Versus may be the wrong word. I've always thought Manhunter was closer to the book and a little creepier but SOTL was scarier. Any opinions?
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 18, 2023 9:25 AM |
MANHUNTER is far, far better!
I enjoy it much more than SOTL.
And William Peterson is HOT in it!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 17, 2023 9:16 PM |
ManHOLE is far superior to both.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 17, 2023 9:22 PM |
Red Dragon is the superior book but SotL is the better movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 17, 2023 9:34 PM |
Op Shouldn't it be Manhunter Vs Red Dragon?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 17, 2023 10:05 PM |
R5 Not for me, but I'm interested in anyone else's comparisons.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 18, 2023 2:01 AM |
R6 But, they are the same story. So, surely...
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 18, 2023 2:05 AM |
R7 I appreciate your enthusiasm and welcome your opinion. However, I'm not asking about a book-to-movie comparison but a movie-to-movie comparison.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 18, 2023 5:42 AM |
[italic]Manhunter[/italic] was one of Mann's first directorial efforts. The action sequences are great, but it's not as tight as [italic]Heat[/italic] or [italic]Last of the Mohicans[/italic]. Still, I prefer it to SotL. And I found Brian Cox a hell of a lot scarier than Hopkins as Lecter, though each performance was appropriate to the director's style. The one variance from the book I disliked in SotL was making Jack Crawford (Scott Glenn) a nice guy. I have no idea why Demme changed that. He's supposed to be a mortal pain in the ass who commands total loyalty. Dennis Farina's portrayal is much closer to the book and also a more effective performance. Scott Glenn is certainly capable of doing it right, so it must have been Demme's bright idea.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 18, 2023 5:55 AM |
It's strange that "Manhunter" flopped at the box office; it's a pretty compelling thriller.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 18, 2023 6:50 AM |
And all of those glorious shirtless scenes of William Peterson!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 18, 2023 7:15 AM |
I remember when NBC once ran “Manhunter” after the success of SOTL. They subtitled it as “The Pursuit of Hannibal Lecter”, even though Lecter was imprisoned in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 18, 2023 7:27 AM |
Did I imagine it or did William Peterson show his dick in Manhunter?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 18, 2023 9:25 AM |
