The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

5 Oscar at The Academy Awards 1992 

Stars   :  Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins 
Score  :  7.8 / 10

 

This review has a connection with the previous (Red Dragon), because The Silence of the Lambs is a sequel of Red Dragon. As I mentioned before, those are part of trilogy based on a book by Thomas Harris. In this sequel, there are two striking differences from the previous, protagonist character and the story focus. This time, the story involved a beautiful protagonist character, Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a woman who was an apprentice in FBI. If Red Dragon story focused on murder cases, the Silence of the Lambs focused on Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). Why? A simple reasonable answer is The Silence of the Lambs is a bridge to get to third sequel, Hannibal, which told a lot about Lecter.

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Red Dragon (2002)

The Best Psycho-Themed Movie Ever

Stars   :  Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes
Score  :  7.5 / 10

 

The most of movie fans must have been heard the title of this movie and I'm sure a lot of them have watched it. Yes, this film is part of the trilogy adaptation from the novel by Thomas Harris. Those movies are The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Hannibal (2001) and Red Dragon (2002). But if sorted by the story, the first is Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs and the last is Hannibal. Because I've never watched them, so I chose to watch Red Dragon first. Will Graham (Edward Norton) is an FBI special agent who was investigating a series of murders. The murder was very cruel because the victims were found dead with some of body parts was lost. Will has a pretty good imagination skill. He suspected that the killer had eaten the victim's body parts.

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A Christmas Carol (2009)

Less Suited for Kids, Not Bad for Adults. A Very Good 3D Animation

Stars   :  Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth
Score  :  6.8 / 10

 

Ho...Ho..Ho...Merry Christmas!!! May peace and love of Christmas always in our midst. Yeah, we passed Christmas day a few days ago, a day full of blessing for all Christians. This time, I will give review a movie that is still related with Christmas, A Christmas Carol. The film which is based on a novel by Charles Dickens, told about the story of an old man named Scrooge or Ebenezer (Jim Carrey). He is very rich but stingy. When his best friend and co-workers, Jacob Marley (Gary Oldman) died, Scrooge took back the coin which is used to cover Marley's eyes. Scrooge never celebrated Christmas. He hated all the things related to Christmas. All the people around him already knew the character of Scrooge.

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The Rite (2011)

The Faith, Demon and Exorcism

Stars   :  Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga
Score  :  7.0 / 10

 

A teenager, Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) lived with his father, Istvan Kovak (Rutger Hauer). His mother was dead. Michael helped his father work, bathing the corpse. They had not good economic life, so Michael could not go to college after high school. Since Michael was child, his mother had a premonition that Michael would be a priest. Michael did not want to work bathing the corpse forever, he filed a registration to seminary school and was accepted. Michael chose seminary because of its low cost. Michael was very smart and gets a satisfactory score in exam. When approaching graduation, Michael did not feel the call of God in him. Michael submitted his resignation to seminary.

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The Hunger Games : Catching Fire (2013)

I hate Katniss in this Sequel, Fickle Katniss

Stars   :  Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Score  :  6.5 / 10

 

The Hunger Games' fans surely have been waiting this movie, including me. The film which based a novel by Suzanne Collins, titled The Hunger Games, had three sequels. Catching Fire is second sequel, while the first one is The Hunger Games has been released in 2012. The third sequel will split into two parts, in 2014 and 2015 because it has a long duration. A little flash back from the previous, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) is the winner of 74th Hunger Games competition. Hunger Games is a competition organized by Panem for 12 districts. Each district must send two participants to compete with other district participants to death. The winner is a participant who lived until the game ends.

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