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Originally posted by Downtown

I completely disagree that yet another film about Hannibal Lecter is by definition a bad thing.

I completely agree that this "origin" film is an idiotic idea. I'm not really interested in seeing how he was turned into a monster. First of all, it might make me sympathetic to the character and it pretty much ruins a villain when you do that (see: Darth Vader). More importantly, I just find it hard to believe that what he was before and how he transformed could possibly be even remotely as interesting as what he did much later.

If they think Anthony Hopkins is too old for the part (and he is), they should simply create a new character/franchise borrowing whatever elements they want. It's not as if there are really any new ideas in Hollywood anyway, so blatantly ripping off an established character is still preferable to doing a "The Beginning" movie about said character.

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