[instant reactions] Hannibal 1x01 - Apertif

[grimorie]

First: I shouldn't have watched this before I ate lunch.

Hannibal and I was surprised at how much I liked it. Mostly, I was impressed at Hugh Dancy. I really liked that Dancy was squirrelly and that he looked genuinely disturbed interacting with people.

I also really, really liked the production values in this show, it felt like a movie when I was watching it and I really liked Fishburne in this too.

Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal was also a surprise. I've always thought Sir Anthony Perkins as a very refined man but Mikkelsen seems to be a more refined version of Lecter, if that can be believed. And colder too.

I'm curious how they're going to make a series out of 'The Red Dragon' (I'll have to re-read the book) but this is also a show that's not for the faint of heart. It's a very visual show. I can barely stand watching Bones' autopsy scenes... So a show about a cannibalistic serial killer is going to be an interesting experience for me. I think I'll be leaving the room quite often if they have more scenes of Lecter chopping up and preparing human organs as food.

Comments

[the_grynne]

I'm not a squeamish person, so the food/cannibalism shots didn't really disturb me. Red Dragon is reportedly going to be the plot of season 4, presuming that they get that far. Bryan Fuller has a full 7 season arc planned out for the show.

[grimorie]

I'm really glad to hear that Bryan Fuller has the show planned out! And, I do hope they do get to season 4! (Still mourning for Pushing Daisies).

My squeamishness is always a problem for me but I'm getting better but not that much better. :)