The Silence of the Lambs The Rewatchables
The Silence of the Lambs

What’s Aged the Worst?

The opening title graphics; the Crawford-Clarice relationship; the trans material; the sequel Hannibal and the prequel Red Dragon

In the discussion (5)
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  • The opening graphics have an early-90s look compared to X Files and Twin Peaks.
  • The Crawford-Clarice relationship feels as if it is missing a scene, such as a late-night hotel bar where he half hits on her, called one host's biggest nitpick.
  • The trans material has not aged great given what we now know, though one host notes a serial killer is never going to flatter whatever group he belongs to.
  • Hannibal, which nobody but a well-paid Hopkins wanted to make, with Julianne Moore as Starling, and Red Dragon with Ed Norton, where Lecter looks ten years older in a prequel, taint the film slightly for one host; people love the Hannibal TV show, the rights are split, and the story never became the franchise people expected.
  • Final choices: the Crawford-Clarice relationship for one host, the title graphics for the other.
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