Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Silence of the Lambs/The Haunting in Connecticut
I recently decided to throw in some award winning movies, mainly because my viewing selection is often limited. Even though I hate scary or gory movies, I decided to watch The Silence of the Lambs mainly because it is one of those classic movies that many people I know have already seen. Earlier that day, I also watched The Haunting in Connecticut as I have been trying to expand my viewing genres. This way I basically just had a scary movie day. First I have to say that The Haunting really wasn't very good or scary. I'll admit that the kid in the story was creepy, but that is just because he is a weird looking guy. I don't even watch scary movies often, but it seemed to follow similar thriller patterns and you can tell exactly when the ghosts are going to appear. This movie doesn't make a lot of sense mostly in that when these crazy things start happening in the house and everyone finally knows it is haunted, it doesn't make sense that they would continue to live there. Lessoned learned if dead bodies begin to appear in bedroom, you should probably move- or at least not play hide and go seek constantly in the creepy old house. Silence of the Lambs, on the other hand was a really good and entertaining movie. Instead of trying to be super gory or scary, it left me with that eerie feeling when reflecting on the story. The characters are really interesting and the acting is amazing by both Hopkins and Foster. After finally watching the film, I understand why its an award winning classic.
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I’m glad you enjoyed watching The Silence of the Lambs, it is one of my favorite movies of all time. The sequel “Hannibal” doesn’t live up to the first, but I still found it quite enjoyable. Julianne Moore takes over the role of Calriece Starling from Jodie Foster, and she does a beleivable job, but the real reason to watch it is to see Anthony Hopkins again. Did you know that the prequel “Red Dragon” was originally made as a movie before “The Silence of the Lambs” called “Manhunter”? It was directed by Michael Mann and starred Brian Cox in the role of Hannibal Lecter. It was fun to watch, but I still prefer the version made later called “Red Dragon” starring Anthony Hopkins again. The last movie, “Hannibal Rising”, I don’t recommend unless you’re a huge fan of the series and have enjoyed all of the other movies.
ReplyDeleteI’m also not a big horror movie fan, I remember laughing through much of “The Haunting in Connecticut”, but I was also kind of drunk because I like watching horror movies with a bit of a buzz, makes them less scary and more funny. The only other horror movies I own besides the Hannibal Lecter series are “The Exorcist”, “Psycho”, “The Shining”, and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. Those are all great films (the original versions) that I would recommend viewing.
Finally I wanted to recommend some great films to a fellow self-procliamed film critic that I absolutely love. Of course there are the classics like “Citizen Kane”, “The Godfather”, “Casablanca” etc. but these are a few that you simply must check out. I’m sure you’ll recognize the names of these directors, and I’ve seen almost all of their movies, but these are the best in my opinion. Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita”, Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”, Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard”, Sidney Lumet’s “12 Angry Men”, Hoard Hawk’s “Brining Up Baby”, and Elia Kazan’s “A Streetcar Named Desire”.