People are voting emotionally.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

I always felt this was more on par with SOTL than the other two films and better than its original 'Manhunter'. Once again kudos has to go to the killer being hunter, Ralph Feinnes pulled off a great character here. Nice little links as a prequel to SOTL and a great introduction to Will Graham for the box set series.Great plot, enjoyable characters.

Yep. Headline says it all. It looks good and has a cast of top notch actors. The opening sequence was mildly interesting but the rest is just one long flatline. The main reason for this is Brett Ratner. He has no idea how to build and deliver suspense properly and his sense of pacing is the main reason for the flatline effect. He also relies too much on stock cinematography. See "Manhunter" instead.

After coming in with tempered expectations, I think I actually enjoyed the movie even more than the very solid book. The casting was excellent - Keitel is perfect as Crawford, Fiennes is great as Dolarhyde, and I liked Norton as Graham a lot. I found the atmosphere tense and on edge throughout, and think it's the movie's biggest strength. The ending was just as electric as in the book. I thought they did an effective job in providing key character context without too much pure exposition, which many movies (eg the Godfather imo) find it a difficult balance to strike. Red Dragon is just an intense, atmospheric, really well directed crime movie.

This movie is basically a remake of "Manhunter" from 1986 and many of the lines are exactly the same, but at least this remake is not so sleepy, although it has some parts.It is also a prequel to "Silence of the lambs", but the story is basically the same: just a few characters switched and minor alterations to the script.Although it has good actors, none of them can deliver impact, not even Anthony Hopkins; it just seems like they're all taking a stroll along the movie...Compared to SOTL, this movie creates no tension, no threatening sensation on the viewer. As a remake, is a little better, but just a little. As per se it could and should have been better. Even "Hannibal" is better, an that is a bad movie too. Oh, how I love the "Silence".