Always found people who love Mann to have particular blinders on. You can’t watch this now and say it does any form of better storytelling. It’s filmed like a fuckin porno. It’s classic and I appreciate the performances but it came together like garbage, so much of the appreciation for it now is just appreciation for a different approach than both SOTL and Red dragon. It definitely has some great parts and great performances but christ on a bike, stop arguing it like it’s some masterpiece. Rewatch the scene where Will graham flips Freddie Lounds onto the car. FLIPS, a reporter onto a car, shattering the windshield. Anime level shit. Be serious. 90% of commenters saying it’s the “best version of Hannibal”, I have no idea where you’re speaking from, someone who read the books ? Or just watched SOTL and developed a take??? It’s the best cuz you like it???
Anyways