Li's Hollywood journey will not be open in a short period of time.
Finally, I would like to praise the director's understanding and design of the narrative clips and flashbacks, as well as the timely and appropriate appearance of the nursery rhymes in the film. The innocence and childishness and cruel horror burst into a tragic beauty under the strong impact.
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