I think this is a really good point, too. As I was watching the film, I was surprised to find I actually liked Hannibal Lecter as a character. I kept asking myself why I liked this person who was a violent, psychopathic prisoner, and I found at least part of it was because he was treating Clarice as a person with potential, rather than…[Read more]

Lizzie, I think your analysis is really insightful and accurate. I had seen this film before, however never in the context of the typical fairy tale, girl becomes a knight, story. Therefore, I had never made the connections between the two until now, and I agree with basically everything that you have written here. I especially like the comment…[Read more]

I agree with most of what has been said. This was my first time seeing the film, and I really didn’t enjoy it much. I felt it was cliche and just too cheesy for me, with most of what was happening making me roll my eyes as we were watching it. I felt Mr. Keating was trying too hard to be the cool teacher, to the point where everything he did was…[Read more]

Jeanna,

I, like Lizzie, did not particularly enjoy this film, and had a really hard time with it because of the number of characters and the length. However, your comments also helped me view it in a more favorable light. I particularly enjoyed your insight that the number of characters that were heroes showed the reality of war, as well as the…[Read more]

I agree with Lizzie, in when I was reading I had decided that the cannibalism was definitely something to include, and that the film did a good job of portraying it as an act of survival when all other options had been exhausted. I think the first moment when Canessa cuts and eats the first piece of flesh was probably an accurate depiction. Most…[Read more]

I think it’s really interesting that you bring up the context of WWII in your analysis. As a viewer in a modern setting it can be easy to forgot how dangerous picking a side publicly could have been, and therefore easy to be annoyed by Rick’s apparent neutrality and refusal to fight for the “good guys” throughout the film. Clearly Rick siding…[Read more]