___ Eric ___
| I found _Hannibal_ to be a bit of a bore and mundane within
| the genre, esp for a sequel horror film.
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Is there *a* horror genre? It seems to me that slasher films, suspense
films, thrillers, ghost stories, etc. are all rather independent genres.
While _Silence of the Lambs_ had elements of horror in it, it was much more
a detective series. Further the main thrust of the story was the growth of
Jodie Foster's character Clarice.
I personally loved _Hannibal_, although I understand why many didn't. First
off I loved the first half where the film questioned the difference between
the heroes of the Renaissance and Hannibal who seemed like he would have
fitted in quite will in the 14th-16th centuries. That whole medieval sense
of justice was very interesting as well, although it wasn't carried far
enough. The film downplayed the black comedy on love that the book tried to
achieve. Over all I loved it, but I'm not sure I'd call it a horror film.
I'm not a big fan of categorizing films though. I like to more say a film
has elements of other films. A good film, however, is more than one thing.
Thus pigeon holing a good film is always doomed to failure. If a film can
be pigeon holed I tend to think it a failed film.
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