Hannibal Lecter Triple Feature (Silence of the Lambs / Hannibal / Manhunter)

The three Hannibal movies are brilliant. 😀👍

This set contains the first three Hannibal Lecter movies, Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs, and its direct sequel Hannibal. Manhunter, which was made in 1986 and starred Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter and William Petersen as Will Grahm. It is basically the Red Dragon story that would be remade years later with Hopkins in the role of Lecter with a much different tone and feel. There are some that think Manhunter is the best movie adaptation of any of the Thomas Harris novels, but I generally prefer the Hopkins movies, probably because I saw Silence of the Lambs first.Silence of the Lambs was the classic 1991 film that starred Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, a young FBI agent who used Lecter's knowledge to help capture a serial killer named Buffalo Bill, played by Ted Levine. It was definitely more of a thriller than it was a horror movie. There are some gory parts, but nothing akin to say the Saw franchise. It is much more of an edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller than it is anything else.Hannibal is the sequel to Silence of the Lambs, with Julianne Moore taking over the role of Clarice trying to track down Lecter, as was his last surviving victim, Mason Verger, played by Gary Oldman. While this does have the psychological thriller element to it, it is much gorier than Silence of the Lambs was. While I think Moore did a good job as Clarice, it was definitely not the same without Jodie Foster in that role, and I think the movie suffered somewhat because of it.The A/V quality of the movies is good, but none of them got a high-quality HD upgrade. As far as extras go, there are trailers on Manhunter and Hannibal, but that is it. Silence of the Lambs carries over the extras from its initial DVD release, including a picture-in-picture commentary track on the movie that includes interviews with the cast members as the movie plays. Then there are several behind-the-scenes and making-of documentaries that range from about 8-minutes to over an hour. Then you get a bunch of deleted scenes, outtakes, trailers, and TV spots for the movie. So, there are a lot of good extras for that movie, but little to nothing for the other two, which is a shame.Overall, this is a good collection. Of course, Silence is largely considered one of the best movies of all time. It is interesting to see the original Manhunter movie given that it was never a widely acclaimed movie, especially for those of us who were way too young to see it when it first came out. Hannibal is a good movie, but nowhere near as good as Silence. So, those are things that you should take into consideration when deciding whether to get this set or just get Silence on its own.

I really liked getting the original version of Red Dragon the 1986 film version, also you get Silence of the Lambs, & the other film is alright.

I do not care to provide the 100th summary of the plot and my opinions on the acting et al, so, as I usually do, this review focuses solely upon the quality of the 3 films on Blu Ray and my rating is for that quality and not the quality of the movie itself. All 3 films come on their own separate Blu Ray disc so nothing is overly compressed trying to get 2 films upon one disc.Manhunter.....While I knew of the 1986 release of this film, I had never seen it either on broadcast or DVD and had no preconceived notions about it. VIDEO.... This film has a MPEG-4 1080p, 2.35:1-framed transfer with some pretty thick letterboxing. Overall the video, despite a high Mbps rate average in the low 30's presents muted colors with a soft contrast. Details tend to be crushed by the blacks in darker areas and a medium grain throughout, and while I am sure that it must be better than seeing it in Standard Definition, I strongly doubt that any remastering of the film has been done. I did see 2 jump cuts in the film that could not be as they were intended. It is possible therefore that this film was put together from a couple of different masters. While I said I wouldn't provided my opinion on the films, I must say that the later remake 'Red Dragon' was a far superior film. 3 stars. AUDIO.... Despite a lossless DTS MA HD 5.1 audio codec, this film stems primarily from the center channel and though there were many opportunities to righteously direct foley fx to discreet channels both front and back, only the front channels were used and used very sparingly. The dialogue is clear enough and the volume levels set properly but overall the entire sound track sounds a touch soft and muted. EXTRAS.... Only an ad about how great digital downloads are. No real extras at all.Silence of the Lambs... VIDEO... An average bit rate in the high teens/low twenties...Silence of the Lambs on Blu Ray is the same video transfer as previous releases of this film on Blu Ray. Never the less, this is not necessarily a bad thing. Compared to this film on Standard Definition DVD, the movie is warmly color graded in most areas and details, while not outstanding, are clearly defined. Fine details like a character's hair or rocky background tend to be a touch soft but this does not distract from the film's presentation. Overall a video transfer of 4 stars AUDIO... The same lossless DTS MA HD 5.1 codec creates a considerably more open and transparent listening environment. Dialogue is clear and does not fight the musical soundtrack or foley effects. The surrounds are used sparingly and primarily for the creation of ambience. Other than for gunshots at the range, the LFE channel doesn't have a whole lot to do. While the audio is not bad for this film, I must say I expected more use of discreet directionality. EXTRAS.... There were 3 out takes or bloopers and I liked all 3 but more could easily have been included. Several alternate or deleted scenes and both an older and new documentary on the making of, real insights into serial killers, trailers more.Hannibal.... VIDEO.... A very nice video transfer with a warm color grading sometimes moving into the reds/orange areas. Contrast is good, not too harsh and details, while not the sharpest are not bad at all. I do believe that many of the scenes shot in Italy could have shown a greater number of fine details I can't complain too much. At no point did I see any artifacts or noise in this film. Like 'Silence of the Lambs' the Mbps rate is in the high teens/low twenties but, overall, the film looks fine. AUDIO... Consistent with the same DTS MA HD 5.1 soundtrack there are a few areas where the audio system kicks in with some nice pans across the front stage. Surround usage is primarily for ambience and not discrete directionality for either the front or rear sound stage. Overall, the is a greater, more encompassing audio feel to the film than with the other two films in the collection. EXTRAS.....NONE unless you count previews of other films as extras. I don'tAll my reviews focus solely upon the quality of the transfer of a film to Blu Ray and do not reflect my opinions about the movie, it acting or plot. I do hope this review has been of some help to you.Thanks for reading.

Las películas llegaron a tiempo y en buen estado. Las películas son grandiosas, una de las mejores trilogias de suspenso que hay, vienen con doblaje en español latino y subtítulos en español.

Love em all

These movies have been written about ad nauseam,This set consists of;Man hunter (Michael Mann)The Silence of the Lambs (Johnathan Demme)Hannibal (Ridley Scott)This is I believe a better trilogy set than than that available in UK (although this is very much a personal preference), as I feel Man hunter is a vastly superior movie to Red Dragon.Each movie has its own faults and moments of brilliance.

En mi opinión vale mucho la pena, está saga en especial por la película El silencio de los inocentes que es una gran película, la película cuenta con doblaje y subtitulos y material extra y el envío fue muy bueno.

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